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<p>I saw you were considering the UMD honor program so, as always, i felt I had to say something. :D. Your son has a higher GPA than me, I had a 3.45 and a 4.0 W. I took some college classes at a CC while in HS and got As for 6 credits. I had very similar SATs to your son though. I had a 770M 610V. Its a good thing your son will break 1300 because that is the minimum, as far as I can tell, standard for LEP programs and business and engineering are LEP programs. Smith has a 1360 average. Now you said you were thinking about the honors college. Here is the thing. I have yet to find out what they are looking for when they distinguish scholars and honors. Some are not even sure which is "better". I have heard that scholars is more career focused but who knows. All i know I know people at 1330 getting into honors and others with great stats and much higher than those in honors getting scholars and the same is true the opposite way. I got scholars and a selective scholars program, the business program. I suggest you ask UMD about scholars and honors and how they distinguish because I can't tell. I am EXTREMELY happy with my choice for UMD. I have yet to go there but have felt welcomed. Who would ever think that about a big place like UMD? The scholars program is about 70 kids per year per program. Everyone lives in the same dorm as their fellow scholars in their program and it is focused on a career goal. I feel fortunate for being in smith and the scholars program. The quest program, through smith, which is applied to during the freshman year seems great for tech and business students and i can only hope I get accepted. Its my state school and they gave me the aid I needed. </p>
<p>Now for other schools for your son. Give a shot at Umich, though i doubt he will get into ross. A good GPA at Umich will allow him to transfer into a great business school in ross. Have PSU as a safety. Its great at engineering and business. IU might give him a full scholarship and that is, by most accounts, a top 10 business school. You may want michigan in the mix and give a shot at emory(try the ED application if money isn't an issue). Allong with IU, UIUC is my biggest regret for not applying. I think your son should also check it out. It is a good overall school with a 4.0 Peer assessment ranking and a highly ranked business school. Uwisc seems like a great option and is underranked. It does not allow anyone freshmen into business and they apply their junior year. I believe Emory is the same deal. Boston college seems like a great fit.</p>
<p>Collegehelp provided the gourman rankings for computer science in this thread on post number three:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2132843&highlight=computer#post2132843%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2132843&highlight=computer#post2132843</a> This should be helpful for Ida also. </p>
<p>These are very old rankings but for the most part are still accurate. The general area of the schools shows how good it is. Number 15 might not be number 15 anymore but I think it isn't far from it, up or down. I just looked at it was i was happy to see UMD was top 10. Uwisc and UIUC are there(i think UIUC is very hard to get into for engineering programs but I am not sure). Now its time for me to give a call out to UMD again :D. Its business school is good and so is its engineering school. Your son, in my opinion, is a lock and may want to break 1400 to hope for some type of scholarship(most honor students get some kind of scholarship). The Management information systems program at Smith is ranked 6th in the country. That is the implementation of technology into business. I think UMD would be a good saftey as a university and a solid match for honor or scholar programs, while still providing a great business and technology atmosphere. </p>
<p>4 national championships can't hurt either. Go terps!</p>