#college recommendations for a junior please!

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dusky crow
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what is ed0

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double major as stem will be very hard wherever you go, esp if you want to take classes outside your major

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you said you like the core, columbia is really big on their core

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UMD is good but they are public

rocky turtle
# dusky crow what is ed0

uchicago has a rich-kid-exclusive ED0 cycle now 😭 (ssen)

probably to make up for their crippling debt

dusky crow
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interesting

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if it’s not ur dream school don’t ed

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ED is for a school which you would be so so happy to go to

rocky turtle
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probably my second choice after cornell 😭

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so i would be so so so happy to go to

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but also i'd be giving up my shot at my #1

dusky crow
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and you wouldn’t be thinking “what if i got into this school?”

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ed1 cornell ed2 uchi?

rocky turtle
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true true that works as well

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though ed0 is definitely a boost compared to ed2

dusky crow
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ed boost is fake

rocky turtle
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not at uchicago 😭

dusky crow
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apply to schools that u like

rocky turtle
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they have a 40% ED acceptance rate 2% RD rate lmao

dusky crow
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northeastern is also a good option

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for EA

rocky turtle
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yeah i'm considering northeastern for sure!

dusky crow
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you shouldn’t ed to the school you like less

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also if you got deferred from cornell would you still ed2 to chicago? you gotta think about questions like that

undone cypress
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Biased here, but CMU has most of your preferences. we have a lot of research opportunities for undergrads in SCS, and our coursework, especially for CS, is definitely very theoretical. There are also good internships. Like most uni's, we are more liberal leaning (although there is not as much activism present on campus, compared to say, Berkeley). There are also rarely issues with course registration, since the school size is so small that they help you as needed

iron ocean
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cali heat is not that bad depending on region

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like uc berkeley & north bay region is p chilly throughout the year

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it basically only gets hot in summer months

rocky turtle
iron ocean
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yea definitely look into berkeley (no biases here)

muted bough
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What do you mean by pre-professional emphasis vs intellectual

dusky crow
rocky turtle