Chance a student applying to colleges!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a high school student who’s about to begin applying to colleges, and I wanted to see where you guys think I stand! (throwaway because why not?). Predict my results!

Demographics: Indian Male, CA, Competitive High School

Intended Major: Computer Science (welp)

Standardized Tests: SAT: 1550 composite/SAT II: Math 2 (800), Physics (800)/AP: Calculus BC (5), Physics 1 (5), Spanish Language (5), Computer Science (5)

GPA: 3.94 UW/4.22 W (no explicit rank, but top 5%)

Coursework: The Aformentioned APs + Honors English 9 & 10, Honors Alg 2 and Precalc, Honors Bio and Chem + E&M, Mech, and Stats.

Awards:

Eagle Scout

National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist (Level V/AP)

Hopefully National Merit Semifinalist? (226)

Piano CM Level 10

Extracurriculars:

Co-Created a city-wide collaborative studying platform for STEM subjects. It averages 60-80 viewers per day.

Vice President of school's Tutoring Club. Selected tutors and paired them with students.

Summer program at UCSC related to number theory (COSMOS, for those who know).

Programming Lead and Co-Founder of FTC Robotics Team.

Top 7 on JV Cross Country

Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop.

City Branch President of Organization that teaches CS to local children.

11 years of Piano

Co-Coached Middle School's science bowl team

Tutored my BC Teacher's Precalculus Honors students (held lunch review sessions and one-on-one tutoring)

Essays/LORs: Essays (6-7)/LORs (one is a 9, one is a 5)

School List:

EA: Georgia Tech, UT Austin, UIUC (Eng), U Wisconsin, Purdue, Stanford (REA)

RD: UC Berkeley (EECS), UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, USC, CMU (SCS), Rice, Cornell (A&S), Cal Poly SLO, SJSU

What are you’re guys’s thoughts?

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Historical UC admit rates by GPA (UC recalculated weighted-capped). Expect EECS / CS major admission to be more selective than the campus as a whole.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/2174563-2019-uc-freshman-admit-rates-updated.html

SJSU historical thresholds for admission, based on CSU eligibility index = GPA * 800 + SATRW + SATM (GPA is like the UC recalculated weighted-capped GPA).
https://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/

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Are any of these safeties for CS?

The list does seem reach-heavy. Georgia Tech, UT Austin (OOS), UIUC (Eng), Purdue (CS), Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC, CMU, Rice, and Cornell all have very low acceptance rates, at least for CS. If I’m not mistaken, Cal Poly SLO and SJSU also have very low acceptance rates for CS as well.

So would you be happy attending UCI or UCSB?

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Wisconsin is likely a match if you are willing to pay the 53k/year.