<p>Hey everyone,
I'm a Junior, so I'm going through the whole college search thing.
As an undergrad, I really want to study either Computer Science, Business, or both. So far my top choices are Stanford, Princeton, and UVA, which are all known for their undergrad programs in these areas.</p>
<p>Here's what I need help with: What are some other good schools that I should look into? In the fields of Comp Sci and Business for undergrad, of course!</p>
<p>Here are my criteria:
-excellent education (though I will be going to grad school too, so it doesn't have to be an Ivy league)
-good campus (I've already ruled out MIT)
-large school (I'm sick of my 2,000 person high-school)</p>
<p>Thanks a ton! And I also need back up / safety schools (people have suggested Georgetown, V-Tech...)</p>
<p>Cornell
Carnegie Mellon (Not many people know it, but CMU actually is very successful with placement on Wall Street)
I’m guessing Penn wouldn’t be too bad. Not sure about CS there, though I think, being Penn, it’ll be good.
NYU is not too shabby, though the campus issue might not work.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Northwestern University
Rice University
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
University Of Illinois
University Of Michigan</p>
<p>I know that they don’t offer a major in business, so I would probably major in CS and then get an MBA, or do a 5 year masters deal.
And don’t worry I have the stats for these schools. and a double legacy to Stanford doesn’t hurt.
<em>EDIT</em> Copied from below: I’m not “expecting” to get into any of these schools (just hoping), all I know is that there are people that I know from my school with lower numbers than I have who have gotten accepted to these schools. But that’s the whole reason why I’m asking for backup schools.</p>
<p>Hm thanks. Yeah I need to visit CMU, the thing I don’t like about what I’ve heard about them is that apparently their campus isn’t very nice and they don’t have NCAA sports (only club sports). And I’m looking into Penn too, but I know somebody who goes their undergrad for business and she says that she hates it, so that’s kind of a putt off. Thanks for the ideas, everyone.</p>
<p>^ for every one person that says they hate a school, there are usually 100 who enjoy/love it.</p>
<p>Also, don’t be so cocky or confident about your stats. I could scare you with true stories about friends who achieved and achieved to no end, and ended up at the state school including one who was a double legacy at UPenn.</p>
<p>Yeah I know, I’m not “expecting” to get into any of these schools (just hoping), all I know is that there are people that I know from my school with lower numbers than I have who have gotten accepted to these schools. But that’s the whole reason why I’m asking for backup schools. But thanks for the reminder.</p>
<p>Georgetown = backup? Very lolz.
Anyways, thumbs up for Berkeley, Wharton, Uva, Cornell, and Michigan. Also, GA-Tech, Purdue, Cal-Poly, Nova, and Bucknell as REAL backups.</p>
<p>I see Michigan as a great safety for someone with Stanford/Princeton stats. I’d hardly take one person’s opinion and nix Wharton, there’s a great joint program with the engineering school. </p>
<p>Stanford isn’t great to legacies, so I would definitely throw in applications at the mid and lower ivies, Cornell with good engineering and decent business and Dartmouth with great econ and decent engineering.</p>
<p>Don’t rule out MIT ezak, it is a better campus than people realize. At any rate, given your desire for a larger school with a lively and fun campus, I would recommend the following schools:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Georgetown University (NOT a safety by any means)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University (Economics, not Business)
Princeton University (Economics, not Business)
Rice University (Economics, not Business)
Stanford University (Economics, not Business)
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virgina</p>
<p>Hmom5, Michigan is not a safety for anyone. You should see some of the students Michigan rejected this year. We are talking about near 4.0 students with 2200 SAT scores and excellent ECs. I would agree that Michigan would be a safe match to top students, but it is not a safety.</p>
<p>Wow, didn’t realize Michigan has gotten that competitive. I’m figuring that anyone telling us they have the stats for S and P has a 2300 plus and is at the top of their class.</p>
<p>The University of Chicago is a little less selective than Stanford/Princeton, seems to have a good CS department (leaning toward theory?), and has one of the country’s top business schools (#5 USNWR, #1 Business Week). You’ll just have to get past its rousing party school reputation.</p>
<p>USNWR Best Undergrad Business Schools:
1 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 4.8156 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.6192
**3 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.4475 ** 3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.4366
5 New York University New York, NY 4.3038
**6 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.1725 **
6 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 4.1704 6 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX 4.1836
6 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 4.1776
10 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 4.0672 </p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Computer 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 3 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
5 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 7 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 8 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX</p>
<p>So, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, Michigan and UT-Austin.</p>
<p>alright, thanks guys so much, this is really helping. here are some replies:</p>
<p>@UCBChemEGrad: Thanks so much! That’s exactly what I was looking for, but I couldn’t find it anywhere!
and i wasn’t sure whether Georgetown was a backup or not, so now I know that it isn’t. @Alexandre: Alright, I haven’t been there in two years, so I guess I need to go back. But I probably wouldn’t get in there anyways… @Hmom5: I’ve never heard anybody call Michigan a safety school… And you’re right about the 2300+ and top of class thing. @tk21769: Thanks, I’ll definetly look there.</p>
including one who was a double legacy at UPenn.</p>