#need more safety/match schools

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south sigil
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location/region: i live in texas but i’m gearing towards OOS (especially east coast but i’m also applying to some west coast, pnw schools). i’m honestly fine with suburban and city, not too rural where it’s in the middle of nowhere.

major: computer science and cognitive science, putting some schools down with a minor in philosophy and neuroscience as well (my perfect major is probably stanford’s symbolic systems)

gpa/test scores: 3.98/4.0 uw, 4.87 weighted, 1520 SAT (760M/760EBRW, highest at school)

size: really small to medium sized, mainly bc i went to a small liberal arts school

**costs: **family can’t afford too much (AGI < 60k) so i’ll primarily be relying on scholarships/loans

**schools you’re currently looking at: **MIT, harvard, princeton, yale, columbia, cornell, northeastern, rit, stanford, ut austin, ut dallas, udub, vanderbilt, duke, uchicago (you might be noticing the lack of safeties/targets)

**additional: **really interested in joining student groups and clubs, balanced education in the liberal arts, doing a study-abroad, don’t care too much about weather

graceful dew
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Off topic, but why are you applying to UDub as an OOS if your family AGI is 60k. UDub is a OOS public university and barely gives any aid to OOS students

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Have you done the Net Price Calculator for all your colleges?

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Also, I would look into applying to Texas A&M as a part of your target/safety.

still gyro
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it's a LAC in a small town 20-30 mins outside of charlotte (so not urban but also definitely not middle of nowhere)

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it's still not easy but a lot less reachy than some of the ones you have rn

south sigil
graceful dew
still gyro
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also if you're into the idea of a womens college bryn mawr has a higher AR than a lot of other LACs like it

south sigil
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i'm mainly banking on merit aid and filling out a lot of scholarship apps (like coca cola sf and lots from being a girl scout)

still gyro
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i would call it a target

south sigil
still gyro
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i will say bmc is part of a consortium including swarthmore and haverford (similar to like the claremont colleges if ur familiar) so from what i understand you don't feel the single-gender-ness of it as much

south sigil
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but also on the opposite side of the spectrum i visited columbia during the epc fly-in and didn't totally love being in the city either 😭 though i love the idea of engineering for humanity

south sigil
still gyro
south sigil
median nebula
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UDub apps closed on the 15th for fall 2025 entry

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So assuming you’re a current senior who wanted to start school this fall you gotta rule that one out

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Unless you alr applied

south sigil
haughty spear
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PURDUEEEEE

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Wait nvm it’s kinda expensive

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U can do UNR

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solid school for cs

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Rly cheap

south sigil
haughty spear
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It’s in the dept of cs, but it’s a separate major of its own

south sigil
haughty spear
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Hell yeah lemme send

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Also def just ping me if u have any qs, Im more than happy to answer any purdue questions

haughty spear