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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can apply EA everywhere.  You should not do ED in UVA or UMD - because you will get in anyways. No  college is getting swayed for CS/Eng/Math etc because of these credentials.

A good question to ask is - what can any college do for him that UVA (or UMD) cannot.

Ask AI to give you the top 40 undergrad colleges for CS and AI.

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I did ask that exact question: what can another college do for a CS/AI kid that UVA or UMD cannot?

The answer was not that UVA or UMD are weak. They are both strong and can absolutely lead to great outcomes. The point was that, for CS/AI specifically, some schools may offer a stronger technical peer group, deeper CS/AI ecosystem, stronger recruiting pull, more research density, or a more intense builder/startup culture. That is why I am hesitant about UVA ED. UVA EA keeps UVA open without closing the door on schools that may be stronger for this specific path.

Here is the AI-generated top CS/AI list with rough estimated chances for this profile:

MIT: 4-8%

Carnegie Mellon SCS: 5-10%

Stanford: 3-8%

Berkeley EECS/CS: 8-15%

Georgia Tech: 15-25%

Princeton: 5-10%

Cornell Engineering/CS: 10-18%

UIUC direct CS: 10-20%

UIUC CS+X / math / engineering: 20-35%

Caltech: 3-7%

UT Austin CS: 5-12% OOS

University of Washington CS: 5-12% OOS

Harvard: 3-7%

UCSD CS: 15-25%

Michigan CS/Engineering: 20-35%

UCLA CS: 10-20% OOS

Columbia Engineering: 6-12%

Penn Engineering: 6-12%

Purdue CS/Engineering: 35-55%

Wisconsin CS: 30-45%

USC CS: 15-25%

Maryland CS: 35-50%

Johns Hopkins CS: 10-18%

Yale CS: 3-7%

Duke CS/Engineering: 10-20%

Rice CS/Engineering: 10-20%

Northwestern CS: 10-20%

Brown CS: 5-10%

NYU Courant/Tandon CS: 15-30%

Harvey Mudd: 10-20%

Northeastern CS: 20-35%

Virginia Tech CS/Engineering: 75-85%

UVA CS/Engineering: 40-60%

Ohio State CS/Engineering: 50-70%

Minnesota CS: 45-65%

Texas A&M Engineering/CS: 35-55%

UC Irvine CS: 20-35% OOS

UC Davis CS: 25-40% OOS

UC Santa Barbara CS: 20-35% OOS

UMass Amherst CS: 30-50%

Colorado Boulder CS/Engineering: 50-70%[/quote]

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