Open to any area of the country. Prefer best program I can qualify for.
Plan to walk on for baseball if not a recruit of particular school.
Currently being recruited for baseball by 2 ivy’s
Chances/recommendations of a top CE program
Currently a junior, class of 2021
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Class Rank: 1
ACT 33, SAT 1480…740/740
First sitting on both. Confident I can improve both
Will have 7 AP’s (all school offers)
Currently have 5 in all except AP world history-4 (sophomore year)
EC’s
I currently own/manage a horse boarding operation on my family’s property. (Currently 10 horses) Developed web page, handle all accounting, do all daily chores, handle all customer interaction. Schedule contract labor when needed
Play showcase baseball…basically year round. (Time consuming)
Will have following high school:
4 years football—3 varsity
4 years baseball—4 varsity
Obviously you are at least so far competitive at any university. Thus the top schools are a possibility, but as reaches. Assuming that you can get your math SAT up and that you do well on the math subject test, your chances at MIT would appear to be not too far off from the percentage of students that they accept.
You also need safeties. That is why I am asking about your home state. There are also some excellent public universities in computer science and computer engineering, but your chances at them might be better if you are in-state.
I am in Missouri. Budget is open. Baseball has made it tough to narrow down. Have several d1 opportunities for baseball, but most aren’t top CE schools.
With improved tests scores, which I am quite sure is within your reach, then perhaps consider Stanford, USC, UCLA and Berkeley, where you might (should) have an advantage with your accomplishments in baseball. Your ECs with horses should give you an additional boost at Stanford. University of Maryland, College Park does have a strong engineering and computer science programs AND a decent baseball team (I think). Good luck.
Thank you very much for the information. Stanford would be top of my list. I wasn’t sure if it was even a reach. Will be attending there baseball prospect camp next June. Hopefully, have a good camp.
Programmer here - With computers, prestige doesn’t make any difference. You can do just as well graduating from Berkeley as you could from any other university. On my last job search, I interviewed for high paying jobs from Google, Amazon, Ga Tech, and several fortune 500 companies, and I went to a regional state university. Technology is driven entirely on practical skill, experience and fit. 99.9999% of what you learn is going to be on the job. Your degree just teaches you enough to get an entry level job. If you have a a full-ride baseball scholarship, that’s worth it’s weight in gold.
Thanks for the info! I have a few opportunities with a full ride. I really want to play college baseball, but don’t want to sacrifice future job opportunities.
You won’t. Tech is ridiculously employable. Computers is a hugely diverse industry with a lot of overlap. You could get a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering and be qualified for just about any entry-level programming job. You probably won’t use any of the math you learned either. Most tech graduates end-up in corporate IT jobs and spend their entire career never looking at a math problem.
How about Michigan? They had a really good baseball team last year. Your stats are fitting. I don’t know about sport scholarships but their engineering is highly ranked. Many engineering students were actually on the baseball team last year.