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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is similar to OP's kid - 3.25/3.75 GPA (UW/W) and 1500 SAT. rigorous schedule. 5 APs so far and another 6 senior year. No real upward trend in GPA over the years.

Any recommendations on schools? [/quote]
What is your DS interested in?  
Iwhat are the current schools considering? [/quote]

Computing/adjacent (DS,IS, analytics, etc.). Applying to a slew of nearby publics - GMU, VCU, JMU, [b]Tech[/b], Del, UMBC, Pitt, etc. and Drexel, RPI and RIT.  Not thinking of ED right now. Wondering if we should be applying to more privates.  Hope to keep COA to about 50K/year.[/quote]

If the math scores/grades are strong, he should apply to Tech's Computational Modeling & Data Analytics major, not Computer Science or BIT. It has a much higher acceptance rate (IMO because most applicants don't know it exists) but is very math/stats heavy so those scores/grades need to be there.[/quote]

Adding... my son is in that major at VT and another school to look at is Miami University (Ohio). He got merit $ there and liked the data science program.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing! Where did Miami rank on his list?  Did you guys visit? How was it? It's currently not on our list but don't mind adding if it's worth it.[/quote]

We ended up not visiting but would have if he'd not gotten into Virginia Tech. It would have been between Miami and UDel. We know a few Miami grads and current kids there who seem to really like it. He generally liked the big school/college town/sports schools and those all fit the bill. JMU was the in-state back up but they didn't seem to have a well developed data science program. I just looked at their site and they have added a data science option to the statistics major so it may be a better option now.

UDel doesn't have a data science or similar major but they do have a 4+1 MS in Data Science so he'd have likely majored in math and then done that. Miami has a major in "Data Science and Statistics."[/quote]

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