UW Seattle, UT Austin out of state, vs. Cornell?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First, I wanna thank you guys for doing all of this on your own time without any form on compensation.</p>

<p>Now, I want to go into Computer Science as an undergrad, and these two schools are within the top ten and have great industries nearby. In Seattle in particular, there is Amazon.com and Microsoft. Seattle and Austin are both great cities, but with their own type of charm. They also are, from what I hear, extremely tough for out of staters to get into. But I have no idea what this is relative to, so I'll throw Cornell out there as a reference. I know a few upperclassmen of previous years that got into Cornell computer science/engineering and I know what their strengths are.</p>

<p>If it's impossible to compare the three colleges relative to each other, here is a bit of quantitative (and qualitative) data:
[ul]2010 SAT - 680 CR, 690 Math, 640 Writing (hopefully these are the kind of schools that only look at the best score)[/ul]
[ul]34 ACT - 33 English, 34 Math, 32 Reading, 35 Science (taken after the SAT)[/ul]
[ul]800 SAT Math II, 770 SAT Chem[/ul]
[ul]5 AP Computer Science A, 5 AP US History[/ul]
[ul]Most rigorous schedule, except for two academic instead of honors classes freshman year, and one honors instead of AP class junior year[/ul]
[ul]4.71 GPA weighted, probably 3.8 unweighted (I've had way more A-'s than A's, but no B's)[/ul]
[ul]Vice President of Computer Science Club[/ul]
[ul]Won first place in a state-wide programming competition two years in a row, first place in an international programming competition (but it's not really that well known) last year.[/ul]
[ul]Asian[/ul]</p>

<p>Yeah, my math on the ACT isn't exactly where I want it to be considering I'm going for a subject with a math emphasis, but there's nothing I can do about it.</p>

<p>So there you have it. University of Washington out of state, University of Texas at Austin out of state, or Cornell. Which is tougher to get into? Oh, and I guess I would like an analysis of my chances into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign computer science and NYU Stern, but that's asking too much of you guys.</p>

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<p>oh, and rank 6 out of the high 300s, low 400s range.</p>

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<p>odds are youll get into uwash with those scores, mine are similar and im considering it to be a safety
uiuc is probably a likely
ut austin also a higher likely
cornell a stretch</p>

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<p>Awesome, thanks! I was considering applying to U of Maryland College Park and my state’s school as safeties, but I’ll eliminate Maryland and save myself a few bucks in application fees. Even if Washington is more competitive for Computer Science than other programs, I was trying to trim my application list anyway.</p>

<p>I probably wouldn’t have liked Cornell if I got accepted anyway. Despite it being a top five computer science school, it’s too dreary from what I hear. :P</p>

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<p>To be honest you seem like a very strong out of state candidate for uwash and ut-austin. I don’t you’ll have too much trouble getting in to those, especially with your strong test scores and EC’s in programming. Not entirely sure about Cornell, it will be harder to get in but definately in your reach!</p>