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You listed Texas A&M as a “safety”. It should really be considered a reach, since his current stats show that he is not in any of the automatic admission categories that consume most of the space there. In addition, admission to the engineering division (where CS is) is not assured even for automatic admission applicants. Frosh entering the engineering division must then undergo a secondary admission process to get into their majors later, based on college grades and essays.
http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted says that he needs a top 25% class rank and 1360 SAT score (with 620 math and 660 EBRW) in order to get into the automatic admission category.
Of course, it will also be expensive for an out-of-state student, although there are some waivers of the extra out-of-state tuition for some scholarship recipients.
@ucbalumnus thank you so much! I have to look into “automatic admission categories” - I am not sure what it means. I do know CS is more competitive than other majors so the general admission stats may be misleading.
I know. I have run NPCs for most schools and it is astonishing how much those public out of state schools cost!
Just a note - my son’s gpa and SATs were practically identical to your son’s and he did not get into UConn, or Binghamton. Also a CS major with a job, lots of ECs and leadership, APs, etc. they may not be safeties for that intended major.
MomtoAndrew2018, put Drexel on your list. Also, what is the split between math and verbal on that 1,250 SAT score? Asking because I know someone who is an absolute math whiz and applied to RPI for aerospace engineering, total SAT score was 1,220, math was 800, English 420, he got in.