How anti hook is this?

ucbalumnus
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:19:50 +0000

sgopal2:

Race is a strong factor in admissions, especially with STEM.

Consideration of race / ethnicity varies from none to significant, depending on the college. Blanket statements like the above will be inaccurate for many colleges.

sgopal2:

Look into the 3-2 programs at liberal arts colleges. These can be a back-door into engineering/STEM programs.

Relatively few students who start 3+2 programs transfer to the “2” school, since the extra cost, uncertain financial aid, and transfer admission barriers could all stand in the way. In addition, many who chose a small LAC for the small intimate environment may not want to transfer away from their friends into a bigger university that the “2” schools often are.

Since the OP was interested mostly in CS, doing a 3+2 would not be needed if they were interested in LACs, since many have CS majors (although care should be taken to check how extensive their upper level CS offerings are).