Schools:
UIUC
Rice
Vanderbilt
Cornell
Dartmouth(ED)
Brown
Georgia Tech
Purdue
WashU
These are my stats:
Major: CS
4.5 W gpa
State: Illinois
Rank: unranked
SAT: 1520
SAT II: Math II: 770, Chem: in progress
AP’s: Human geo, Chem, APUSH, Physics C, Calc BC, Stats, Gov, Econ, Comp Sci (5s and 4s)
EC’s: Eagle Scout, Paid Math Tutor, Volunteer Math Tutor, Ambitious CS projects such as programming a drone and building a stock market predictions algorithm
Race/Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income: 40k
All are reaches or high matches. You need matches and at least one safety.
@TomSrOfBoston I do, these are just my “ambitious” schools.
Nine reaches plus some matches and safeties means you need to narrow your list. It shouldn’t be longer than 10 total.
Purdue isn’t going to give you enough money - your family is lower income and you’re out of state there. Pull up all your schools and run the net price calculators to see what they will cost. That may eliminate some for you.
Also, add up how many essays you have, too. You’re going to be doing a lot of writing just for applications, and you may want to do honors programs or scholarship essays as well.
Ga Tech also does not hand out much in the way of scholarship money. You need a safety school and one that is a safety financially.