Computer Science Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey, thanks for looking. Can you guys point out some schools that I might be interested in? Here are some things I'm looking for.</p>

<p>*<em>I want to major in computer science, so the school should have a good CS department that will allow me to specialize in programming. Bonus if they offer game related courses.
*</em>At least a decent art program, so that I can possibly minor (or even double major) in art.
*<em>Location wise, I'm looking for somplace in California, Texas (Near Austin would be best, maybe Houston or Dallas), Chicago, or NYC.
*</em>Not too hard to get into? If I raise my SAT I'll be fine for anywhere, but as it is now I only have a 1270. (I'm not stupid though, lol...near a 4.0 unweighted GPA, honors, AP...)
*<em>Nice campus, dorms, food, etc would be really nice.
*</em>Variety of student orginazations and intremurel sports, as well as varsity sports.</p>

<p>Thanks for all your help. If I think of anything else, I'll ammend the post.</p>

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<p>They don't have the art you're looking for, but you might want to look into University of TX at Dallas.</p>

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<p>Wisconsin, Washington-seattle, and UT Austin would fill the bill well.</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd College in Claremont. It's a bit tough to get into, but the CS program is top-notch, and you are required to have a Humanities "concentration" (four courses in a particular discipline), which you can do in art.</p>

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<p>i believe carnegie mellon is top for computer science. it's in PA but i strongly believe academics is more important than anything else. i think cmu is a great fit becuase it has an awesome art department as well. plus its relatively easy to get into compared to the schools ranked above it. i think the food and dorms are pretty good but don't expect to find spectacular sports there lol.</p>

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<p>Less selective than CMU is Rochester Institute of Technology. Good comp sci and good computer graphic design/art program. Nice facilities. Not in NYC however.</p>

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<p>There is no way that CMU, UW-Seattle, or Harvey Mudd will accept a 1270 SAT scorer.</p>

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Location wise, I'm looking for somplace in California, Texas (Near Austin would be best, maybe Houston or Dallas), Chicago, or NYC.

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California has the UC's. Texas: UT Austin would be a stretch and the other Texas schools aren't that great. Chicago: Same thing with Northwestern and Chicago. NYC: same thing with Columbia, maybe try NYU.</p>

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<p>"There is no way that CMU, UW-Seattle, or Harvey Mudd will accept a 1270 SAT scorer."</p>

<p>One of my fellow 09 Mudders had a 1260 SAT score.</p>

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<p>The average at Udub is about 1200.</p>

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<p>With a near 4.0 UW GPA and 1270 SAT, your AI should be high enough to get in UW-Seattle in the first round.</p>

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<p>Doesn't UW have stiff competition for CS spots? <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/uw12.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/uw12.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yes, but that's after two years for 90% of the students.</p>

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<p>MegaMuffin:</p>

<p>I would recommend UCB and UCLA, but they'd be reaches out of state.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. I just upped my score to a 1320, if that matters much. And I kind of want to stay in a school that is somewhere near Ohio now. I mean, if you still have some good suggestions, I'd appreciate it. I gotta apply soon, but I could use a few more schools. My list right now looks like:</p>

<p>CMU
Cornell
UT Austin
UIUC
Some safety school in Ohio...either Case or OSU</p>

<p>I'd like to see a couple more match schools on that list, or even some more reach ones, whatever. I was kind of sad when u said that there is no way the schools would take someone with a 1270 SAT...I'm really a great student all around. Like, I know myself, and I could do great at any college, it's just a matter of them accepting me. </p>

<p>I'm ranked 1 in my class of 317--that is a new update as well.</p>

<p>Anyway, thanks again!</p>

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<p>I've got my list. There is like 10 schools. So thanks, but disregard from now on.</p>