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<p>I’m going to be a senior in high school, and have yet to decide where I want to apply.</p>

<p>I’m from Long Island (NY), and go to a competitive public school.</p>

<p>My Stats:
SAT Math: 800 CR:550 Writing:610
SATII Math1-800 Math2-800
GPA 97 UW 102+W
ALL AP/Honors Classes</p>

<p>ECS:
President of mathletes
president of robotics club
president of science club
jazz band
concert band
symphonic band
mathletes all star team (top 50 mathletes from county)</p>

<p>Awards:
1st place at local math fair
li math fair gold
li math fair silver
lisef special award
lisc high honors
top 15 mathletes in County
selected to all star team
700+ hours of volunteer work at hospital creating computer software, and at local public library teaching older folks how to use computers
most effort 9th grade math
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Volunteer tutor for Sat Math</p>

<p>I’m interested in math at this point, maybe a double major of math-comp sci, math-business, or math-bio?</p>

<p>I want to stay in the northeast</p>

<p>any ideas?</p>

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<p>Math…computer science…business…maybe check out Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh? I’m a southerner though and not that familiar with the northeast.</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention 2 things:</p>

<p>1) I want to stay within like 5 hours at the MOST driving distance.
2) My parents will only pay about 20,000…so schools with aid/state schools</p>

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<p>In that case, CMU would probably be too far (it’s close to 7 hours). You’re thinking primarily New York state, Eastern PA, New Jersey, and Connecticut, right?</p>

<p>In that case, I’d aim for Cornell. It’s one of the best math programs in the region. Johns Hopkins too perhaps (Baltimore is surprisingly not far - just over 3 hours). </p>

<p>And for safeties, both UMD (only a little bit further than JHU) and Rutgers are really strong in math.</p>

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<p>Cornell’s math department is in its liberal arts college, which does NOT give an in-state tuition discount. Admission would be a stretch with your reading and writing scores. They do have a strong math department, and an equally strong CS department. If you have questions about those programs, please ask.</p>

<p>You should think about bringing up your SAT scores, and about an SAT II test that doesn’t have “Math” in the title. Is your financial situation such that you won’t qualify for any need-based aid? </p>

<p>You may have to modify your list of requirements to get into a top math school.</p>

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<p>You should get aid from Rensselaer Polytechnic. It sounds like a match. I also agree about UMD College Park or UMBC. U Delaware is worth a look. I agree about Rutgers. I hope that you are applying to Stony Brook, Binghamton, or both. Look at Vassar. No, I am not joking. You may get great aid. You are a math genius and a lot of the liberal arts colleges may want you. Mathlete All-Star is seriously impressive. Another great match but a little far geographically- University of Rochester. You should get aid there. RIT may also be good.</p>