<p>Would be most grateful for suggestions as deadlines are close! Deferred to RD applicant pool by an Ivy and looking for a few more schools. Would prefer smaller private or public schools, or honors programs within larger schools, without predominance of Greek life atmosphere (some is OK as long as it is one of many options). LACs are OK, as are tech schools, but not with a disproportionate number of men. Prefer not in South or Southwest as would like a change. Some stats: 2290 SAT, 760-800 SAT II, 4.0 GPA, art portfolio. Also, from a small, non-traditional school new to the scene, so not a known quantity by colleges. By non traditional, I mean: no AP, no class rank, emphasis on projects, research, discussion, rather than memorization. However, students from this school have performed very well on standardized tests. Thank you!
PS I've consolidated posts from a previous thread to reach more people, I hope.</p>
<p>CMU, UMich?</p>
<p>Thought CMU for CS is one of most selective CS programs, no? Also, why did you suggest UMich? Thank you!</p>
<p>Wow… So schools are either Ivies or Safeties?</p>
<p>Of course not. Just describing what happened.</p>
<p>Yeah, those are not safeties at all, reaches for practically everyone in CS. Just off the top of my head, schools like U Washington, UMD-CP, or U Rochester might fit your needs.</p>
<p>UDub admits only a small number directly in to CS so can’t be considered a safety.</p>
<p>UIUC CS in Engineering also can’t be considered a safety but may be worth a try. However, UIUC itself is a safety and you can get in to one of their CS+X programs just with a 3.2 GPA.</p>
<p>Likewise, CS @ UW-Madison is easy to declare for once you are accepted to the school and even though it’s harder for OOS to get in, it may not be that difficult for you.</p>
<p>CS@GTech is also a possiblity (not sure how hard to get in).</p>
<p>Basically, all the top CS programs are either at highly selective universities or big state schools.</p>
<p>You could try Mudd. Not a safety, but since they try to keep the gender ratio 50/50, girls have an advantage.</p>
<p>Thanks so much PurpleTitan and ivyhopes12. I believe some state schools have honors programs in CS which tend to entail smaller classes and perhaps a sense of smaller community within the larger context. If that’s true, any recommendations? Also, what are your thoughts on Lehigh? I found some posts about it on another thread about CS but have just started some preliminary research. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Have you considered any of the seven sister colleges? For example, Wellesley in Ma? You could also consider some of the other liberal arts such as Amhearst etc.?</p>
<p>Somehow the thread led to an assumption that I was writing about a daughter, but that’s not the case. I think Wellesley only admits women at this point. Given that, which schools do you think make sense? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Holy Cross.</p>
<p>yes, if not a girl, then the seven sister schools will not work! :-)</p>
<p>Lehigh is reasonably strong across the board in science / math, but CS is not one of its stronger or more well known programs, it’s much stronger in engineering and pre-med. Additionally, they are very erratic with Fin. aid, so if that’s a major need for you I would encourage you to look elsewhere. You mention the department-specific honors programs. Lots of well-respected schools, including UMD-CP, Stony Brook, Purdue, Rutgers, and UT Austin offer CS honors programs (these are just the ones I found on page 1 of a Google search for “Computer science honors programs”)</p>
<p>@ivyhopes12 UT Austin’s Turing scholars is far from a Safety program. UT Honors programs (specifically Dean’s, Turing, and Plan II) turn down people who get into Ivies/etc. all the time.</p>
<p>UCSD might be a good reliable backup CS program with great job prospects.</p>
<p>@dividerofzero UCSD’s deadline has already passed.</p>
<p>Can you pay for OOS publics? If not, then they’re not financial safeties. </p>
<p>@dividerofzero:
Though the UCs’ application deadline being already over makes applying there a tad difficult. Agree that several UC’s have highly-regarded CS programs, though.</p>
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<p>Which has a rather limited CS department, so it is probably not a good academic fit for an intended CS major.</p>
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<p>Please realize that the popularity of CS means that introductory CS courses have gotten very large at many schools. For example:</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd: ~200
Stanford, Harvard: >700
Berkeley: >1000</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions. In terms of FA, among the OOS public schools with strong CS departments, any thoughts? I found a thread from 2009 with some discussion of this but more recent feedback would be most appreciated.</p>
<p>How much aid do you need? What do you need your net cost to be? </p>
<p>you’re doing this rather late. Many merit deadlines have passed. I don’t know why people do this. They focus on their ivy ED/EA app and then wait till Dec for that result and then panic while many other deadlines have passed. Why wasn’t this search done in Nov or right after the ivy app was submitted? </p>
<p>There are many schools with strong CS depts. It’s not a hard thing to do. It’s practically a staple these days at many univs. And, as UCB mentions above, even the smaller privates are going to have large intro classes because of the popularity. It’s a myth that smaller schools will usually have small classes, at least at the 100-200 level. And both large and small schools often have much smaller upper division classes.</p>
<p>The more-known publics either don’t give much/any merit or their deadlines have passed. Maybe Ohio State? Don’t know when their merit deadline is. Purdue’s has passed, I believe. UIUC doesn’t give much/any merit. The UC’s deadline has passed. UTexas doesn’t give much merit and I don’t know their deadline. Texas A&M might work if their deadline hasn’t passed.</p>
<p>Is your child a NMSF?</p>