Match/Safeties for Computer Science?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi!
I'm a sophomore, living in a smallish town in Nebraska.</p>

<p>I'm interested in majoring in Computer Science.</p>

<p>Hispanic Male
GPA: 4.0UW
Class Rank: 1/307</p>

<p>PSAT: 215
Math: 80
CR: 71
Writing: 64</p>

<p>PLAN: 30
English: 30
Math: 27
Reading: 30
Science: 32</p>

<p>Planning on having 5 AP classes by the end of high school.</p>

<p>The planned AP classes are:
Junior:
AP Physics
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>Senior
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Literature & Composition</p>

<p>ECs:
Robotics Club President (2 hours/day)
Design and Monetize Websites (anywhere from 1-4 hours/day, more on weekends)</p>

<p>Planning on joining Quiz Bowl and Mu Alpha Theta as a junior.</p>

<p>Dream Schools:
Stanford
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Caltech
UC-Berkeley</p>

<p>I am afraid that all my top choices will say no, simply because they're very competitive. Could you recommend some good match and safety schools?</p>

<p>Preferably ones with good computer science programs.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Bucknell for match. Lafayette for safety (because they need guys). RPI, Case Western, Rose Hulman, any of the UCs, Cal Poly SLO. UIUC, perhaps. Santa Clara.</p>

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<p>Worchester Polytech- safety, and you will get money. Seriously, I think that you can get into a lot of really top schools, including your dreams. What about Cornell or Johns Hopkins as alternatives?</p>

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<p>Wisconsin...........</p>

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<p>UMich, University of Maryland (top 20 in CS, great merit $$), Rose-Hulman, RIT, RPI, WPI. Keep up the good work!</p>

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<p>Practically all the good big 10 engineering schools should be a good match to you.</p>

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<p>I know University of Illinois has a good computer science program</p>

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<p>None of the UCs are safeties, as you're OOS. However, you'd have a very good shot at many of them, and a resonable shot at Berkeley.</p>