Safety School Help

College Search & Selection
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<p>I need a school where I will almost be guaranteed acceptance. I am interested in computer science. Here is my info.</p>

<p>Right now I have Purdue Univ and Boston Univ as safeties, but I need more.</p>

<p>Applying for computer science, out of state for all public schools listed.</p>

<p>ACADEMIA:</p>

<p>Freshman GPA: 3.52
Sophomore GPA: 3.52
Junior GPA: 3.75 W, 3.7 UW
Overall GPA: About 3.6</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 610
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 680
Total: 1970</p>

<p>My School does not rank.</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Biology (This year)
Computer Science A (Next Year)
Economics (Next Year)</p>

<p>3 letters of recommendation (math teacher, club advisor, guidance counselor)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS: </p>

<p>President of Support our Soldiers Club
-Interviewed WW2 Veteran, contributed to National Archive</p>

<p>100 hours of Red Cross Volunteer work
-Office management, computer database organization, phone duty, etc.</p>

<p>4 Years of Varsity Swimming</p>

<p>Member of School Atmosphere Committee
-Helped create a video to send to New England Board of Accreditation to display information about our school
-Spread word about school ideals and beliefs in various ways</p>

<p>HOOKS:</p>

<p>I am of Hispanic descent.</p>

<p>I will not be applying for financial aid (Maybe not a hook)</p>

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<p>Your state schools, Case Western, Lehigh, Southern Methodist, Umiami (FL)… and many others.</p>

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<p>Lehigh and Miami as safeties? That’s very surprising to hear.</p>

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<p>^ sorry. Typed too fast and I’ll take them back. On the other hand, don’t see why you can’t get in but to say safety is a stretch.</p>

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<p>[HWS</a> Computer Science Department](<a href=“http://hws.edu/academics/compsci/curriculum.aspx]HWS”>http://hws.edu/academics/compsci/curriculum.aspx)</p>

<p>Hobart and William Smith, New York, as a safety school, an LAC.</p>

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<p>Can your family afford Purdue OOS? Definitely UConn.</p>

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<p>Money is not an issue.</p>

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<p>Purdue is definitely a safety. Perhaps could add Missouri UST also as a safety?</p>

<p>With a couple of good safeties, you can concentrate on picking match and reach schools. What are you looking for in a school - size, location, etc.?</p>

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<p>Does Purdue require a student to apply TO the College of Eng’g??? or does a student just apply to the school?</p>

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<p>You apply for your specific major. A friend’s D didn’t get into her first choice for engineering major.</p>

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<p>Thankfully Purdue computer science is in the College of Science.</p>

<p>EDIT:
@sacchi: I am looking for a school that has a name for itself. and definitely not liberal arts. Size and location are not issues. I will look into Missouri, thanks!</p>

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<p>Consider [San</a> Jose State University](<a href=“http://www.sjsu.edu%5DSan”>http://www.sjsu.edu) as a safety.</p>

<p>In the back yard of “Silicon Valley” computer companies, it may attract more recruiters to its career center than similarly selective schools elsewhere. As a student there, travel to interviews for internships and jobs for after graduation will be relatively convenient.</p>

<p>Out of state [students</a> applying as freshmen in 2011 to SJSU](<a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-1199.html]students”>http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-1199.html) needed a [CSU</a> eligibility index<a href=“note:%20use%20GPA%20as%20calculated%20%5Burl=http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp]here[/url]”>/url</a> of 3502 or higher, unless they applied to a major with a higher threshold (for the Computer Science major, the threshold was 3300; for the similar Software Engineering major, it was 2900). Full OOS price for CSUs, including SJSU, is less than at many other state universities, including UCs.</p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.ucsc.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.ucsc.edu]University</a> of California, Santa Cruz](<a href=“http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/eligibility_index.asp]CSU”>GPA Calculator | CSU) is somewhat further away, but still within a day trip for “Silicon Valley” computer company recruiters. Its [admission</a> profile](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/santa-cruz/freshman-profile/index.html]admission”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/santa-cruz/freshman-profile/index.html) suggests low match.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>How about Virginia Tech (VA) ? </p>

<p>[Virginia</a> Tech College of Engineering moves ahead in Best Graduate Schools survey by ‘U.S. News’ | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/03/031511-engineering-usnewsgrad2012.html]Virginia”>Virginia Tech College of Engineering moves ahead in Best Graduate Schools survey by 'U.S. News' | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech)</p>

<p>Link for news about grad/undergrad.</p>