I’m a 16 year old girl entering 11th grade and I want to major in computer science. With the info I have listed, do I have a good chance of getting into a selective college like Carnegie Mellon (the college I’m applying for early admissions)?
-UNWEIGHTED GPA of 3.87-3.9
-Top 10% of class (500+ students)
-National Honors Society member
-Rigorous courses include 8-9 AP courses (w/ comp science and calculus), honor courses, and I doubled up in math and science
-5+ years of experience in martial arts
-attended a STEM camp at UC Berkeley last summer
-taught myself how to code
-volunteer at a shelter and retirement home
- member of FLBA and DECA
Update 2: -applying to several internships for summer of 2016 (for comp science of course)
-member of 5 clubs (hoping to get at least one leadership position by senior year)
-cyclist since elementary years
-i want to volunteer abroad and teach kids in a foreign country English but I m still skeptical about it.
-I will take the ACT’s and SAT’s and I plan on getting (hopefully) at least 31 on ACT and 2100 on SAT
I know I need great essays, letters of recommendation, and test scores- but based on what