Hi, I am indian american and want to go into computer science. I have a 3.5 gpa and a 28 act score. Some key classes I took were ap chem, ap micro, ap gov, and ap calc. I also live in michigan.
What are my chances of getting into:
Michigan state
Michigan
Penn state
Ohio state
Purdue
Please help, thank u, wondering If I should apply
I think you have a great shot at getting into all of them.
Are you a Michigan resident? If not, Michigan will be a high reach
Michigan State I would say you have a good shot. Ohio and Michigan might be a stretch. The others, probably a reasonable shot. My D who has a 3.7 GPA and 26 ACT was accepted at MSU, deferred at OSU to give you an idea of a comparable. We are in Indiana, she was accepted to IU, didn’t apply to Purdue.
@pacepea Do you realize how competitive UMichigan, Comp Sci of Purdue and Comp Sci of Ohio State are? Unless you are 100% confident with solid evidence, and especially when you are chancing people based on the acceptance rate of each school after googling, do not say “you have a great shot at x” to others.
OP, unfortunately, I have to disagree with the previous post.
I think…
Michigan state (match)
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Penn state (high match)
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Ohio state (reach)
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While these are average stats of overall freshmen during their high school years, those of comp-sci major freshmen will be significantly higher for Ohio State University and Purdue University because they both excel in Computer Science and Engineering (within top 20 nationally, I believe).
Penn state is also very good in engineering, so I think Michigan State University is the only match school for you. I suggest that you start finding more match schools and safety schools. Also, since deadline for regular decision is approaching, I recommend you to get started asap.
@HardOREasy I can say whatever I want. OP is looking for an opinion. If he wants facts and stats, he can read those himself. OP is also a Michigan resident, and I think he has a great shot of acceptance.
@HardOREasy Also, of the five links you posted, only the first one (MSU) worked.
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If you can say whatever you want, then why didn’t you just say he will get into all the schools he wants to go to please him…oh wait… you did.
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This is what Chance Me forum of CC is for. Because some people need help with finding “facts and stats” as well as matching themselves with those “facts and stats,” CC users are here to help them out. If you are going to help people with your faulty analysis and plant false hopes in people, only to get them depressed after they receive rejection/deferred letter from colleges they had hopes for, then your so-called “help” is completely meaningless.
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I don’t think you know how FAR LESS state residency matters in many colleges than you think.
According to UMich 2015-2016 and MSU 2016-2017 CDS, state residency is only “considered” on the spectrum of “Very Important,” “Important,” “Considered,” “Not Considered.” That is just above Not Considered.
If you want to see, as you seem to seek proof, go to https://opb.msu.edu/functions/institution/documents/cds-2016_2017.pdf (Michigan State Univ) and http://obp.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/pubdata/cds/cds_2015-2016_umaa.pdf (University of Michigan) and find “State residency” under C7.
As for the five links, those were my errors. I forgot to put a space between each inequality bracket and the link.
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Michigan state (match)
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University of Michigan (reach)
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Penn state (high match)
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Ohio state (reach)
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Purdue (reach)
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@HardOREasy I really think the point of these forums is to help posters synthesize statistics and information to produce an opinion. My opinion happens to be that OP will get into all of these schools; it’s not knee-jerk advice I dole out to everybody. Regardless of where state residency falls on that scale, 2/3 of U of M students are from Michigan and having state residency is a significant benefit at pretty much any state institution.
@pacepea I think anyone who wants to go into computer science (and in particular some of the best programs in the country) should be able to effectively use Google and synthesize statistics.
I don’t think he’d make it into UMich. His ACT and GPA are low and he only took 4 APs.
I agree with @jeremyj on his opinions. even though you’re Instate, your stats are rather low. Just because most students are from michigan doesn’t mean it’s easier to get admitted. Instate students are just more likely to attend.