If your kid is at the boundary of T5 vs other Top 10/15, such as Colubmia, Penn, the decision makes the hugh difference. It is a gamble. You can win or lose.
2. If possible, don't apply the super hot majors: computer science, business.
If your kid wants the hot major, think about the workaround. For example, top schools, such as MIT, stanford, you don't need to "say" you want the CS, even you will go to CS if accepted. Or Univ. of Mich, the engineering school is all undecalared major in the first year.
Another way, Computer Engineering isn't much different from CS, but it is relatively eaiser to apply, because a lot of people think CE is "hardware", and CS is "software" by mistake.
Of course, some schools there is no way around, such as UCSD CS, UIUC CS, UCB's EECS, UCLA CS.
1. 申请学校时，到底应该优先考虑学校的ranking 还是专业的ranking， 尤其这两个差别比较大的时候？
2. private counselor 对提高申请大学的package 有帮助吗？需要找吗？
谢谢大家。
能进Ivies Plus的话，当然首先Ivies+.
进不了再选专业排名高的
像打牌，有好牌叫高，不好的牌叫低
统统都申T5
公立狼多肉少，要靠自己抢。公立里的尖子人也能拿到不少资源。
公立热门专业很难进，爬梯多，不少公立体育很好。
找到合适的学校，而不是排名高低的学校
只有合适才会thrive
对不起。问这么多问题
除了某些极端的学校，大多数去了就能适应。
今年有小中女ED brown 没成，RD进哥大
几个小中男ED哥大宾大没成，RD进的T20
Not True!
这就是一种执念。
现在想背缪瓦德一千零一夜钻石包都行了
1 太累， 也不可能管孩子一辈子 2.未必听 3.自己未必对
我只打算在看似明显错误时加以提醒
有些喜欢去乡下
没有大的成绩。 七年级得过一个国家金奖，应该对大学没用。这几年每年都是地区的几个银奖。 就想
把这两个爱好结合一下。 不知道该如何选合适的专业可以兼顾这两方面。请大家给点意见。谢谢
CMU也有CS和艺术的双学位。CS应该不容易入学，art应该还行。这两都是要申请不同的大学或同大学不同的学院。另外有一些digital design的专业。有侧重CS的，有侧重art。这都是几年前，我家小孩上大学时的信息了，你自己要去学校的web 去核实。如果离加州近，去南加大找找。有game相关的专业。也要注意是侧重CS还是Art。
如果申请和art相关专业，portfolio要早早准备，due date 一般比RD的截止日期来的早。
1. T5 vs ED
If your kid is at the boundary of T5 vs other Top 10/15, such as Colubmia, Penn, the decision makes the hugh difference. It is a gamble. You can win or lose.
2. If possible, don't apply the super hot majors: computer science, business.
If your kid wants the hot major, think about the workaround. For example, top schools, such as MIT, stanford, you don't need to "say" you want the CS, even you will go to CS if accepted. Or Univ. of Mich, the engineering school is all undecalared major in the first year.
Another way, Computer Engineering isn't much different from CS, but it is relatively eaiser to apply, because a lot of people think CE is "hardware", and CS is "software" by mistake.
Of course, some schools there is no way around, such as UCSD CS, UIUC CS, UCB's EECS, UCLA CS.
I am glad that I only knew this 紫坛 after my kid was done the colleage application. :-)