looking for schools that look at research success over a poor gpa | ApplyingToCollege | Page 1

opaque cedar Jun 10, 2022, 6:32 AM

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Location/Region: I live in the Northeast, but don't care abt where the college is

Major: Biomed/Compsci

GPA/Test Scores: 3.3 UW/ 4.4 W
1590; 36

Curriculum: I'm fine with any rigor

Size: also negligent

Costs /scholarship: I would need some aid, but if needed I'm willing to work throughout college to pay off debt

Schools you're currently looking at (if any): MIT, UIUC, Stanford, Purdue, UMich, GTech, State School (full ride alerady), UWash Madison, Pitt, Brown, Caltech, FSU

Additional: gunning for research, and more publishing opportunities, hoping for schools that take in account extenuating circumstances (is transfer a better option?)

royal robin Jun 10, 2022, 7:10 AM

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Consider adding JHU and HMC.

HMC is a fantastic engineering school. I don't know much about their biomed, but their cs is fheart . HMC graduates seem to do well in cs grad school admissions.

(While I heavily trust the grad student who told me the last sentence, I only heard that from one person. I've heard the rest from multiple trusted sources, and I checked out their cs courses and a few publications.)

JHU's CS is decent. Their biomed program is pretty good. dogekek

tired sable Jun 10, 2022, 7:15 PM

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Since you're considering transferring and also need some aid, keep in mind that Brown is need-aware for transfers so your best shot is now.

sleek vapor Jun 10, 2022, 9:44 PM

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@opaque cedar Is your state school a T50?

opaque cedar Jun 11, 2022, 6:32 PM

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@sleek vapor

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nope

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@tired sable so should i consider a transfer?

tired sable Jun 11, 2022, 6:37 PM

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opaque cedar <@275838038779887626> so should i consider a transfer?

I mean for Brown if you need aid it's better to apply as a first year than a transfer bc they aren't need blind for transfers

sleek vapor Jun 11, 2022, 6:49 PM

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Since your SAT score is so high, some T50s can probably overlook your GPA

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Not sure about T20

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What are your ECs?

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Like a lot of just a few

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?

cold oxide Jun 11, 2022, 7:03 PM

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at this point with a full ride from a state school i'd honestly just gun for reaches

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no point looking elsewhere and you can just take the full ride

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assuming it's a t100 at least?

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so probably just shotgun across the board

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see what happens

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you can also consider transferring later if you don't like the state school for whatever reason (and also save yourself 1-2 years of college, which should most likely help)

opaque cedar Jun 12, 2022, 12:26 AM

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sleek vapor Since your SAT score is so high, some T50s can probably overlook your GPA

uhh the main one is just research

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2nd grand isef and two publications

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and like piano lol

opaque cedar Jun 12, 2022, 12:29 AM

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cold oxide at this point with a full ride from a state school i'd honestly just gun for rea...

t250

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lol

sleek vapor Jun 12, 2022, 3:55 AM

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opaque cedar uhh the main one is just research

Hmmm, I think target schools then will be T40-50 ones and T30 will be your reaches. Since your GPA and SAT score are a rarer combo

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Maybe UWM? Not sure how competitive engineering/CS is

#looking for schools that look at research success over a poor gpa