ED to CMU CS or play it safe with RD to a bunch of reaches
so i'm literally losing sleep over this. i have a 3.98 UW GPA, 1570 SAT, USACO Gold, AMC 12 honor roll, and i founded the women in tech club at my school which actually has like 80 people now. on paper i know this looks decent for CS but CMU is still insane and the acceptance rate is what, 3%? everyone keeps telling me to ED there because it's my dream school and demonstrated interest matters, but like, if i get deferred or rejected i'm kicking myself for not RDing to MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and GTech where i might have a better shot.
the thing is i genuinely love CMU. i've visited, done the info session thing, talked to current students, and i'm not just saying that to sound good. but i also know CS is competitive everywhere and maybe i should spread my bets. my school counselor is like "you're a strong applicant, you could get in EA to MIT too" which is true but also feels like she's just being nice.
am i being dumb by EDing or should i just apply RD everywhere and see what sticks. honestly torn.
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