So would Washington State University be a good safety instead of University of Washington?
Would these work as safeties for Computer Science?
Washington State University
UC Merced
Penn State
Yes - but don’t take UW off your list. It was just pointed out it’s not a safety.
Is WSU a home state school?
If so, think of what Merced will cost out of state? If you “like” WSU just fine, no reason to apply to Merced, etc.
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This year’s SCS admission rate is 4.2% - 458 out of 10,820 applicants (just got this information from the virtual SCS orientation this past Sunday).
That sounds consistent with what is being seen elsewhere - an optimistic increase in applications based on “test optional”, but likely the same students accepted. At least the same number.
It’s a good sign that the salutatorian at our HS, who finished second to my D each year in AMC, with an otherwise very similar profile, but not 4 parent/grandparent CT/CMU degrees, just started at SCS.
I see they are publishing the number of “first choice” applicants - presumably ED. I wonder how many of those are RD to ED2 conversions, two weeks after MIT EA results come out. My D may face that choice.
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