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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a rising senior in FCPS. 1520 SAT, 4.5 has about a dozen schools in T125 he has identified. Unfortunately he wants to study CS. Not sure ANY CS programs in T125 could be considered safeties. [/quote]

With that GPA and SAT, he should be fine at several schools (subject to ECs and other nonsense like the right kind of minority, gender, hooks, etc.).  Look at schools where CS is not a direct admit.  Most private schools seem to be that way.  Among top Publics, Michigan and UVA are not direct admits either.  Both admit to the Engineering or Arts programs and the kid gets to decide after a year or so.  The trick is to write about other things in the college app.  For example, write about and sell the college on his passion for industrial engineering but once he is in, take courses related to CS.  I've come across a couple of Stanford admits that went this route.  One of them professed a love for English and Politics (worked on an election campaign to prove this interest) but did CS and currently works at Google.  Game the game.  [/quote]

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