Chance DS for CS! [IL resident, 3.9 UW, 1540 SAT]

I don’t like when people say flexible but merit would be a bonus - and then you apply to schools with no merit. Are you able and WILLING to pay $400K over four years? Otherwise, you need a budget and to remove schools that don’t offer merit assuming you don’t qualify for aid.

Your safeties are safe.

Your targets - I think only OSU and UW are.

The others are reaches.

As long as you are ok with the safeties and Ohio State, I think your list is fine - because you can only go to one.

If you want lower cost, you can head South like more than 1500 Illinoisans do - you’d be $20K a year all in at Alabama.

PS - given you have MIT, you might add RPI - and ask about the RPI Medal program.

Good luck.

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