Safety Schools for Computer Science Programs

Carleton, Guelph, Ontario Tech

• Carleton University: "Carleton, Guelph and something like Ontario Tech."
• University of Guelph: "Y’all Guelph is not a safety school for cs 😭 ?? U need around a 95 avg to get into geulph cs co op."
• Ontario Tech: "Ontario Tech has a fairly high acceptance rate relative to other schools and its not bad here."

Target Schools for Computer Science Programs

• University of Texas at Dallas, Iowa State, University of Illinois at Chicago: "University of Texas at Dallas, Iowa State, and University of Illinois at Chicago."
• Arizona State University, Iowa State University, George Mason University, University of Utah: "Arizona State, Iowa State, George Mason, U of Utah."
• University of Massachusetts Amherst: "UMass Amherst has a great CS program I’ve heard."

Other Recommendations

• Stevens Institute of Technology: "check out stevens institute of tech!"
• Rutgers University
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Rochester, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Portland, Rochester Institute of Technology, Portland State University: "Worchester Poly, U-Rochester, Rensselaer Poly, UPortland, Rochester Tech, and Portland State are decent at CS with relatively high admit rates."
• Stevens Institute of Technology: "more of a target-ish really, but great location (hoboken + close to NYC if you get bored) and great resources."
• University of Sydney: "you can get in U of Sydney with just 1400 SAT if you are American and we all Know that at that score getting FA will be difficult, here it is relatively cheaper that USA."
• MIT: "MIT."
• Brigham Young University (BYU): "BYU, if you’re LDS or fine with the honor code."
• Carnegie Mellon University (CMU): "CMU."
• University of Southern California (USC): "Try USC."

Unclear

• Wilfrid Laurier University: "Laurier."
• Thompson Rivers University (TMU): "TMU."
• York University
• Lakehead University: "Lakehead Georgian has a com sci program, idk if it’s good but it’s definitely a safety."

Financial Considerations

• Scholarships: "In my opinion just apply to any university that would give you ton of scholarship."
• Financial Comfort: "If your family is more 'comfortable' financially: Seattle University, U of San Francisco."

Other Comments

• GPA Conversion: "You should let posters know what your GPA converted to the US 4.0 scale is."
• Confusion: "what’s CS??"