Stats are:
Unweighted GPA 3.21
Weighted GPA 3.74
SAT 1400 (700 per section)
Can anyone suggest some safety schools? Other schools on list are:
University of Maryland (in state)
University of Delaware (would this be a safety? SAT scores are past the 75th percentile but the GPA…ugh.)
NC State
Clemson
Virginia Tech (would this be a safety? SAT scores past the 75th percentile)
Ohio State
Need TRUE safety schools that have strong Comp Sci programs, east coast please. Any suggestions?
Safeties have to be affordable too, and safeties rarely give out great need based aid.
You have a few schools on your list that won’t give you much aid, is that ok?
VT is never a safety for anyone. Don’t know about UDel…will your family pay the OOS for UDel?
How much will your family pay each year?
BTW…you can’t simply look at things like “scores past the 75th percentiles”. It’s not like these schools, like VT, accept most/all of their applicants who have scores in the top quartile. Many students with top stats get rejected by VT…including many instate students.
Depending on how much the family will pay, Alabama and UAH could be safeties.
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Virginia Tech is not a safety for you. The average weighted GPA these days is more like 4.0 for accepted students. The engineering SAT’s tend to be higher than overall scores. You have to apply to the College of Engineering and start off your first year in General Engineering before trying to transfer into Computer Science. Good luck!
Depending on the approach to education that interests you, look into RIT, Allegheny and Roanoke. This resource created by @ucbalumnus can help you sort through further options:
@mom2collegekids Thankfully, we have the Post911 Army GI bill which will cover a lot regardless of school - net price calculators have been run on all these schools and all will be affordable for us. Of course UMD would be the least expensive and likely best choice academically, but it’s not a safety.
@sevmom According to Naviance (applicants from our HS which show GPA and SAT range) and the Common Data set, it appears that VT is very close to the safety range. Not safe enough, though, which is why more safeties need to be added!
@merc81 Thought RIT would be a target…not sure that would work as a safety. Allegheny is out (way too small, not interested in Liberal Arts approach). Will have to check out Roanoke- has not been on my radar at all, thank you!
@STF4717 are the Naviance results specific for engineering admission? It’s tough to use admission stats in general for guidance in admission to competitive majors such as engineering. As an example, VT’s own data for 2016 shows 25% GPA for CoE admission to be 3.97 compared to 3.78 for the university as a whole. This type spread is pretty common.
UW GPA will likely be the sticking point. You’ll want schools that aren’t known to be totally data driven in admissions. Common Data set C7 factors to gain insight on this.
ODU would be a safety worth looking at as well as VCU for the VA area.
Agree that his UW GPA seems quite low for some of these schools.
Agree also. And if the 25% for engineering at VT is now up to 3.97, many of the kids they are accepting have GPA’s that are even higher than that. I don’t believe VT can be considered a safety here
<<< According to Naviance (applicants from our HS which show GPA and SAT range) and the Common Data set, it appears that VT is very close to the safety range<<<
For CS?
I wouldn’t trust naviance for this. We’ve seen too many instate kids with high stats get rejected.
George Mason’s Volgenau School of Engineering has computer science. Close to DC and an easier admit than Virginia Tech.
@intparent , did you have some safety school suggestions? I think I already established that I know the GPA is low.
You might look at Indiana Bloomington which offers a B.A. in CS through the College of Arts and Sciences as well as a a B.S. through the College of Informatics and Computing.
Since you are in Maryland, you might look at UMBC. They have computer science within the engineering department. My nephew is at University of Maryland but they also looked at UMBC for him.
A poster this year on the Virginia Tech forum had an instate son with 4.22 weighted GPA and 1430 SAT’s (700 math) who did not get into engineering (but did get into University Studies) . He ended up at UCF with merit and seemed excited about the opportunities there. http://www.cs.ucf.edu/academics/prospective.php.
Auburn could be worth looking into.
Look at College of Charleston. My son is a CS and Data Science double major. Charleston has a growing tech community that has a great relationship with the school. I can’t say enough good things about the program .
http://compsci.cofc.edu/
Here’s another interesting program that CS majors can participate in at CofC.
http://sb.cofc.edu/centers/icat/
@sevmom Lucky for us we have a very good connection with VT. 
@carolinamom2boys Thank you - CoC looks like a good safety!