Query: Safety schools for computer science that are not commuter sc

Reddit Comments Summary:

• Recommended Safety Schools:

  • Consider schools like Kenyon, Case Western, Purdue, Elon, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, and SMU as targets.
  • Suggested schools like Wesleyan, Connecticut College, U of Richmond, and Campus programs for better financial support.
  • Drexel, Missouri S&T, and Ventura County were suggested as targets for merit aid and beach lifestyle.
  • Assertion that all targets and reaches on the list are not realistic.
  • Suggested Questbridge for support.

• Rethink the List:

  • Emphasized the need to balance list with realistic choices and not just high acceptance rate schools.
  • Critique for top-heavy list; advised considering scholarships for merit aid.

• Suggestions & Advice:

  • Encouraged applying for free fly-in programs and greater scholarship opportunities.
  • Proposed considering Vassar as a solid reach school due to full financial aid coverage.
  • Encouraged attending free programs in LA for increasing chances of getting in.
  • Mentioned that schools with acceptance rates below 30% can't be safeties or targets.
  • Suggestion to find balance and include more likelies with acceptance rates of 30% or higher.

This summary provides insights into reconsidering safety schools, expanding college choices for better financial support, and creating a balanced list to increase acceptance chances.