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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high stat kid applied to 16 and only got into 4.  With a single-sitting 1560 SAT and 4.4 GPA on the most difficult curriculum possible and 13 AP/DE and boatloads of EC, awards etc. White male going into CS. So a lot depends on major and your demographics but we were pretty surprised at results.  They aren't kidding when they say top schools are a lottery ticket- my kid has a 167 IQ and didn't get into any of them.  He is going to do brilliant things regardless, but I just saw a hint of myself a year ago in your post never realizing it largely doesn't matter how talented you are in elite college admissions.[/quote]

And your kid is very smart and with a major in CS, it really doesn't matter where he goes.  He will get a great job likely making over $100K easily when he graduates in CS.  So pick a school that's a fit for him, where he will be happy and be able to shine (hint, it's often not at the top 20 schools where everyone is equally smart) and you can afford.  With a CS degree his future is set as long as he works hard. Does not matter where the degree is from
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