rising senior Asian male CS

[thorny parcel]

where do you find stats like this

[solemn galleon]

Some by word of mouth, some by the school website

[silver venture]

Location/Region: City/Suburb, living in TX
Major: CS
GPA/Test Scores (optional): 3.99 UW, 4.69 W, 1580
Curriculum: Fine with rigorous
Size: Any size but not too small like LACs
Costs: not necessary
Schools you're currently looking at (if any): attached
Additional: looking for a strong CS school, maybe also dual degree or honors programs like Berkeley MET, UPenn M&T, UT CSB, UT Turing

[solemn galleon]

you basically have every single cs school on the list 💀

but you could apply to penn state as a safety

if you apply in early oct you'll get a decision earlier nov

so you can worry less

Rice and USC are not targets, they are also reaches

purdue is kinda a reach too for cs

UT CS won't be easy either, even though you are form texas and likely an auto

some targets I recommend you apply to: UW-Madison, Umass Amherst, UCSB

[silver venture]

A&M’s college of engineering releases EA results by mid December, so not sure if applying to Penn state is redundant, but ig one more safety can’t hurt, depending on how busy I am.

[silver venture]

Rip I felt like I had strong odds at UT CS based on class rank and academics

[solemn galleon]

ofc you will have a way better chance that others but just be warned its gonna be competitive too

[solemn galleon]

ah I'd apply TAMU then

although I think you dont need an essay for psu

[silver venture]

I’ll probably apply to UCSB too since UC no additional essays needed and maybe try to apply to UW Madison or Amherst too

[solemn galleon]

yea I would def apply ucsb

you might be able to cut some reaches out for madison or amherst

[slow scarab]

@silver venture of note, UT [CS], Rice, USC [Viterbi CS] and Purdue [CS] ARE NOT TARGETS

I imagine you are highly qualified but <10% for the first three and 15% for the last one leaves more to be desired for the purpose of a "target"

And as BJZ noted, this is basically EVERY top CS school 😭

Also question, why Yale or Brown, other than them being part of the ivies?

[silver venture]

Brown’s open curriculum and Yale’s…library? I been more focused on researching other colleges so I haven’t really gotten around to Brown and Yale…and other colleges. Tbh not sure if I will apply to them, since it’s just a rough college list, and depends on how I feel senior year.

[silver venture]

I knew UT CS was competitive but I thought my academics especially auto admit would make me a strong applicant. Rip

[slow scarab]

I'm personally more opposed to shotgunning than some others, in the sense that I urge people not to apply to places they don't have a genuine appeal for

[slow scarab]

Auto admit is great, but with over 10k people fighting for 800 offers, it's rather competitive 😩

[silver venture]

Wouldn’t there be more available seats for auto admits though?

Or am I just coping 💀

[real zealot]

UMD

Look at state schools w/ CS

[sand aurora]

that makes sense, I wouldn't recommend Yale at least since their CS currently isn't as developed as others (e.g, there are other schools with stronger CS and more chance of getting in). I was admitted there this cycle but after visiting current CS students there, a lot of them talked about how although yale is investing a lot into their program it's currently not super strong, especially with stuff like ai/ml. If u were willing to combine cs with a humanities focus or something like economics/business then it would be better

[solemn galleon]

UMD OOS cs acc rate is like 3% 💀

Same as UW

[real zealot]

Wow, did not know that--good thing to know

CS is frustrating, so as engineering

[slow scarab]

I am sure UMD CS is competitive, but probably not that crazy

UDub is kinda the exception 😵‍💫

[slow scarab]

Yes, but I'd still like to think of it as at least somewhat of a reach...

[steady crescent]

I don't recommend you applying to the ivies (besides like mb cornell), since they're not the best for a cs major, and are still highly wildcard. Adding more safeties & good targets would be much better than more reaches. If you're going for more UC's, UCI CS is a pretty good target, and I think UC Davis is a good safety. RPI is also a pretty good CS safety.