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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]21:42 here.

OP, those stats (1580!) are even better than you are giving your DC credit for.

You need better college advice. In general this isn’t the kind of thing you should source from an internet message board but, please, encourage DC to aim a little higher.

Unless there’s something we’re missing, VT and UVa are safeties and really good ones. You’d also get the in state tuition.

I know cost may be an issue with Ivys but please do run their calculators. For CS the best Ivys would be Princeton Harvard (pushing your driving limit) Columbia and Cornell.

Hard to think of other CS schools I’d consider over the in state options. Maybe Hopkins. UVa is stronger than UMd but CS is one of UMd’s stronger departments, if you want another place to apply. 
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Thanks for this feedback.  I (TJ kid with 4.35/1580) am not the OP (sorry OP.  Didn't mean to hijack your thread). DC did consider Cornell but not anymore given the location/weather.  CMU and Duke are on his list.  Not sure which one will end up being ED.  He is not interested in any of the others top schools including MIT and Stanford.  Applying to all the usual suspects for CS (Georgia tech, UIUC, etc).  Maybe once we are done with the Nov 1 deadline, we may ask him to consider applying to one of the Ivys.   [/quote]

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