<p>I am looking for a school on the East Coast with a certain program that has generally abmitious students and business-minded computer professors who have accomplished significant things in their respective fields. I am assuming that I can't get in to MIT. It isn't really the basic computer science program I want - it's an entrepreneurial program that combines applied computer programming with business skills. Looking for somewhere that is not at all a "country club" or X-box party environment, but rather a place where you can talk about foreign policy or nerdy programming ideas until 3AM.</p>
<p>Stats:
approximately a ~ 2100 SAT (with a 790 writing)
3.2/4.0 unweighted
full IBMYP early on, then half a dozen AP's later</p>
<p>EC's:
legitimate research at a real lab
good at 3 sports, mvp at 1
built & sold several small biz for 4 & 5 fig profits
FBLA nat'l competitor
started volunteer organization to help recovering substance abusers get jobs</p>
<p>I've searched the web and the guidebooks but haven't been able to find a real match. I have found one program that looks very promising, but it is difficult to get admitted and I need other options should I be rejected. Many of the programs have been rather disappointing when I looked at student accomplishments. In other cases, the programs will be good one day but are still in their early stages and don't have any student accomplishments to review. Do you have any suggestions for a strong, globally-aware entrepreneurship program?</p>
<p>NYU also has a vastly underrated CS program (I know some software pros who were highly impressed with it), and a business program, though they aren't really meshed so I'm not sure how that would work for you.</p>
<p>Babson focuses strongly on the business part of this. I don't know much about whether they have CS.</p>
<p>BU has a lot of very practical CS programs and a good relationship with the community. Northeastern does internships, which may get you into a startup situation.</p>
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The curriculum is based on the "Olin Triangle," a combination of rigorous science and engineering fundamentals, entrepreneurship and the liberal arts.
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And, best of all, every student admitted is awarded a full tuition scholarship!</p>
<p>University of Rochester. Money Magazine ran an article on the top 10 colleges for entrepreneurship and two of them that you have a good chance of getting into have decent computer science departments: DePaul University and University of Rochester.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon would be a perfect fit, but getting into their CS program is like getting into MIT (almost impossible with anything less than a superstar academic record). Case might be a match for admissions, and has strong CS.</p>
<p>"Looking for somewhere that is not at all a "country club" or X-box party environment, but rather a place where you can talk about foreign policy or nerdy programming ideas until 3AM."</p>
<p>I know that it's not the east coast (far from it), but you sound like the type of person who would be a good fit for the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Very unique program (with full ride scholarship if you're admitted) that really focuses on the blending of business and computer science. Students get to work with top industry leaders (one of Microsoft's VP's is a major supporter and contact) working on creative and unique projects that will be directly used by the company.</p>
<p>I have friends who have completed it, and they've all gone on to great things - from getting their MBA to law school to starting their own businesses. </p>
<p>Definitely a place where nerdy programming ideas are thrown about until 3AM. </p>
<p>The only drawbacks seems to be 1) location 2) Application deadline is Nov 19th and 3) you need to have an ACT score of 31, and 4) I'm not sure a 3.2 UW gets you in the top 10% of your graduating class...</p>