<p>My only safety was Univ of Texas Austin simply because of our oh-so-lovely in-state 10% rule that guaranteed me auto-admission. I had also gotten crosslisted into their Turing Scholar’s and Dean Scholar’s (CS and Natural Sciences honors, respectfully), so I wouldn’t have been miserable if MIT hadn’t admitted me, but damn am I glad they did =D</p>
<p>The other schools I applied to were Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Stanford. Accept to all except Stanford (IMO they’re brutal with their rejections, haha).</p>