Computer Science + Mathematics ChanceMe Applying to Ivies and UCs [MO resident, 3.93 GPA, 34 ACT]

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Congratulations on your strong high school record. You have prepared yourself well to successfully attend any college.

Below are my guesses as to what your chances for admission might be. I will leave UCSD, UCI, and UCSB chancing up to @gumbymom and/or @ucbalumnus.

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • IU (rarely is IUB used, except when multiple IU campuses are being referenced)

Likely (60-79%)

  • TAMU (the abbreviation for Texas A&M)

  • U. of Wisconsin

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • Virginia Tech

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • Purdue

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Brown

  • Caltech

  • CMU

  • Cornell

  • Georgia Tech

  • Harvard

  • MIT

  • Princeton

  • Stanford

  • U. of Chicago

  • U. of Michigan

  • U. of Southern California

  • U. of Washington (it has a 2-3% acceptance rate for out-of-state CS majors)

  • UC-Berkeley

  • UCLA

  • UIUC

  • UT (UTA refers to U. of Texas-Arlington; if you are referring to the flagship in Austin, you just use UT)

  • Yale

Note that low probability does not mean impossibility. It just means that these schools receive far more applications from strong candidates than they can accept, so the odds of acceptance of even the strongest candidates are quite low.

I would strongly urge you to limit the number of schools in the lower probability category and only apply to those that you are truly interested in, as you can then do a better job on the applications.

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