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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD with GPA 4.52 (Junior year), 1580 SAT, all 5s in all her 8 APs from TJ with excellent ECs for CS, volunteering/community service and an internship did not get into any of the Ivies and waitlisted at CMU. Major - CS. Obviously we are disappointed. College admissions seems like a lottery. [/quote]

Try having a son with these stats - they fare much worse than girls applying to CS schools, and not just with CMU and the Ivies. When my son was at TJ a few years ago, the girls in CS (fewer in number) had much better early action results than the boys, who oftentimes had better CS grades/ECs. Colleges have a higher acceptance rate for girls in CS, and TJ was a good place to find them.

We went to a CS session at CMU and they were looking for 50/50 males/females and kids from as many states and high schools as possible.  Given the number of slots available, that made it clear that it would be nearly impossible for my (male) kid to get in.  [/quote]

At admitted student day at CMU they said acceptance rate for CS program was 3.4%. [/quote]

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