Chance for CS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior at a high school in New York. I'm 2/560...roughly 2200 total students.</p>

<p>GPA 99.2311 weighted.</p>

<p>Looking for CS Major at:</p>

<p>RPI (received Rensselaer Medal)
WPI
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Stony Brook
Clarkson
Stevens Institute
Cornell (4th generation legacy)
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>Waterloo? (thoughts?)</p>

<p>Scores
Act - 33 (35sci, 34m, 33read, 29eng) 7 writing</p>

<p>Sat - 1760 (1240 math + reading) 3 years old, not submitting since I have act scores.</p>

<p>Sat II - 690 bio (9th grade without prep) waiting on math II and physics scores</p>

<p>APUSH - 3
AP Comp Sci - 5</p>

<p>APs this year: Calc BC, Physics C, Music Theory, US Gov, Macro Eco</p>

<p>ECs:
-Trombone (since 4th grade) 2 years all state(11,12), 2 years area-all state(11,12), first chair top band at school, premiere jazz group (might submit recordings with applications, might help?), small ensembles</p>

<p>-Drum Major for marching band, Head Drum Major (12th). We're second in the state for our division for my two years as DM.(Aprox. 10-15hrs a week)</p>

<p>-Math Team (president/captain 3 years, 10-12) made it to sectionals
-Science Olympiads, placed in top 6 from 30+ schools multiple times, gone to states
-Tutor for math/physics at school, 2 years
-Member of Music Committee at my church
-Spanish Honor Society (11,12)
-National Honor Society (12)
-General Community Service Hours (50-100+)</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>anyone? bump</p>

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<p>I think you’re in everywhere except CMU and Cornell, and you still have a decent chance at both of those. </p>

<p>Waterloo is a great school I hear. </p>

<p>Cool thing about CompSci is that some of the best CS schools out there aren’t too rigorous in terms of admissions. </p>

<p>Look into GTech and UIUC, both excellent schools that, while selective, are more lenient than (and ranked just as high as) Cornell.</p>

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<p>Cornell will be a low reach/high match because you have 4th generation legacy. CMU will be harder because of this.
I agree, you should look at UIUC.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>

<p>The only problem with UIUC is it’s in Illinois :frowning: I’d like to stay in the northeast or go to the west coast. Not really looking for somewhere in the middle.</p>

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<p>Thoughts on Penn State-U.Park and University at Buffalo (SUNY)?</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump my thread</p>

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<p>bump. Any last chancers?</p>

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<p>Good chances at most of those. Legacy will be helpful for Cornell. Why is your SAT so much lower than your ACT?</p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246909-chances-cal-poly-ed-engineering-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1246909-chances-cal-poly-ed-engineering-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I took my SAT either spring of freshman year or fall of sophomore year and I never cared enough to take it again (kinda early to expect the highest scores). If I pooped on my ACT, which I didn’t, I would’ve taken the SATs again.</p>

<p>Basically I didn’t care about the SAT enough to try again. I felt the ACT was a better test for me.</p>

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<p>2 ap classes up till senior year gave u a class rank of 2/560?! wow</p>

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<p>My school really doesn’t do APs until junior year. I had to take honors classes to satisfy the NY requirement for credits until I could take AP classes. Honors classes are weighted, but not nearly as much as APs. I just did really well in the early years of high school I guess.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>anybody else?</p>

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<p>Good chance at all, esp. Cornell b/c of the legacy thing. I’m sure you’ll be fine, you have great stats. Good luck:)</p>

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<p>Thanks! I think my biggest reaches are probably still Cornell and Carnegie Mellon though…</p>

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<p>bump! more thoughts?</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>anyone? thoughts?</p>