Help an Awfully Mediocre CS Applicant look for Safeties/Targets

[vale remnant]

I also have mediocre ECs.

Schools in currently looking at: RIT, RPI, Bing, Stony

[austere urchin]

good choices! WPI worth adding too. Maybe Union College.

RIT would by my pick of the bunch. So much hands on experience with coop.

it definitely punches above its weight class

[vale remnant]

Will do, forgot to mention, the reason why my gpa is 3.7 is because I faced health issues in my sophomore year. I would have a 4.0 without me.

Ever year is a 96+ besides sophomore year which is a 78

[vale remnant]

Yup I’m applying there ed for cs

[austere urchin]

Then I would say odds are decent you'll be going there. I think with your stats, extenuating circumstances, your odds are pretty dece

[vale remnant]

For rit?

Ppl are saying I have a pretty good shot even with a 3.7

[austere urchin]

Yeah

and yes, even with a 3.7 you're a great applicant

[vale remnant]

I think I might hold off on union college tbh

But yeah wpi definitely interests me

[austere urchin]

yeah, if oyu're looking at RPI, WPI is fairly similar

gets you a little further from home if you care 😄

closer to a big city

[vale remnant]

Yup 👍

Thanks a lot

[boreal shuttle]

You are no where near mediocre

You have a chance of getting into some very good schools

[boreal shuttle]

RIT is good but it’s really expensive

Campus and tech buildings are amazing though

[vale remnant]

Thoughts on some schools?

I just feel like that looking at all these 1500 sat scores and 4.3s

[maiden meteor]

Was reading your comments and RPI is a good school, a lot of kids from my school go there and they say it's really nice. Would recommend

And A lot of kids usually have your scores when they get in, 3.7-3.8 with low 1400s

[vale remnant]

yeah, but i feel llike its a hard target

im looking for more actual targets for me

but yeah im def applying there

[maiden meteor]

WPI seems good, heres SAT from their 2018-19 CDS (most recent, info may be dated)

[vale remnant]

check out 2022-2023

im 25th percentile

composite

[maiden meteor]

hm

[vale remnant]

im 75th percentile for math and lower than 25th for reading

[maiden meteor]

hmm

well I would think that they would make good targets/reaches, also you can go test optional of youd like

Def recommend RPI if you get in 😉

[vale remnant]

definitely!

thanks for the help!

[maiden meteor]

No problem, and good luck!

[vale remnant]

same with you

[maiden meteor]

You will do great anywhere you go (I feel like some people forget about this)

[vale remnant]

hopefully

getting into a good college is a helping hand but it definitely doesnt guarantee a good future

[maiden meteor]

Of course, gotta put in the work

bro my keyboard sucks rn

[vale remnant]

lmao your good haha

[maiden meteor]

yeah but gl, gotta get some rest and studying done for an exam tomorrow should not be on here right now lmao

omg my keyboard

[chilly kernel]

maybe urochester?

[pulsar ledge]

WPI is test blind

And wasn't RPI the expensive one not RIT

[pulsar ledge]

This would definitely fall under a reach and not a target but it's probably worth looking into

[polar rain]

RIT aid is ass (run NPC to check for urself)

URochester is fine if you're ok with living in rochester

I've lived here all my life so i'm biased but i think it sucks

[chilly kernel]

the cold was def not for me 💀

[chilly kernel]

you can always appeal for more depending on your situation

[polar rain]

it gets better if you're here for a long enough time but still never gets fun

skiing is awesome tho

so many places here

[polar rain]

oh wait r u an rit student?

[chilly kernel]

nah, i got accepted though

[polar rain]

good choice to not go

it's all just fucking parking lots

the entire campus is parking lots

[chilly kernel]

they gave me around like 50k but then i appealed for more and got another 5k

[polar rain]

parking lots

[chilly kernel]

lmaoo

[polar rain]

the campus is really sad

i'm applying as a safety but i better not have to go there

[chilly kernel]

where do you really wanna go?

[polar rain]

well ED1 was HMC but that was a deny (all my EA apps sucked due to activity descriptions and bad essays), so now I'm gonna ED2 chicago

i love chicago campus

city in general is awesome

[chilly kernel]

hope everything works out

[polar rain]

ty, same to you

well

you're already college but

[chilly kernel]

well i’m in college already 😭

[polar rain]

same thing

where do u go?

[chilly kernel]

stony brook

[polar rain]

oh W

that's like my #1 safety

[chilly kernel]

wait what major are you going for

[polar rain]

CS

[chilly kernel]

oh boy

[polar rain]

yeeep i know

my profile is pretty nuts I just need to clutch up essays

[chilly kernel]

good luck

it’s fr so competitive

i kinda wanna transfer tho

[polar rain]

you're cs too?

[pulsar ledge]

Doesn't Stony brook admit by major

Pretty sure their overall acceptance rate is a little disingenuous compared to what their cs one might be

[chilly kernel]

yeah

[polar rain]

i mean unless i accidentally talked about killing frogs or something in my essays it should be a safety

i want merit tbh

but yeah i think ur right

[chilly kernel]

if you get the AOI thing in CS, i don’t think it’s worth going

[polar rain]

aoi?

[chilly kernel]

area of interest

[polar rain]

is that a transfer to major program

[chilly kernel]

it means you aren’t in the major yet

[polar rain]

fuck that

not doing that shit

[chilly kernel]

yeahh…

so you gotta pray you get into the major directly

cuz if you get AOI you can end up wasting a year just to get in the major

it’s really not worth it imo

OP i think you should look into stevens institute of tech too

[polar rain]

SHIT is better tbh

[chilly kernel]

you think so?

[boreal shuttle]

This isn’t true

[polar rain]

Well that's why I said run NPC

But ass is relative

[boreal shuttle]

Didn’t see that nvm

[boreal shuttle]

The aid isn’t ass it’s just expensive to begin with

[polar rain]

That's basically every school nowadays

[boreal shuttle]

Well what’s expensive for your standards

Per year

[polar rain]

For my family's income it'd be anything over 25k

And they want like 42

(pre-merit, but still)

[boreal shuttle]

Most public schools are under 25k

[polar rain]

That's true

Stonybrook is my top safety rn

[boreal shuttle]

Stony Brook is the best state school in NY I heard

[vale remnant]

it is

[polar rain]

Yeah that's true

[vale remnant]

bro i deadass need more safeties

most of the schools are targets and high targets

i think my safeties are cunys ig

cuz idk if id be willing to dorm for safetys

[boreal shuttle]

What’s ur list

Looking like rn

[vale remnant]

Give me a second

ill send the list

[boreal shuttle]

Alr

[vale remnant]

RPI, Northeasterm, RIT (Applying ED 2), Rutgers, Stevens Insitute of Technology, Binghamton, Stony Brook, University at Buffalo, University at Albany, Umass Amherst, Upitt, Ohio state uni

and of course the cunys but thats a different application

[boreal shuttle]

Binghamton mentioned 💪

But anyways, with your GPA I think you will be fine

Ur odds are in the thousands of being rejected by every single school there

[vale remnant]

whaaaa

[vale remnant]

what schools do u think i have a >50 percent chance of being accepted into?

[boreal shuttle]

What are your ECs

And I’m going to assume your essays are above average

Just as a reference

[vale remnant]

intern (not prestigious & not related to cs), shadowed a local firm, secretary of club, did public speaking at a religious center, self initiated eccomerece generated 20k, did recreational coding, and co founder of online community with 6k members that got deleted

all the ecs are not prestigious at all

[boreal shuttle]

those ECs are very good

[vale remnant]

no competitions and nothing in that matter

[boreal shuttle]

above above average

[vale remnant]

yeah

oh btw no awards

unfortunately

[boreal shuttle]

RIT, Rutgers, Stevens, Binghamton, Stony Brook, Buffalo, Albany

And what’s RPI btw

[vale remnant]

renesealar polymer institute

if thats how u spell it

[boreal shuttle]

oh

ngl

you have a 50/50 shot

[vale remnant]

bro im ngl i think im gonna get rejected from stony and bing

[boreal shuttle]

if you do it’s only cuz ur overqualified which prob won’t happen

[vale remnant]

a lot of kids from my school had a 1450 and 1500 and they got rejected and their app was way more comp for mine

[vale remnant]

wait im not overqualified for stony

im under qualified lol

[boreal shuttle]

If they are 2 good are a candidate they are just going to decline you as they know u want to go to a better school

[boreal shuttle]

Idk how comp stony is ngl

[vale remnant]

comp sci at stony is insane

like lets say the acceptance overall is 50 percent

cs there is more like 15-20 percent

[boreal shuttle]

oh ur applying as cs

[vale remnant]

yes lmao

[boreal shuttle]

I got no idea then ngl

[vale remnant]

lol

[boreal shuttle]

btw if u apply as undecided can u still choose the major you want after you enroll

like if I want to do finance ant Wisconsin and apply undecided and get in, can I still major in finance

[vale remnant]

yeah ik that

[vale remnant]

mhm

not all schools have that tho

[boreal shuttle]

Did u apply undecided to any of these or nah

[vale remnant]

no

im sending all my apps this break

like before janruary 31st

to half of them

the other half that need supps ima send like a week after

[boreal shuttle]

ah

[rare crane]

Northeastern might send you abroad

[vale remnant]

why

[rare crane]

You have mid stats and they send everyone who has mid stats abroad

Likely a semester or year abroad

[vale remnant]

not a problem

[rare crane]

Northeastern though has a really good cs program compared to how selective it is

Co ops help a lot too

A lot of schools have cs degrees that are glorified math degrees but neu really prepares you for. A job

I would definitely consider it if you can pay

It's consistently ranked within t10-t20 of cs programs

[vale remnant]

thats if i get into there tho

im gonna apply test optional and ill see how it goes

[rare crane]

Here's the other thing

It's very easy to switch your major

So if you have no cs background you can apply as something else

And then switch in the applicant portal in like 2 min

[vale remnant]

oh dang

i have an extremely slim chance at neu tho

i dont think ima make it

and im not ed'ing there

also if i get accepted ill prob go overseas

something i just cant do

[rare crane]

If that's really the case I would indicate preference for some of their less selective programs

Like nu in

Since they know you would go if it's ur first choice

[vale remnant]

yeah

so i should apply to a less selective major

then get hopes of transferring to cs?

[rare crane]

There is no hopes

It's guaranteed

I did it in like 2 minutes

[vale remnant]

oh lol haha

[rare crane]

But there is no less selective major since it's so easy to switch

[vale remnant]

yeah

[rare crane]

Apply to the school that best fits your portfolio

So if you have no cs background but strong math grades and we're on math team apply as math major

[vale remnant]

ok

[rare crane]

If I were you I'd indicate nu in as my first preference cuz Boston is ultra competitive and putting it as your first preference tells them you'd want to go and won't deny the offer. They reject kids who they don't think would go to nu in

But that's just my opinion

[thorn merlin]

No

It ain’t selective they just ship everyone abroad

[rare crane]

Stats?