What are my chances for acceptance into EECS- Current High School Junior?

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Wed, 02 May 2007 00:28:42 +0000

I’d say you have a good a shot as anyone at those schools. I think you ought to limit that list down a bit, applying to 10 top schools seems a bit overboard. But yeah, if you got it down to maybe 4 or 5 top schools and a safety I’d bet you’d get into at least one of your top choices. Berkeley as a California resident you’ll have a really good shot at (I assume at least) and Cornell or Dartmouth (I am in ECE at Cornell and I’d absolutely recommend it) aren’t terribly difficult to get in.

If it were me I’d probably visit Stanford, MIT, and Caltech, and choose which one you like the best. If it’s Stanford, then go EASC with them. If it’s one of the other two, you can go with both.

So yeah, maybe 2 or 3 major reaches (for anyone - your stats are great), another 2 or 3 regular reaches (IE, Berkeley, Cornell, and CMU), and then a safety (just in case) and you’d have a good list.

I guess I’m bias at this point, but do consider Cornell. Both the ECE (which houses computer engineering) and CS departments are very strong and all of the teachers I’ve had or met in those departments are great. Obviously, those last 3 schools you mentioned are still in a different “class” as far as undergraduate admissions go, but your opportunities at either will be comparable (in terms of research, getting recommendations from well-known professors, recruiting, etc).