What Other Schools Should I be Applying To?

College Search & Selection
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Hi guys,
I’m a rising senior who’s interested in CS, so I just wanna know what other schools (doesn’t matter if they’re reach, match, or safety) I should apply to

Here’s my list so far:
Stanford, Princeton, UCB, UCLA, Harvey Mudd, UCSD, Cornell, Harvard (maybe gonna apply there), GWU, USC, UCI, University of the Pacific, UCD

My stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.25 W
SAT: 2270 (770 CR, 740 M, 760 W), 2310 superscore
SAT II: Got a 650 on Math II in sophomore year, taking Bio and Math II in October 2015
ACT: taking next month, aiming for 35 or 36
APs: 5 on APUSH, AP Calc BC
4 on AP EURO, AP Lang (self-studied for 2 days), AP CS
Rank: Top 10% out of 38 seniors
ECs:
-Did Taekwondo for 8.5 years (from 2nd to 10th grade), had a 2nd degree black belt and was part of the Special Team of Role Models (STORM), an elite club of black belts that helped teach classes. Was on Competition Team, went to tons of tournaments including a top-10 finish at the Jr Olympics out of 25+ people. Have tons of medals from Taekwondo.
-Played basketball in 10th and 11th grade, was co-captain in 11th
-Currently doing an unpaid CS internship for a start-up, JibaSoft Inc.
-Went to Punjabi school at my temple for 6 years, have some small awards from that
-Member of Interact for past 3 years

Advanced courses I’m taking senior year: APES, AP Chem, Linear Algebra, Advanced Computer Programming, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Lit

I would prefer to not go anywhere in the South (eg Texas or Georgia).

Thanks for the help!

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Are you an int’l?

Will your parents pay $65k+ for any school you want?

What about Carnegie Mellon? What about RPI?

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I was born and live in California, but both my parents are from India.
Price isn’t really that much of a worry. Carnegie Mellon is obviously a very good school, but I’m just worried that Pennsylvania won’t offer me the postgraduate opportunities that a school in, say, Silicon Valley could.

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Please take a look at this link detailing job placement for Carnegie Mellon Computer Science majors. Fears of not having opportunities in Silicon Valley if you attend a Carnegie Mellon or RPI are unfounded. Note that 48% ended up in the West with another 19% in the Northwest. CS students at CMU and RPI are very heavily recruited by Silicon Valley and other top technology firms:
https://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2014-survey/SCS%202014%20One%20Pager.pdf

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Do you guys think I should apply to Cal Tech and/or Columbia as well?

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San Jose State is in Silicon Valley.

Do you actually believe that the Sillicon Valley hires only by geography?

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