Am i screwed for college?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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What happens to kids with low gpa/ high sat:
3.17 uw, 3.39 w, 2100 sat?
I live in new jersey and i plan to major in computer science.
right now my first choice is rutgers, becuase its the cheapest and its pretty good for cs .

Ive applied to NJIT, Pitt, rutgers and Purdue sofar

What other schools should i be looking at?
I will most likely be applying for financial aid.

Thanks

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You are hardly screwed. Just going by the numbers you provide, you have a good chance at NJIT, and probably at Rutgers. Your GPA is a little low for Pitt, but your good SAT might make up for it. Pundue may bring more of a reach but I wouldn’t give up hope. Jus t understand tha t your GPA for Purdue is quite low, and thus, is less than likely.

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You are out of state for Purdue, which is a state school. It will likely not provide the aid you need. Regarding financial aid, have you run the net price calculators at every school? They are on the school
website financial aid page. You can see your expected cost.

And go check the website for each school and start a list of due dates and what is needed for the FA application at each school. Every school is different, and you don’t want to miss the deadlines.

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@notjoe
Would my extracurriculars increase my chance for purdue?

4 years track and field
2 years cross country
1 year football
Paid Software internship summer after junior year(developed iPhone app)
Knowledge of 3 programming languages (java,objective c, c#)
Developed 3 iPhone apps on my own

I also Took 3 years of computer science classes at school(intro programming, ap comp sci, data structures)

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Getting in doesn’t matter, you likely can’t afford it. Most state schools don’t give need based aid to OOS students, and Purdue is a state school.

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@intparent makes a great point. At the very least, go to their net price calculator to see how much fa you would likely get, and see if you could afford what they would expect you to pay. It will be a rough approximation, but would give you some idea. Then you and your family can decide whether you can afford it, and if so, then worry about getting in.