WPI is a good option for reasons above
UMass CS is very good
Also, what about William & Mary? Aid is unlikely but they are a great school and are now opening a college of data science (a very recent announcement). Also, they have an option for spring admit that we heard about on the tour.
My D21 is a data science major at Miami of Ohio. With op stats there would be good merit if that is needed
My D22 with very similar stats decided to go to a LAC for computer science. Your daughter has competitive stats for many good liberal arts colleges on the East Coast. We have found that, although a LAC may not offer as many advanced technical classes as a big university, the personal relationships with professors and the small class size have been invaluable. It is the opposite of a hyper competitive CS program like CMU. The placement of students after graduation has been amazing â â into CS positions at major banks/financial firms in NYC, for example. My daughter has already lined up a consulting internship for after jr year and is currently acting as a TA in a computer lab.
Schools like Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Vassar, Mt. Holyoke will all provide amazing opportunities and place very well. Your daughter stats are in range at all the schools, and Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke are probably safeties. If your daughter wants a co-Ed experience, Bryn Mawrâs computer science department is actually shared with Haverford so the students take classes at both campuses (minutes apart by constant shuttle), so there will be lots of boys around. And everyone from Haverford comes over to eat at Bryn Mawr because the food is so good.
Hello All,
She ended up applying for below universities for CS Program
She was accepted to Penn State at University Park so far.
I have one more question, does these IV colleges send interviews. One of her friend got interview at Harvard. She is very sad that she did not get any interview. Could you please give some insight about the interviews and all. My question is when they usually ask for interviews. If you donât get interviews, you will not be accepted etc. Any help is much appreciated.
Congrats on the PSU acceptance.
When did she apply to Pitt?
Not all Harvard RD applicants get interviews, I am not sure what proportion do/donât⊠Insights @skieurope?
Thank you. She was accepted to Penn state unitversity park for CS program. She is still waiting on Upitt.
She applied to Upitt on 12/30. They are saying it will take around 6 to 8 weeks for a response.
Thatâs great! Congratulations!
Thank you all for the acceptance wishes. She wanted to get into the Ivy league colleges. I told her , lets wait for the best.
Congratulations! This is a very good admit, but is not a surprise (particularly since your daughterâs math SAT is 770, and not 470 
). A CS major can do very well with a degree from Penn State.
Realistically, while Harvard may be more famous, in high tech hiring managers will not care which of these very good universities your daughter graduates from. There will be good jobs either way.
Thank you for the wishes. Today she checked Upitt and she got waitlisted. At this point we can ignore this right? Please advise.
This is most likely just a result of not applying early enough; Pitt has rolling admissions and has been accepting students since September, and was probably running out of room in CS by the time her application was reviewed.
Normally, when a student is offered a waitlist spot, they must accept or decline it. Your daughter should look for this and make sure to accept the spot if she wants it.
Oh Thank you! If Penn state program is better than I will ask her to decline it. Please advise.
Has she visited both schools? Any preference? There is no harm in staying on the WL if she wants to visit or see what happens.
Theyâre both high-quality CS programs; I donât think one is meaningfully better than the other, such that she should choose one over the other. But the campus environments are very different. Would she prefer a campus in a city, like Pitt, or a large land-grant university in a rural setting (with more emphasis on sports-related school spirit and Greek life), like PSU? (For CS students, Pitt also offers the possibility of cross-registration at CMU.) She has both very-urban and very-rural schools on her list, so I canât infer a preference from where she applied. What campuses have you visited? It might be worth staying on the Pitt waitlist for now, unless she clearly prefers Penn State both academically and in terms of the physical setting and social âvibe.â Reputation-wise, she could really go either way, but most students have a preference between the two based on other factors.
PSU does have secondary admission to CS.
True but Penn State has âsecondary admissionâ to almost all majors. As long as the Entrance to Major requirements are met, there is seamless transition into the major. Computer Science requires a 3.2 GPA.
Thank you for the insight. For now she will be on WL and will visit both campuses.
Hello All
My daughter accepted to Ohio University Computer science.
Also she got an interview at Harvard