Do I have a good list of colleges? (Almost Final)

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well, it is my impression that Scripps and HarveyMudd have an agreement. The Scripps student would take basic CS classes then request permission from the Off Campus adviser. If the Scripps student did well in CS she can continue with the 2/3 of her program at Scripps and do her CS major at HM or Pomona. I may be wrong but in a recent article it seemed Scripps was especially flexible for women interested in CS.</p>

<p>This is the official blurb though:</p>

<p>Students who wish to pursue a major offered by another Claremont College may arrange to do so by fulfilling the requirements of the major at that college. Arrangements for pursuing this major must be made with an off-campus major adviser in the appropriate program. See guidelines concerning off-campus majors and cross-registration.</p>

<p>Students may cross-register within The Claremont Colleges when off-campus enrollments fall within the guidelines listed in the Policies and Procedures section of this catalog. Individual course restrictions are indicated in semester course schedules. Scripps College does not separately fund course costs, such as materials or travel costs, associated with courses at other Claremont Colleges.</p>

<pre><code>Asian Languages (Pomona College)
Computer Science (Harvey Mudd College)
Computer Science (Pomona College)
Economics Accounting (Claremont McKenna College)
Geology (Pomona College)
Linguistics (Pitzer College)
Linguistics (Pomona College)
Organizational Studies (Pitzer College)
Russian (Pomona College)
Sociology (Pitzer College)
Sociology (Pomona College)
</code></pre>

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<p>Yeah, so OP would have to check out what enrollment is like at Mudd and Pomona in the CS classes. CS is very popular, so it’s really important to have some reason to think there’s room in the courses for OP. would the student have to go thru with this open seat request for every CS course? A call to the CS departments at Mudd and Pomona might be in order.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-top25 LAC WITH BEAUTIFUL campus 1 hour from Boston. HC offers computer science major, is need-blind(meets 100% demonstrated financial aid), and has one of the better alumni networks for job placement.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross offers most advanced CS courses only once every two years, and some common courses like databases, networks, security and cryptography, artificial intelligence, graphics, and hardware design are not present in the catalog: <a href=“http://academics.holycross.edu/mathcs/courses”>http://academics.holycross.edu/mathcs/courses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Washington’s CS major is much more selective than the school overall. Students who enroll but not as direct admit CS majors will face a highly competitive admission process to enter the CS major after taking the prerequisite courses.</p>

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<p>Ah, I considered Harvey Mudd (and Pomona) in my search early on, but I really do not want to go to California. Not exactly sure why. </p>

<p>Getting into UW’s CS major is going to be VERY difficult. But I think I will try to eliminate some schools on my list and add more CS-heavy schools that I’d be interested in attending.</p>

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<p>You sound very, very similar to me! A lot of those schools are on my list as well and I’m also a girl looking into Comp Sci, but at a LAC. Tufts is high on my list (although I’m also looking into Harvard and Swarthmore as reaches), but the FA is a little rough. Tufts gives no merit aid and both my brothers are in school when I’ll enter college, so the need-based is… decent for those years, but right when they graduate, the EFC jumps super high. Without merit aid, almost all of our FA goes out the window. I’d just keep this in mind if I were you because it’s the case with a lot of the LACs I’ve looked into, besides those that are super competitive (like Swarthmore).</p>

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<p>FYI Case Western also wants students to demonstrate interest…if you can’t get to campus, see if you can sign up for an alumni interview.
<a href=“Alumni Interview Request”>https://go.case.edu/register/alumniinterview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also sign up for info:
<a href=“Request for Information”>https://go.case.edu/register/requestinformation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also sometimes they have information sessions in different regions of the country.</p>

<p>Case is known for some good merit aid.</p>

<p>Also Case meets your need for STEM but also LAC…since CWRU was formed from the combination of Case Institute of Technology (STEM) and Western Reserve College (a LAC)…best of both worlds.</p>

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<p>Re: your work translating on a forum. Yes! Do include that on your application as an EC. The colleges want to know how you’ve spent your time, and hearing what you’ve learned from that experience makes it all the more worthwhile. You might even have an essay from that!</p>

<p>Looking into LACs is a great idea, particularly since being Asian makes you a URM at many of them. You can also get a great education in CS at LACs.</p>

<p>You sound like a great kid! Go for it! I like that you are realistic, but do add a few more reaches because it is such a crap shoot. </p>

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<p>Holy Cross-great LAC is strongly seeking geographic diversity-West Coast kids. HC is one of a dew dozen schools that also meets 100% demonstrated financial need. </p>

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<p>Holy Cross’ advanced CS courses are typically offered only once every two years, limiting your scheduling flexibility:
<a href=“http://academics.holycross.edu/mathcs/courses”>http://academics.holycross.edu/mathcs/courses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;