Good Computer Science Programs?

vlines
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:44:58 +0000

Son wants to major in CS, minor in math. Has great GPA, and good AP scores, SAT not up to par with CMU, Cornell, Princeton. He will retake in the fall- and will take the ACT as well to see if that makes a difference. He has never done well on standaradized tests!

We live in MD, so he will apply to UMCP and UMBC.

However, we are trying to identify CS programs that are well respected that may be more of a match for his stats.

GPA- w-4.574 u-3.981
Rank-1 out of 376
SAT- low 1900’s
SATII- upper 600’s for math and Physics
AP’s all 4,5’s with a 3 in APUSH and Physics B (terrible teacher, only 3 past students have earned a 3, all the rest that tested earned 1 and 2). Other AP-BC calc, WH, Stats, Lang, CS.
“post AP” courses taken in HS- 2 CS courses, Linear Algebra

Will be attending the local CC this year and taking Calc III, Diff. Equations along with a few other gen ed courses. He is shooting for an AS in Math by the end of this year with the mix of AP credits and college courses.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. He would like to go out of state, but not necessarily across country.

Thanks!