Chance/Match Me [IL resident, 3.98 UW, 1570 SAT for CS or physics or chemistry]

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As you’re looking for likelier schools for your college application list, these are some schools you might want to check out. They all offer doctoral degrees in CS, chemistry, and physics, so there should be sufficient depth for you in any of those fields at these schools. Additionally, you might receive some significant merit at a number of these, which can also affect the value proposition you mentioned above.

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • Clarkson (NY): About 2700 undergrads

  • Indiana University : About 36k undergrads

  • Iowa State : About 25k undergrads

  • Missouri Science & Technology : About 5500 undergrads

  • U. of Arizona : About 39k undergrads

  • U. of Minnesota – Twin Cities : About 39k undergrads

  • U. of Nebraska – Lincoln : About 19k undergrads

  • U. of Oklahoma : About 21k undergrads

Likely (60-79%)

  • Binghamton (NY): About 14k undergrads.

  • George Washington (D.C.): About 11k undergrads

  • Illinois Institute of Technology: About 3100 undergrads

  • Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ): About 4100 undergrads

  • U. of Massachusetts: About 24k undergrads and part of a consortium with Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Hampshire so you can also take classes at the other schools.

  • U. of Pittsburgh (PA ): About 24k undergrads. If you apply early (like August/September), you should get a decision fairly quickly.

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • Brandeis (MA): About 3700 undergrads

  • Case Western (OH): About 6k undergrads, but this will really need a lot of demonstrated interest. If they think you’re using it as a fall back for a school with a lower admit rate, you are unlikely to receive an acceptance.

  • Lehigh (PA ): About 5600 undergrads

  • U. of Maryland : About 30k undergrads. If you’re interested, you must apply EA because they fill about 95% of their seats in the EA round.

  • U. of Rochester (NY): About 6800 undergrads

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • North Carolina State: About 26k undergrads

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Emory (GA): About 7100 undergrads and part of a consortium where you can take classes at other schools like Georgia Tech & Morehouse. Although this is still a low probability admit, it’s probably a higher chance of admit here than at some of the other low probability schools you listed above. And, it has a possibility for merit aid which, if received, could add to the value proposition here.
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