My student who got into CMU for CS (but has chosen Brown) is full pay. That said, I have many full pay CS clients with tippy top profiles and some get into the colleges mentioned here and many do not. The odds are very slim, and so the fact that this student is full pay is not likely to change much for these schools for CS with his profile because there are plenty of such applicants and lots who have better grades and even they are getting denied. This student can try and has a shot, but the shot is slim for anyone, full pay or not, and the current college list is not realistic or well balanced.
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