SAT 1600 Score, CS Major
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Anonymous
| Kid got a 1600 SAT Score and is looking for CS Major. Are there any good colleges which his score would give him an edge on. ECs average. |
Anonymous
| Public schools that value scores. |
Anonymous
| What's the GPA? That matters a lot, probably more than the test score. |
Anonymous
| GPS is over 4, weighted |
Anonymous
| Op here again - Student is from TJ |
Anonymous
| What’s uwGPA… |
Anonymous
| OP what do you consider "good" ? |
Anonymous
| A 1600 SAT gives an edge up at any school that accepts scores. MIT / CMU / UIUC / GT / Cornell still a crap-shoot for CS even with that score. Purdue and UMD would be some good targets with merit scholarship possibilities. |
Anonymous
Share more info.. unweighted/weighted GPA; Rigor of courses, Number of APs, ECs. Top CS schools are all targeted by TJ kids so hard to get in. UMD may give enough money to make the cost about the same as UVA. Apply ED to UVA and he may have a good shot of getting in. Folks here can get more specific if you share all the details. 1600 by itself is not a differentiator coming out of TJ. |
Anonymous
| Girl or boy? Girls with high stats will likely do better with CS applications than boys. |
Anonymous
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My CS major got wl at Cornell, rejected from MIT, and Brown. straight As (minus one B 9th grade) Blair Magnet. Sure it helps but it is just luck at top schools.
Attending UMD with merit aid. |
Anonymous
This is not true! |
Anonymous
Forgot to add 1600 SAT |
Anonymous
+2 |
Anonymous
For CS (and engineering) that’s absolutely true. They will be at a disadvantage for most other majors. |