<p>My major is going to be Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or EECS
I am a male at a competitive local high school. I am a Rising Senior/Junior.</p>
<p>Academics:
-Cumulative GPA (Unweighted):3.7
-Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.3 or 4.4 (not sure)
-UC GPA: 4.1 (capped at 8 classes)
- Taking the most difficult classes offered at school
- Doing the full IB Diploma programme
- Have taken IB Physics & IB Economics
- Extended Essay (Research Paper) to be done in Computer Science
- Upward trend in grades since freshmen year
- Taken AP Calculus AB (Only AP offered at school due to IB Programme)
- Taking Calculus II at a local CC
- Have taken computer courses at CC in past summers
- Taken 2 years of Physics (higher difficulty levels)
- Senior Year I am taking 5 IB Courses (3 Higher level & 2 Standard Level) as well as an Honours Course
- Possibly taking Calculus III at a CC during the school year</p>
<p>SAT: 800 Math, 740 CR, 710 Writing
ACT: 33 (Projected)</p>
<p>ECs:
- Participated in Speech & Debate for four years, taken up leadership positions and won awards (Regional & out of town)
- Member of FBLA (Qualified to states but unable to attend)
- Went to the World Championships in Robotics and won the award for best programming
- Treasurer of Robotics Team
- Member of Moot Court (I am consistently top 16 in the national competition)
- Member of the Academic Decathlon team (Used to be treasurer)
- CSF/NHS member
- Volunteer/Intern at a local organisation that builds new computers and donates them to low income families
- Been on the Varsity Boys Golf Team for four years
- Learning Tabla (Indian Instrument)
- Have learnt some programming languages on my own but no accredidations
- Youth Commissioner in the local city government committee</p>
<p>Unique Characterisitics:
- Not much here except
- Fluent in five languages (English, Hindi, Kannada (South Indian), Sanskrit, and Japanese</p>
<p>List of Schools (Yeah I know its long but I hope this will help me narrow it down) </p>
<p>Purdue University
UIUC
UCB
UCSD
UCLA
UCSB
UCI
UCD
University of Washington
Cal Poly SLO
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Harvey Mudd
USC
CMU
RPI
Cal Tech ( Just for kicks :D)</p>
<p>NOTE: Financial issues are not a problem for me. Private Universitites are fine. I am just curious to see where I stand </p>
<p>Also if you could give me suggestions on what to do this summer it would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Will Chance Back Everyone 100%! I Promise!!</p>
<p>SAT Scores are also Projected*</p>
<p>Could you guys at least chance for the ones that arn’t UCs and Cal Poly?</p>
<p>i’d say you’re fine except for cal tech. that’s gonna take luck LOL. :D</p>
<p>Are you sure? Even with the low gpa? to everywhere? </p>
<p>Do you have any recommendations as to what I can do to improve my resume?</p>
<p>Your GPA’s not low. Just because you see 4.0’s across this forum doesn’t mean you have a low GPA. Think of the ratio of kids who post on this forum to the actual number of kids who are applying to college. I’d say there are many more with a sub-3.0 GPA than with a 4.0.
Btw, I’m also taking HL Physics. What do you think of it?</p>
<p>Thanks for the support! :D</p>
<p>And true, I’m just nervous because I’m apply to schools that typically have a low acceptance rate, hence my gpa isn’t that 4.0 so I might be rejected.</p>
<p>Anyway IB Physics HL - well I have to say its quite easy actually. If your teacher requires them, DO THE OBJECTIVES its honestly one of the best study tools you have. Also do objectives that you know front to back. Cause paper 3 can be a huge score booster if you do well cause the curve is low. Also paper 2 can bring you down cause some of it is tough but don’t worry, paper 3 is still there.</p>
<p>Practise paper 1 multiple times so you have a grasp of the type of questions and remember its in order of the concepts so don’t get confused. I’m sure if you keep these things in mind you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Good luck & Thanks!</p>
<p>If only I knew what objectives was…lol</p>
<p>How competitive do you guys think I would be for Stanford?</p>
<p>You might as well apply, who knows what could happen. Stanford is a match for no one, just apply and it’ll be your dream school. You have the stats to apply, so you might as well. Chance me :)</p>
<p>Is it a good idea to EA Stanford? or should I just wait till regular admission?</p>
<p>Anyone else chance me please! 
</p>
<p>I’ll chance back!</p>
<p>bump bump bump…</p>
<p>Other people please chance me! I really want to have a good honest understanding from multiple people of where I stand</p>
<p>You seem really qualified for all of your schools, at least academically. You EC’s are great too tons of variety; however there’s no clear indication of your intended major, which colleges like to see. So i’d say work on that. OH and I think its super cool that you speak five languages! you should mention that in your essay, and also mention your background!</p>
<p>other than that, i’d say your a pretty competitive student!</p>
<p>Thank you very much!
In terms of directed ECs I’ve tried to do it with the volunteer organisation I work with and with robotics </p>
<p>There aren’t many science programs available for me </p>
<p>Do you have any recommendations?</p>
<p>I don’t want to say to much, as I am not fully aware of all the opportunities available for rising engineers like yourself. But I’m sure there are programs out there. I want to be a doctor so I’m not too concerned about engineering lol. Chance my thread </p>
<p>it’s the one beckininng you to chance me…lol BTW how do you guys post links on the comments?</p>
<p>Chanced and you just copy the URL into the reply box </p>
<p>Thank you for chancing me! :)</p>
<p>Anyone else? chance me please! Will chance back guaranteed :D</p>
<p>Purdue University [match]
UCB - [high match]
UCSD [match]
UCLA [match]
UCSB [match]
UCI [match]
UCD [match]
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor [match]
USC [match]
CMU [low reach/high match]
RPI [match/high match?]
Cal Tech [reach]</p>
<p>what’s your rank? i think that’d help me out more…</p>
<p>chance me back please!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165439-please-chance-me-also-can-i-actually-get-into-any-these-aiming-too-high.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1165439-please-chance-me-also-can-i-actually-get-into-any-these-aiming-too-high.html</a></p>
<p>my class rank is in the top 20% which is the only drawback I have…how much do you think this will impact me?</p>
<p>Bump bump bump…anyone else chance please, considering my class rank? I’m curious as to how it will affect my application</p>
<p>bump…</p>
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<li>Added to ECs - Helping a newly started robotics team in the area (internship)</li>
</ul>
<p>only 4 people?! guys please chance me!</p>
<p>I want a lot of input</p>