Hey guys,
I have been looking to apply to some pretty good colleges as a CS majors, but my math ACT score was bad, and my Subject Test scores were basically nonexistent. I am not bent on doing CS and pretty much have an interest in everything, but am struggling what to apply under. I’ve taken pretty much every class in school and I like history and science. I’m pretty decent at math but I wouldn’t really call myself a “math person”. I know if I apply engineering to the schools I want to go to, I likely won’t be able to get in. Do you guys have any ideas for other majors? Preferably ones that have good job prospects and would be sort of interesting.
^Yeah, the above. If you have to apply to the engineering school then apply to the engineering school. If you don’t, then just apply undeclared and take the pre-engineering prerequisites.
You can mix it up a little too. Apply to some as an engineering student, and others as liberal arts, etc… Some schools offer CS through the liberal arts school, and have a less intense math focus, look around and consider that option!
I think Business is another general career area that has good job prospects and good salaries (FYI my older daughter graduated CS Engineering Cornell, my younger daughter is in the Tulane Altman program (with scholarship) for business, both are doing great career wise AND enjoy their work ).
I responded to you on another thread, and now see a bunch of your threads and have the bigger picture. So, replaying to those other threads and the bigger picture,considering you want some urgent advice I suggest: apply to AT LEAST 2 ivies, Cornell and Columbia & you-pick, Ivies give great financial aid - try one in engineering, another in liberal arts (as a URM, and seeing your stats in the other thread, you have a decent shot to get accepted). Apply to Tulane, you’ll probably get merit aid there and they have some good business programs. Apply to a few UC schools for in-state tuition. Pick some other schools too, the “safeties” may offer merit aid, the best financial aid is from the richer, harder to get into schools so pick some of them too… Yeah, applying costs time and money, but if you land a good financial aid or merit aid deal, it’ll far outweigh the application expense.
I STRONGLY recommend running the net price calculators on the schools websites, you’ll be shocked at the difference in financial aid offered. Try to do this before you apply. Once you have your info, you can run through this really quick and get an idea, I can’t stress this enough, do it.
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