Cal Poly SLO, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, San Jose State for Computer Science

<p>Hey everyone!
I'm am going to be applying to these schools this year for computer science and was wondering if you guys could help me gauge my chances for each one.</p>

<p>Schools (in order of priority):
1. Cal Poly SLO (I will be applying for early decision here.)
2. UC San Diego
3. UC Santa Barbara
4. UC Davis
5. San Jose State</p>

<p>About Me:
UC/CSU Standard GPA: 4.08
Academic 10-12 Weighted GPA: 4.4
Academic 9-12 Weighted GPA: 4.29
SAT: 2020 (expected to improve a little, as I will be taking it again)
Math: 800
Critical Reading: 570 (This is what I'm expecting to improve with my next test.)
Writing: 650
ACT is not up to par with my SAT at the moment, but I'm hoping to get it to at least a 29 with the next test (I got a 27 my first time).
SAT Math II: I am expecting a 650+
Nominated for Boys' State (teachers picked 5 students who they thought represented our class well as students and leaders)
AP Scholar Award
I'm at the 9th percentile in my class.
Four year varsity wrestler and a captain this year (will not be wrestling in college, however)
Member of the Computer Science Club
I don't have too much community service yet (probably around 10-15 hours)
I am creating an app to release on the App Store right now (don't know if this counts for anything to colleges).</p>

<p>Significant Classes and Grades:
I have all the required classes for graduation plus:
Introduction to Engineering: A's
Algebra 2: A's
Honors Pre-Calculus: A and a B
Honors Chemistry: A's
AP European History: A's (3 on AP Test)
Honors English 10: A's
AP Calculus AB: B's (4 on AP Test)
ROP AP Computer Science: A's (3 on AP Test)
AP Language A and a B (3 on AP Test)
AP US History: B's (2 on AP Test)
AP Calculus BC: A's (took the AB AP Test)
AP Literature (taking currently)
AP Statistics (taking currently)
AP Government/Economics (will be taking)
Honors Physics (will be taking)
Web Design (will be taking)
Will be on my school's IT service next semester</p>

<p>Sorry guys. I know that was a lot of reading. Any input is appreciated. If you have any questions let me know.
Thanks!</p>

<p>CS at SJSU was surprisingly competitive for admission last year, with a CSU eligibility index of 4550 needed for admission (of course, it may be different this year). Your CSU eligibility index is 4.08 * 800 + 800 + 570 = 4634. The somewhat similar software engineering major needed only a 3400 for frosh admission.</p>

<p><a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html”>http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>SLO/UCSD: High Match
UCSB/UCD/SJSU: Match</p>

<p>Good Luck and you look in good shape.</p>

<p>Your stats are in range for admissions at all these schools. UCs want an essay, which is scored towards your index. What may hurt you as CA resident is that your scores are “too good”. State schools, espcially SLO is very protective of its yield numbers and aims to select only students who will likely attend. Since your stats are strong, its likely you will be offered some nice packages at prvates. So going ED at SLO is a smart move (if it is really your first choice) how come no privates on your list? </p>

<p>I didn’t really want to go to any privates just because of the general cost of the education. From the advice I’ve received, education does matter to some extent in computer science, but experience counts for more, so I wanted to get a good, cost-effective education while getting in some experience with internships and what not. However, if you have any advice to give about any private schools or the field of computer science, I’d be glad to hear it!</p>

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<p>Actually, it is more likely that private schools do this, by considering “level of applicant’s interest”.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=666”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=666&lt;/a&gt; indicates that CPSLO does not consider “level of applicant’s interest”. It appears that the only value of applying ED to CPSLO is potentially knowing the result early, rather than any admission boost.</p>

<p>The other CSUs admit by eligibility index, so they do not consider “level of applicant’s interest”. Of the UCs, only UCI (“very important”) and UCM (“considered”) consider "level of applicant’s interest.</p>

<p>But note that CSUs, including CPSLO and SJSU, admit by major. So it is certainly possible for a higher stats applicant to be rejected applying to a popular major, while a lower stats applicant is admitted applying to a less popular major.</p>

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<p>Well, there are lots of schools with worthy CS degree programs (although there are some, including some highly prestigious ones, that have small or limited CS departments). You can check net price calculators at each school to see what financial aid looks like.</p>

<p>Puhleez! The underlying premiss of ED is assessing interest to increase yield. CalPloy (like other ED programs) expects 100% yield from ED applicants. Cal Poly’s admission algorithm is 70% GPA/SAT and 30% Other. The other includes factors like zip code, parent demographic, “partner high school”. Cal Poly continues to prefect it’s secret formula for increasing yield and maximizing rejects, thereby creating a higher “selectivity profile”. IF high stat applicants are truly interested in Cal Poly then ED will only help their chances. </p>

<p>I personally think you will need a test score of above 2100+ and then your outlook will be:
SJSU-match
UCSB-match
UCSD-high match
Cal Poly SLO- you might be too good for them as weird as it seems
UCD-high match</p>

<p>your scores are decent but you can definitely help yourself out by raising them. Your ec’s are pretty good and your GPA is also really good.</p>

<p>Chance me back please?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1692280-please-help-me-pick-dartmouth-or-wharton-ed-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1692280-please-help-me-pick-dartmouth-or-wharton-ed-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@‌ above</p>

<p>I wouldn’t say that you’d be “too good” for SLO. In fact, for engineering, you’re right on the average. </p>

<p>SJSU - Safety
SLO - high match
UCSD - low reach (CS at UCSD is impacted. It’ll be harder to get in)
UCSB - high match
UCD - high match</p>

<p>Engineering students generally need to have higher stats than average, so consider retaking that SAT!</p>

<p>OP - You may want to look at post #8 on this thread to see the ranking for software developement:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1691151-linkedins-college-rankings-based-on-career-outcomes-p1.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1691151-linkedins-college-rankings-based-on-career-outcomes-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Sorry @catseverywhere‌ that I haven’t chanced you back. I am by no means an expert at this stuff which is why I posted this thread, and I just don’t know if I’d be able to provide you with any valuable input. Also, thank you @coolweather‌ for the college rankings. I’ve looked at a lot of those kinds of things but I had never seen that one before. Seemed like a pretty interesting way to rank them, and I’ve never seen SJSU rank that high before, and thanks everyone else for the input. I really appreciate it.</p>

<p>Hey everybody. So I just got my new SAT scores back, and I wanted to post an update and was hoping I could get updated on my status. Here they are:</p>

<p>SAT:
Math: 770
Critical Reading: 690
Writing:620</p>

<p>Thanks again to everyone for the prior feedback.</p>