<p>San Jose State is only 1% OOS. That may or may not bother the student.</p>
<p>The only thing that bothers me about that is that I would rather not go to a commuter school.</p>
<p>Also it might be useful to know that I want to go to a school with at minimum 5,000 students but am leaning towards a much larger school.</p>
<p>I don’t blame you for not wanting to go to a commuter school with 1% OOS students, when you’re an OOS student who’ll be a residential student.</p>
<p>Tell us more what you like?</p>
<p>Quiet schools?</p>
<p>Rah Rah schools with big sports to watch</p>
<p>city</p>
<p>rural</p>
<p>large?</p>
<p>very large? over 20,000 students.</p>
<p>I want to go to a slightly larger school but as long as it has about 5,00 students it should probably be fine. A school near a city is ideal but again I am flexible on that. I do however want to go to a quiet-ish school. I’m not into the whole party thing and the last thing I want is to go to a party school. Other than that I’m not entirely sure.</p>
<p>And of course a school that had a good/well known computer science program would be great.</p>
<p>Look at USanDiego as well. </p>
<p>Look to see if USanFrancisco has Comp Sci. Have you looked at LMU’s website?</p>
<p>Also look at Chapman Univ</p>
<p>mom2collegekids you are like a savior. Thank you so much for everything you have done it has been incredibly helpful. I know it is a lot to ask but since you have been so great with helping me with target schools do you have any idea what I should be looking at safety wise?</p>
<p>How about new Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology?
Safety would be FAU or Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Southern POlytech (GA), Belmont (TN), Radford (VA), U of Southern Mississippi/
Match would be FIT, UTampa, Arizona State, Coastal Carolina,
College of Charleston, Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech, Missouri U of Science and Tech, Old Dominion (VA), St Louis University, U LA at Lafayette, UT Chatanooga, VCU.
Explore the websites and for colleges you like, fill out the “request information” form (to get on their radar and receive free brochures).</p>
<p>South Dakota School of Mines and Technology may be worth looking into for a safety; it is low cost as well. But you may find it to be on the small side.</p>
<p>How do you feel about techie schools? Most don’t have a lot of girls, so some boys don’t like that.</p>
<p>I think Texas Tech could be a good choice, but it does have Big Div I sports so it will be a party school.</p>
<p>If you decide to apply to SJSU - note their standard for admission varies widley by major.</p>
<p>If you look at the link ucbalum provided above and select Freshman Impaction, you’ll find a list of majors and the CSU index required to get in last year. Note CS is 4100 while Computer Engineering is 3200. Also note, out of state applicants are held to a higher standard (100 higher is a safe bet). </p>
<p>With a 3.2 GPA, you’ll need a perfect SAT to get into CS while CE will take you with less than 1000/1600. </p>
<p>Check your boxes accordingly. </p>
<p>If you are passionate about CS and score 1200/1600 on the SAT, Chico State is another option in NCal. It is one of the most residential/college town campus in the CSU system - and has a solid CS program. Look at a map though, it is a LONG drive to the ocean.</p>
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<p>SJSU requires out-of-state applicants to meet the higher of 3502 (the CSU minimum for out-of-state applicants) or the major’s minimum to be admitted. Last year, out-of-state applicants to computer science needed 4100 (the major’s minimum > 3502), while those applying to computer engineering needed 3502 (which was greater than the major’s minimum of 3200). Note also that SJSU has a software engineering major that is similar to the computer science major, but has been historically less selective.</p>
<p>(Note, these numbers are using the SAT; ACT users have a different formula and thresholds.)</p>
<p>Update: I scored a 1940 first try on the SATs. Does this change anything?</p>
<p>If you want to check your credentials for CSUs including SJSU, recalculate your GPA according to the method linked in #16 (although if you are not in a California high school, you can only count AP or IB courses as “honors”) and then calculate your CSU eligibility index from the other link in #16, using your SAT CR+M (if you take more than once, use the best CR and best M, i.e. superscore).</p>
<p>What is your CR + M on the SAT? (you stated 1940 overall)? LA Tech (mentioned earlier in the thread) has a full ride scholarship for 1400+ SAT (CR+M) with only a 3.0 GPA. I’m aware that you stated money wasn’t an issue, but thought you’d like that info.</p>
<p>BTW, in regards to recommended schools, be sure to do your own research as well. Someone mentioned University of Tampa and I’m pretty sure they don’t even have a computer science department.</p>
<p>640 math, 690 reading, and 610 writing</p>
<p>I think I’m the one who listed UTampa, because I just did a check for Bstudent/CS/ABET accredited/South and came up with the list above.
I just checked and indeed UTampa doesn’t have CS. They do appear on the list that’s ABET accredited though, and they have Mathematical programming.
[The</a> University of Tampa - Mathematics - Programming Major and Minor](<a href=“http://www.ut.edu/mathematics/programming/]The”>Mathematics with Computer Science | University of Tampa)
Plus MIS (AACSB/ABET accredited) [The</a> University of Tampa - Sykes College of Business - Management Information Systems (MIS) Degree](<a href=“http://www.ut.edu/mis/]The”>Management Information Systems (MIS) Degree | University of Tampa)
Don’t know if it’s matter to OP.
It’s in the South, a 3.3/1600 school so I listed it as a safety.
Anyway schools such as FIT, FIU, Coastal Carolina, Texas Tech, SLU, ASU, etc, would all be potential choices for OP. Bottom line is: there are lots of choices, especially now that we have your SAT score.</p>
<p>Have you calculated your UC GPA? They only take into account your 10th and 11th grade GPA and only for specific classes. For OOS only AP and IB classes count as weighted, not honors classes. You might have a high enough GPA they way they calculate it if your 9th grade wasn’t the best.</p>