<p>As a junior, I have begun my search for the ?perfect? college. Thus far, only a few colleges, all of which are incredibly competitive, have caught my eye (Northwestern, Cornell, Columbia, and UNC). My question to you all is, what other colleges should I be looking at?</p>
<p>Information:
City: Greensboro
State: North Carolina
Race: White</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science
Minor: Political Science
Possible Professional Path: Law School</p>
<p>I plan to join NHS as soon as my school allows </p>
<p>Possible ECs (unsure if these count):
Built a website for a local band (Favor for a friend)
Programmed and administrated an online gaming league for America?s Army (The Game)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Freelance Web Development</p>
<p>Extenuating Circumstances:
In 2003 my mother became paralyzed from the chest down because of a medical accident. Being that she and my father are divorced and that my brother is a sophomore in college, I am left to care for the tasks she cannot attend to herself. While she is not completely dependent on my care, her situation has placed considerable strain on my free time. I do not wish to use this situation to obtain sympathy but rather to help explain my somewhat lackluster extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
University of Pittsburgh
University of Washington</p>
<p>CompSci is probably worst major for law school. Unless your a CS prodigy, your grades will suffer because of your major. Just thought you might want that advice.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon's computer science school is extremely competitive, and I don't think you have the SAT math score and the ECs to be in the right range. Still, it would be a nice reach, though I assume that due to your parental problems you have some need for financial aid, and CMU is not renowned for being liberal with grants and scholarships.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I would include schools like Renessaelar, University of Tulsa, Rose Hulman Institute. and Georgia Tech.</p>
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<p>Actually, I would argue that physics is probably the worst major in terms of GPA.</p>
<p>Actually, from what I've read it seems that majors are not treated equally. Law schools know there's a difference in difficulty between, say, nuclear engineering and American Studies. So the GPA difference won't matter that much, really.</p>
<p>Ray192 thats nice wishful thinking. how many 2.8s and 3.0s(alright grades for a very-hard major) get into harvard or yale law??? not too many i assure you.</p>
<p>As a safety-type school, consider Allegheny College. They have a strong computer science program and require students to minor in a subject outside the area of their major, which would fit your interest of a CS major/political science minor. If you get the SATs up a bit, you should qualify for merit aid.</p>
<p>The reason I am majoring in Computer Science is because:</p>
<p>A. I enjoy it
B. I am unsure at this point whether I will attend law school, and computer science is a field that I will not mind working in if I do not attend law school.</p>
<p>From other posts I have read on this forum, there are plenty of engineering majors in top law schools, so computer science (Which isn't technically engineering), shouldn't be an exception to that rule.</p>
<p>I guess I should have included in my original post that I prefer a university (medium to large) university over a LAC and for the school to either be in NC or north of it. </p>
<p>Also, as many of you are advising me against CS, what major would you suggest that would be good for both law school admission and job recruitment if I do not attend law school.</p>
<p>I would say look at any technical colleges - Rensselaer, RIT, etc. Although they are technical (and wouldn't be thought of for pre-law persay) you will get a great technical education in Comp Sci and have a great background for law based on the other requirements at the school.</p>