<p>Rank the following in order of best Comp Sci degree.
I'm planning on double majoring in Computer Science and Applied Math.</p>
<p>Cornell University
University of California at Berkeley
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rutgers University</p>
<p>best for whom, OP? do you have the cred for direct admission to CS at the UC schools? </p>
<p>We need more info about you, including state of residency, ability of family to pay 60K/yr for four years, resumé, etc.</p>
<p>@jkeil911 I live in NJ ranked in the top 10% of my high school with an SAT score of 2250.</p>
<p>SAT Chemistry - 800
SAT Math II - 800</p>
<p>Freshman year
Honors Algebra II
Honors Physics
Academic American Government
Academic English I
Concert Band
Physical Education 9
Adolescent Issues
Computer Science in the 21st Century
French II</p>
<p>Sophomore year
Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra (AP Weighted)
College Accounting I (AP Weighted)
Honors U.S. History
Academic English II
Honors Wind Ensemble
Physical Education 10
Drivers Education
AP Statistics
Honors French III</p>
<p>Junior year
Differential Equations and Complex Analysis (AP Weighted)
AP Chemistry
Honors Global Studies
Academic English III
Honors Wind Ensemble
Physical Education 11
Adult Issues
AP Chemistry Lab
AP Computer Science A</p>
<p>Senior year
Real Analysis (AP Weighted)
AP Physics C
Introduction to Public Speaking (AP Weighted)
English IV College Composition (AP Weighted)
Honors Wind Ensemble
Physical Education 12
PEER Leadership
AP Physics C Lab
Honors Computer Science III (There was no AP Comp Sci after AP Comp Sci A)</p>
<p>And your unweighted GPA is? your family’s ability to pay? have you run the net price calculators at each school (don’t bother with the UCs)? what is the amount your parents have agreed to provide you? Don’t tell us what they make because that’s irrelevant. What have they said they will they PAY? </p>
<p>Nice SATs.</p>
<p>They are all very respectable for CS and math. Do not feel disappointed to go to Rutgers, even though you may encounter considerable negative peer opinions about Rutgers. Indeed, if you get Rutgers’ Presidential Scholarship, that is essentially a full ride.</p>
<p>The big issue to consider is to find out from your parents how much they will contribute to your college, and run net price calculators for each school to check affordability.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus @jkeii911 What if they are not willing to contribute anything unless I go to Cornell or UC Berk?
My unweighted is trash, its a 3.6 but my weighted is a 4.2 ish</p>
<p>Then you go to Berkeley or Cornell if they’ll pay the whole COA. You can only borrow $5500 first year and 27K total. You could do a lot worse, OP. The best CS school in the country might be CMU How unfortunate that they have such a narrow understanding of excellence and where their child will prosper, but it’s their money. </p>
<p>You’re being quite vague about money, so I’ll just shut up. I can’t help you without answers to my questions.</p>
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<p>Since you can self-fund probably at most $10,000 per year (federal direct loan and some work earnings), that becomes your price limit at schools other than Cornell and Berkeley.</p>
<p>3.6 GPA makes Cornell and Berkeley extreme reaches, and probably means little or no chance of getting the Rutgers Presidential Scholarship. So you need a new list, including safeties where you can get an automatic full ride or close to it. Based on stats from another of your threads, <a href=“http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/”>http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/</a> lists the following full ride safeties for you:</p>
<p>Alabama State
Tuskegee
Howard
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana - Monroe
Prairie View A&M</p>
<p>Just curious. Why are people recommending historically black schools?</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus Why does unweighted matter so much? Why not look at the weighted? That should be what matters more considering my courseload.</p>
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<p>They are not being recommended because they are historically black (or not); they are being recommended because they offer automatic full ride scholarships for the OP’s stats. Since the OP’s parents will not pay anything for any school other than some unrealistic reaches, the OP needs to find affordable safeties to avoid being shut out.</p>
<p>One does not have to be black to attend a historically black school, just as one does not have to be white to attend a historically white school. (And the OP has not mentioned the racial composition or history of the school as a criterion.)</p>
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<p>Weighted is only relevant within the context of your high school, because other high schools may have different weighting systems. Some colleges recalculate a weighted GPA using their own methods. California public schools are examples; their recalculated GPA will probably be between 0.3 to 0.4 higher than your unweighted 10th-11th grade academic course GPA if you took large numbers of AP courses (or UC-approved honors courses at a California high school).</p>
<p>Interesting skip from Algebra II to multivariable and linear algebra…</p>
<p>My GPA is also trash. I have a 3.66 unweighted and a 4.29 fully weighted. My SAT score is only an imperfect 2300. Similar to you, I wanted to major in computer science.
UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO rejected me.
UCD and UCI waitlisted me.</p>
<p>@Mangiafuoco My high school can be very different from yours.
@ucbalumnus </p>
<p>Cornell University 4.24 2196
University of California at Berkeley 4.20 2214
University of California at Los Angeles 4.11 2069
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 3.99 2193
Georgia Institute of Technology 4.10 2174
Rutgers University 3.72 1894</p>
<p>These are the average WPGA, SAT scores who have been accepted from my high school to these colleges in the past according to an updated website called Naviance that accumulates data of applicants.</p>
<p>Given that your parents will only pay for Cornell or Berkeley (which are not easy to get into), for the other four, you need to aim for full ride merit scholarships. The Rutgers one may not be super hard for a top-stat student to get, but the UCLA and GT ones are very hard to get, because there are only a few of them. No idea if any such exist at Michigan.</p>
<p>Find a safety with a full ride to ensure that you are not shut out.</p>
<p>@sonofgod908:</p>
<p>Be careful when interpreting Naviance data for schools where you have to apply for a specific major. Naviance is an average across all majors, so the average for a particular major can be higher.</p>
<p>@mangiafico2"Interesting skip from Algebra II to multivariable and linear algebra…"
I was about to say…! lol I thought those were pre reqs to getting into those courses so idk how he managed to skip them…</p>