Is there any chance for me to get into CMU SCS? I know that getting into SCS if crazy competitive. Also, I am interested in studying CS but I don’t have a lot of extracurriculars that revolve around CS or math, and I have not taken any national math tests or anything, so I was wondering whether I even had a chance to compete with the other applicants applying to CMU SCS. Here are my stats:
School: Competitive public high school in Northern California. Around top 6-7% of the class (according to my school’s college counselor).
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted); 4.39 (weighted)
Honor/Advanced Classes: All of the highest math classes my school provides, honors chemistry class, second highest biology class (Freshmen year), and all honor English courses.
APs: AP Chem (5), AP Japanese (5), APUSH (4)
AP’s I am taking this year: AP Physics 1, AP Calculus BC, APCS.
Standardized Tests: ACT: 34 (Math: 35, Science: 31, English: 35, Reading: 35, Writing 33); SAT Math II: 800, SAT Japanese: 800 SAT Chem: 770. 1440 PSAT
Extracurriculars: Piano, violin, school orchestra (principal second violin this year; got into chamber orchestra (honors group) this year as well (yay [:)), Marketing Director (last year) and Secretary (this year) of SAGE Global Business club, founder and president of craft club (1 year), member of another school club (Science of Sight - raises awareness and funds for Usher syndrome research - helped plan fundraisers, etc.), Japanese school every Saturday (recently graduated), Zero Waste Internship where I coded and designed graphics for website, Boys & Girls Club summer intern (before my Junior year).
Awards: Japanese Speech Contest, Piano competition first place, Japanese language award from my school, 3rd and 4th place at national competitions for SAGE Global Business club with my team.
Also, I was wondering whether being a girl would make any difference.
Thank you so much for any response!