Applying Computer Science--CMU/Berkeley/UCLA/UMD. Also need help to come up a balance list.

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Hi, this is my first forum. I'm a Magnet school senior planning to apply to universities with great computer science programs. So far I have only decided on 4 schools. Can anyone chance me for the below universities?
-CMU
-UC Berkeley
-UCLA
-U of Maryland College Park</p>

<p>Also need help to come up some more schools to add to my list.</p>

<p>My stats are:
2220 SAT (790 M, 730 R, 700 W)
4.51 W GPA, 3.71 UW (straight A on 10 Computer electives. Almost all my "B's" in History, English or Spanish).</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math:800
Physics: 780</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Calc BC/AB, Comp Sci A: 5
English Lan & Comp,Statistics, Bio, Physics B, Earth Science: 4</p>

<p>Interned at UMD, NIST</p>

<p>State: MD</p>

<p>Played singles at School Tennis team (3 yrs)
Volunteer for Tennis Special Olympics (2 yrs)</p>

<p>UMD and UCLA should be rather safe. My dream schools are actually MIT and Cal tech but I am not sure I should apply them too since I don't want my list to be full of "reach" schools. Thank you so much in advance. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.</p>

2

<p>Any advice please??</p>

3

<p>Ucla is absolutely not safe. I actually do not think you will get in. Your SAT is not too high (it is okay for ucla, but engineering tends to accept 34+ /2250+.</p>

<p>Your gpa is also rather low for ucla. Look at the freshman profile. For those with a 3.7-3.9 unweighted the acceptance rate wAs only 30%. (And youre on the bottom of that range)</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are also pretty sparce.</p>

<p>I dont say this to be mean, but to let you know not to count on ucla- it is a reach </p>

4

<p>Since you are applying to UCLA and UCBerkeley…I am assuming you do not need financial aid since you are from Maryland. If that is the case, I would strongly recommend adding Illinois, Georgia Tech, Michigan, and Texas (great CS publics) and since you are shooting for CMU(SCS) add MIT, Stanford, Caltech, and Harvey Mudd (privates). Now, you have reaches, matches, and safeties…all with strong or top CS programs. Good luck!</p>

5

<p>Did you calculated your UC GPA?</p>

6

<p>I don’t need financial aid. Thanks for your advice! How about Cornell or other ivy league schools? What are my chances? Application essays are tedious so I need to think wisely about my list.</p>

7

<p>

As soon as you asked this…you lost my respect. It seems you don’t care about the quality of the CS programs…but something else.</p>

8

<p>U have a solid’ chance,mate…!!!</p>

9

<p>How do I calculate UC GPA? Thanks.</p>

10

<p>For OOS students, only AP classes from 10-11th grade will count for the 8 semesters of extra honors points. No honors classes can be counted. See link: <a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I agree that UCLA is never a Safe school. Here is the 2014 Freshman Profile and you unweighted is little on the low side for CS at UCLA and UCB.
<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof14.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;