<p>I'm currently a senior in high school and have been browsing through dozens of schools looking for a best fit computer science schools.</p>
<p>Two factors that are important to me are the academics (research, good teachers) and location (student friendly, not rural, opportunities for work). Right now I'm not looking at how hard it is to get in or financial aspects, I'll sort that out as I narrow my list.</p>
<p>If anyone could point me to schools they would recommend I would really appreciate it, here is my list so far:</p>
<p>Stanford
Berkeley
Carnegie-Mellon
University of Texas Austin</p>
<p>Are you just compiling a list of reach schools? Or do you need “match” and “safeties,” too</p>
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<p>I understand that you don’t want to consider financial aspect, but since it’s mid October, don’t you think you’re running out of time to “sort that out” later. Have your parents said what they can/will pay? Do you know what your family’s EFC is?</p>
<p>Do you really want to spin your wheels compiling a list only to find it to includes a bunch of unaffordable schools? The problem with doing that is the “let down factor” will be very demoralizing. </p>
<p>And…If you have to come up with a new list, you won’t have much time.
But…since you’re asking for more schools…</p>
<p>Here’s the definitive CS list (ranking?) that I saw somewhere which seems pretty reasonable according to my Dad who’s in the field.</p>
<p>MIT
Stanford
CMU
UC Berkeley
Cornell
UT Austin
UIUC
Princeton
Cal tech
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin Madison
Harvard
Brown
Yale
UCLA
U of Maryland College Park
Rice
UMich
USC
Columbia</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, I realize I’m cutting it close on applications. I plan to have a healthy mix of safety and reach school, as for money there’s a scholarship the Saudi Embassy gives that covers all costs.</p>
<p>Ill be looking into the schools you guys mentioned thanks :)</p>