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UCSD can definitely be a safety if you're qualified for some of the other schools on your list.</p>
<p>*the ELC admit rate for UCSD is about 90%
*it has more than a 40% acceptance rate
*the average SAT score is a 1950
*the acceptance rate for people with a 4.0+ is 80%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT critical reading section was 26%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT math section was 22%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT writing section was 25%
*25% of those with an ACT score of 16-20 were accepted
<p>I've noted that the University of Washington is not on anyone's list here... yet I had heard that they have a highly rated program. Anyone have a take on UW - CS and/or CE program?</p>
<p>UIUC is a very good computer everything school that can be considered a safety for top students.</p>
<p>University of Washington is also a good school that could be a safety</p>
<p>UCSD is a good school that can possibly be a safety for some. </p>
<p>However, it also depends, for example if this good student has a 2380 with like 4.0 unweighted GPA wit the most difficult course load, i would consider UCLA, USC, Cornell, and Northwester safeties. Can we know some stats?</p>
<p>^^ what? A safety is something that you have a 90% chance of getting into -- it's more or less a sure thing. I don't think it's a "sure thing" to get into an Ivy school, even Cornell, or Northwestern.</p>
<p>Dude, someone got into Cornell with a 1650 and a 3.9 with less than spectacular ECs (although he was Black).....he can get in if he had those stats...TRUST ME!</p>
<p>But then again..you might not want to trust me...i was just hollerin ;)</p>