Right now my list is as follows:
University of Pittsburgh
U Cincinnati
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
USC
UC Berkeley
Stanford
I have a 36 ACT, 4.0 UW GPA, I do FIRST Robotics, and I participate in a bunch of other tiny clubs.
What are some good match schools for me for Computer Science?
The problem with your scores is a match school is also a reach. Case Western, Cornell, CMU. You know you’ll be full pay for UCB, right?
Cost constraints? State of residency?
You’re an Ohio resident.
Ask your parents if they’ll pay $60k per year for Berkeley. No aid for OOS. If not, then take it off your list.
GT is also bad with aid for OOS. And their merit awards are totally unpredictable. I thought a girl that I knew (ACT 36, NMF, Val of her class) would get some merit from GT…she got zilch! Shocking. I thought for sure a girl from Kansas would get money from GT with those stats.
Ask your parents how much they’ll pay each year.
If UCB is affordable, then add UCLA and UCSD. Have a look at Olin College, University of Waterloo and University of Toronto.
Make sure to get your USC application in before December 1 for merit awards.
^ Doesn’t UCLA cost the same as UCB? Once again, no aid for OOS students. For all I know UCSD could be the same.
Yes, the other UC’s will cost the same, but there’s no guarantee OP will get into UCB, so if they want the UC system, they should add more options.
Schools that seem to be roughly in admission match territory for the OP include:
Case Western
Emory
Michigan
Northeastern
Rensselaer
Rochester
BC, Brandeis, Case Western, Lehigh, U Roch
If you’re an Ohio resident and got into both Ohio State and several OOS publics, there’s no way I would suggest you pay extra to go to an OOS public unless you really hate Ohio State.
@mom2collegekids wait… UC berkeley doesnt even aid us citizens ,if they’re out of state? WEIRD
go to stanford,MIT, caltech ,georgiatech
The UCs view OOS students as cash cows and accept them primarily because they pay full tuition.
@simba9 its so weird… its understandable when its about int students , but citizens of your country? cmon :-/
enrolling in UCs must be so much easier for OOS students than california residents tho…
^ You seem to be confusing national taxes which go to support Pell Grants and Student Loans with state taxes which support state universities. Why would CA want to provide someone from OH with a discount on Their colleges? Some states do that to entice high scorers to attend. CA doesn’t want to play that game and UCB likely has its share of high scorers in-state.
Almost all state universities have worse or no need-based financial aid for students who are not residents of the state, in addition to having higher tuition for students who are not residents of the state. They are partially funded by state governments using tax revenue from state residents, so state residents are the primary beneficiaries with respect to tuition and financial aid.
Use the net price calculator on each school’s web site to get a financial aid estimate.
Derpthulu, Does your country offer grants for students that can be used at any university? Excluding the Pell grant, which is a small federal need based grant, our system doesn’t work like that.
CA residents can get state aid in CA because they pay state taxes there. OH residents can’t because they pay state taxes in OH, not CA. But OH residents get state rates and grants in OH that CA residents don’t.
For the sake of discussion, let’s ignore the UC system (besides Berkeley), and pretend that I don’t have cost constraints.
Though the title may not indicate it, this article discusses some excellent schools for CS, including some with a stronger undergraduate focus than those on your current list: