<p>I've always wanted to live in Boston, San Fran, or any other highly thriving city (although NY may be too much for me). So, the location/environment has a big factor towards the schools I'll apply for. I also care for the prestige. This is my tentative list (in order) of grad schools to apply for, but any recommendations are welcomed:</p>
<h1>1 berkeley</h1>
<h1>2 stanford</h1>
<h1>3 ucla</h1>
<h1>4 harvard</h1>
<h1>5 johns hopkins</h1>
<h1>6 dartmouth or boston univ</h1>
<p>I don't have any stats on how selective these schools are, other than berkeley accepts ~100/3200 each year. So, any selectivity info or predictions on my acceptance of these schools would be much appreciated!</p>
<h2>below are my undergrad stats:</h2>
<p>double major: comp sci and applied math (graduating fall 06--4.5 years total)</p>
<p>gpa: 3.88 (1 B in comp sci, 2 B's in math, 2 misc ones)</p>
<p>courseload: always took the most classes possible, including 6 too many</p>
<p>research: started the summer after my sophomore year on a NASA-funded project. our work is patent-pending. i've been working w/ the same professor on a.i.-related stuff for over 2 years now. no published papers :-(</p>
<p>internships:
after sophomore year = nasa-research assistant
after junior year = harris corporation
after senior year = really nice government research job</p>
<p>extracurricular:
ta, resident assistant for 3.5 years, acm regional programming competitions, co-founded math club, etc</p>
<p>awards:
nothing special... just school-based awards for good grades; a scholarship, but nothing state-wide</p>
<p>gre:
i'll prolly score above the 75% on verbal and 90+% on math. the subject test for CS scares me. i'll probably do really poorly (maybe above 50%)</p>
<p>letters of recommendation:
should be pretty good</p>
<p>statement of purpose:
i think i know what i want, and can articulate it decently.</p>
<p>thanks in advance!</p>