Chance Me: CA resident, 3.99 GPA (4.00/4.20/4.68 for UC, 4.14 for CSU), 1600 SAT, 1520 PSAT, computer engineering, applied math [home schooled with many college courses]

What’s your budget for college? Also, what was your selection index score on the PSAT? It seems like you might potentially qualify as a National Merit Semi-Finalist (and if so, then almost certainly would make it to Finalist).

If you become a NMF, this thread would make for some interesting reading, and provide a number of options where your costs would be quite low:

Some options with likelier admissions that you may want to consider include:

Extremely Likely

  • Arizona State
  • Iowa State
  • Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
  • U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • U. of Texas - Dallas

Likely

  • Binghamton (NY)
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic (NY)
  • Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
  • U. of Massachusetts - Amherst
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