- the “top schools” for CS are not Ivies even if their names impress the HS crowd
- the way to get a job at “a good tech company” is not to wait for them to show up on campus recruiting, it is to do well in your classes and to ladder up internships. Your first one after frosh year, anywhere that will take you. After soph year with one under your belt you’re a strong candidate for a better one, and after junior year you won’t have a problem landing one at “good tech company” which will turn into a job offer after you graduate.
- I agree with @simba9 about your grades and CS. If you’re getting B’s and C’s now and failed a math class, how does this turn around in the tough set of courses for a CS major? If it’s because you plan on turning over a new leaf and becoming a top student, why not see if you can do it this spring semester in HS instead of kicking it down the road a year.
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