I’m a competitive Computer Science applicant, you can look at my past threads if you really want to see the specifics of my profile, but in short, 2300+ SAT, mid 3.8 gpa(done in by a horrible freshman year), very good EC’s that are quite different from normal CS applicants, mostly involve combining different disciplines, so interdisciplinary stuff, which I’m really interested in doing as CS major, and noteworthy essays.
I’m quite surprised that I got into UCLA, considering the competitiveness, so I’m thinking maybe there’s something people might like about my profile.
Where I’ve gotten in, applied for computer science major in each: UC Davis, UCSD, UC Santa Barbara(Regents), UC Irvine, UCLA, UofR (16k/year scolarship), UW(No DA admission to comp sci :() Georgia Tech.
Waitlsted : WUSTL, Harvey Mudd
Rejected : NWU
So where do you think I’ll get in out of these remaining ones?
USC
Rice
Duke
UCB
Brown
Upenn
Columbia
Stanford
CMU(School of Computer Science)
Cornell(Deferred for ED)
Funny that Duke is a “match” but Brown is a “high match” and Penn is a “high match/low reach.” Duke is well ahead of Brown in every ranking and is on par with Penn in every ranking.
Chance threads are silly because the majority of respondents do not know what they are talking about. The truth is that all of these schools listed (except for USC) have essentially the same standards, and without reading your essays and recommendations, no one can predict your results.
Ivies and Stanford are a REACH for everyone…and not a Low reach either. Fortunately you have some good options already. I say USC is a match and the rest are reaches.