Berkeley, Cornell, CMU (SCS)?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm a high school junior planning to apply to the following colleges. Please rate my chances and link to your post so I can rate yours.</p>

<p>Schools: (as a Computer Science Major)</p>

<p>UCI
UCLA
U of Chicago
UCBerkley
Carnegie Mellon
Caltech
CSUFullerton
Rice
NYU
Cornell
Stanford
MIT
Uof Illinois Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Pre 9th Summer:
Health - A</p>

<p>9th Grade:
H - Non-Western Culture (World History) - A
H - English I - A
French I - A
H - Algebra II - B
H - Biology - B
Computer Algorithms/Programming - A
Cross Country/Track - A</p>

<p>Pre 10th Summer:
History of Motion Pictures - A</p>

<p>10th Grade:
H - AP European History - A
H - English II - B
French II - A
Pre-calculus - A
H - Chemistry - B
H - AP Computer Science - A
Cross Country/Track</p>

<p>Pre 11th Summer:
Robotics/Game Programming (NO GRADE)
Volunteered teaching computer competency to low income families (65 hours)</p>

<p>11th Grade: (Projected Grades)
H - AP Biology - B
Physics - A
H - AP USH - A
H - AP English Lang and Comp - B
H - AP Calculus AB - A
H - IB French III - A
H - IB Computer Science - A</p>

<p>Pre 12th Summer:
Computer Science internship at Raytheon Engineering</p>

<p>12th Grade: (Projected Grades)
H - Theory of Knowledge IB - A
H - IB Discrete Mathematics - A
H - AP Gov/Econ - A
H - AP Calculus BC - B
H - IB French IV - A
H - AP English Lit and Comp - B
Cross Country/Track (Varsity)</p>

<p>ECS:
Cross Country and Track
Various Programming Competitions
Internship at Raytheon (150 Hours)
Volunteering at Community Center
Rubik's Cube Competitions
Robotics Club
Theoretical Programming Club
Computer Science tutor at school
Developed two elaborate programs (1 for a library, 1 for the community center)
Ran a marathon
CSF Member
Tutor one person in Computer Logic and two in AP CompSci
1st place at fbla nationals in desktop app. programming
member of Academic Decathlon
I wrote a 4,000 word extended IB essay on cryptography (with guidance from a Carnegie Mellon Professor at school of SCS)</p>

<p>Misc Info:
1st Decile Ranking
School is in top 30 in US
Extremely rigorous and competitive learning environment
Asian - Indian</p>

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<p>Sat I - 2230
PSAT - 212*
Sat II:
Math II - 770
Physics - 760*
USH - 800*
Biology - 760*
French - 760*</p>

<p>ACT - 33*</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3-4.5 (WEIGHTED)
3.6-3.8 (UW)</p>

<p>FULL IB Diploma</p>

<p>6 Units of Calculus at CSUFullerton
3 Units of Discrete Math at CSUFullerton</p>

<p>Thank you. Also if you could suggest better matches for me that would be nice too.</p>

<p>I will chance you ASAP (if you put your link in the comment)</p>

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<p>I think your stats are similar to mine and i am applying to the same schools so you are a competitive candidate. However, you are lacking a “Hook”.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>UCI - Pretty much guaranteed
UCLA - match
U of Chicago - no idea <- you sure you’re up for doing their bizzare app?
UCBerkley - reach
Carnegie Mellon no idea
Caltech -reach
CSUFullerton - safety?
Rice - no idea
NYU - match
Cornell - match/reach (any ivy and equivalent university is always a reach. there are no guarantees now matter how good your grades are)
Stanford - reach
MIT - reach
Uof Illinois Urbana Champaign - match</p>

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<p>do you by any chance go to troy high school?</p>

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<p>UCI: match
UCLA: match
U of Chicago: reach
UCBerkley: low reach
Carnegie Mellon: ?
Caltech: low reach
CSUFullerton: most definitely
Rice: ?
NYU: match
Cornell: low reach
Stanford: reach
MIT: reach
Uof Illinois Urbana Champaign: ?</p>

<p>I don’t know a whole lot about the Computer Science major and how competitive it is at these schools. However, you have a good SAT, decent GPA, and good ECs showing your interest and skill in computer science and this will help you into these schools. Good luck!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/849832-chance-me-usc-ill-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/849832-chance-me-usc-ill-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>why yes i do…and im guessing you go to whitney, oxford, or uni?</p>

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<p>by uni are you talking about university high school in irvine?</p>

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<p>yes (10 char)</p>

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<p>bump 10cahr</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>UCI-In
UCLA-Match
U of Chicago-High Match
UCBerkley- Match
Carnegie Mellon-Match
Caltech-High Reach
CSUFullerton-In
Rice-High Match
NYU-Low Match
Cornell-High Match
Stanford-High Reach
MIT-High reach
Uof Illinois Urbana Champaign-Match</p>

<p>People saying reach for Berkeley and UCLA either don’t live in CA or are overestimating in-state selectivity.</p>

<p>Please chance back:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/854021-please-chance-me-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/854021-please-chance-me-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Berkeley/Cornell/CMU-Match</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>hmmm: assuming he’s doing EECS (since he’s a computer science major) at berkeley, yeah. it’s a reach. their program is about as good as MIT/Caltech/Stanford. It’s relatively easier just to get into Cal especially if you’re in-state, but getting into a 5th world rank for computer science is ridiculously hard. </p>

<p>if you read my chance, it’s pretty much the same as yours. it’s not that cal and la aren’t matches for him with his grades, but they can be unpredictable when it comes to admission and there isn’t a set formula. i know people who had 4.3/2300 but didn’t get into la, cal, or even sd, actually. </p>

<p>we’re talking about eecs at cal. that’s not easy to get into.</p>

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<p>^Ah, if he’s EECS at Cal, then you’re right (didn’t see that originally). Sorry for the confusion. </p>

<p>But yeah, they can be unpredicatable, but still, on the whole, it’s pretty predicatable, at least compared to HYPS level. Although, I would rather say people will get into one of Cal or UCLA than they would get into a specific one or the other (or both).</p>

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<p>Woah, what was that Raytheon internship?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Match for all besides Caltech, cornell, and u Chicago which are low reaches and MIT and Stanford which are mid reaches. That is, if your anticipated test scored are accurate.</p>

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<p>Thanks</p>