Help with College Suggestions?

College Search & Selection
1

<p>Hi! I'm relatively new to the College Confidential and am just really confused on schools I should be looking at. Help?</p>

<p>Things I'm looking for in a college:
-academic flexibility (I want to explore other fields, e.g. linguistics, business, political science)
-undergrad research/internship opportunities
-professor/student interaction</p>

<p>Most likely I'm going to major in computer science, so a strong CS department is a must. </p>

<p>I'm a good student (My GPA is 3.97 unweighted and ~4.3/4.4 weighted, and I will finish high school with 9 AP's.).</p>

<p>More information: I really like Stanford (but I don't think I would get in). Anything similar in terms of academic freedom and opportunity? Also, combined bs/ms programs would be fantastic!</p>

2

<p>What was your SAT score?
The ones that popped in my mind immediately were MIT, Stanford, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Princeton, Georgia Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Harvard.</p>

3

<p>2330, with a 730 in math.</p>

<p>I liked the overall vibe of Berkeley, except the college of engineering cs stream seems to have a sink or swim mentality w/ very little prof interaction. </p>

<p>Thanks for the suggestions!</p>

4

<p>If you have ECs pertaining to CS and good AP/Subject Test scores then you’ll be even more likely to be Stanford material. Don’t give up~!</p>

<p>Also, I stumbled upon [url=&lt;a href=“Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos”&gt;Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos]this[/url</a>], which might give you more college ideas.</p>

<p>Good luck! If you have any other questions, just post and I’ll try my best to help! </p>

<p>(Though I’m only a junior, I know of MANY people who are majoring in/desire to major in CS/engineering like you, and they’ve given me AMAZING advice. So. Yeah.)</p>

5

<p>I’d say UIUC, but I am partial to it, as I am an alum. Honestly, the engineering at UIUC is pretty stellar, and for a lot less cost than many other schools, but obviously, if you are OOS, it will be pricier. All of the schools you list are great schools. UIUC also does pretty well in its business disciplines and languages, but I certainly don’t know enough about the per schools to make a comparison. BTW I majored in French and then went to medical school.</p>

6

<p>Apply to Carnegie Mellon! We have one of the top CS programs in the world, and you can be pretty close with professors if you want to. Be warned though… it’s a lot of work.</p>

7

<p>Carnegie Mellon is also the school that pops into my mind when someone with high stats says they want to major in CS… It’s worth a look.</p>

8

<p>What is your home state and what can your family afford? Most OOS public Us won’t give you any financial aid except a Stafford loan of $5.5K.</p>

9

<p>Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd/Claremont McKenna/Pomona, UPenn/Swarthmore/Haverford, Tufts, Vanderbilt.</p>

10

<p>I’d definitely look into Harvey Mudd if I were you. It has pretty much all the things you’re looking for. </p>

<p>Sent from my XT907 using CC</p>

11

<p>I’m pretty lucky. I live in California, and my family is able to pay the whole expensive prestigious private school undergrad in full. I’m still looking for scholarships to ease the burden, though.</p>

<p>Also, I’m trying to avoid OOS public Us in general, because they seem to end up costing the same as private universities.</p>

12

<p>Sounds like UCB is a good match then. Also Case Western and the schools listed by Ghostt. Perhaps RPI.</p>