Help on finalizing my college list

Bizziee
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 02:16:20 +0000

What do you think of my college list? Should I add/remove any from my list?

Reach:
Stanford (REA)
USC
UCLA
UCB
Tufts

Match:
Northeastern
University of Michigan (EA)
Georgia Tech (EA)
UCSD
University of Washington

Safety: (I only plan on applying to these if I don’t get good EA decisions)
UIUC
Drexel University
RIT

Intended Major: CS with concentration in Games if available. I would prefer more practical CS to theoretical.

My criteria:
Large (maybe medium) school; at least 1,000 incoming freshmen
Offers/ Is strong in CS
Not an LAC
Urban/suburban setting
Is not super freezing. (I can stand a bit of cold, but not too much)
Can start on major related courses right away in freshmen year (No crazy amount of core reqs)
Nice campus (as in new/clean and ‘modern’)

Other factors that I considered but did not put too much weight in:
Good Gym/ Fitness center
Nice Dorms
Number/variety of clubs

My stats:
ACT: 33
UW GPA: 3.8
No stellar ECs
Doesn’t need FA (more like schools don’t give out FA to Int’l students)
Int’l, Asian, F

I also considered MIT and CMU other than Stanford, but I think one super reach is enough. And I like Stanford the most out of the three.

I am most definitely applying to USC— my top choice school— but I’m not so sure about some other colleges:

Tufts (not that strong in CS?)
Northeastern (same as above)
UCSD (doesn’t have an urban feeling?)
maybe CMU (I know I said I won’t apply but I’m still not sure)

Please help! Any advice?