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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's safety, according to college vine or wise (can't remember) for CS is U of Chicago - Urbana, GA Tech, UMD.

Hard target is CMU and U of Michigan.

Reach: Cal, UCLA, MIT

800 on SAT
Taking MVC right now
5 on AP Calc test

Several 5s on other AP tests.[/quote]

How is Georgia Tech CS a safety for a non-resident of Georgia ?

No such school as "U of Chicago-Urbana".[/quote]
that's what it said.  DC has very strong stats.

And yea, I mixed up U of I and U of C.  [/quote]

It might be what the website said, but no school with an admissions rate in the single digits is a safety — regardless of stats.  Naviance says every top school, including MIT, Stanford, and Princeton are matches based on DC’s stats. But these schools have roughly a 5% acceptance rate. So they are reaches regardless of what Naviance says. 
Your DC might have very strong stats, but is applying to one of the most in demand majors.  The schools you are looking at are not safeties for CS, regardless of his strong stats. UMD is the closest if you are in state. Even then, there is a chance he could be admitted to the university but not directly into CS.[/quote]

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