Chance Me Brown, CMU, Northeastern, Georgia Tech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Not even going to ask about MIT cuz I know it’s a 100% reject.

Demographics:

  • Asian Indian Female
  • 100 K family income w/3 kids going to college
  • MA resident, but I don’t have a green card so schools besides UMass consider me international

Stats:

  • 4.0, 4.68
  • SAT: 1540
  • ACT: 35
  • PSAT: 1490
  • SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Bio

Classes:
AP’s: Bio (4), CS (5), APUSH (5), BC (5), Stats, Chem, French, Lit, Physics C

Other: Two math classes at a top university nearby

EC’s

  • Captain of Scioly
  • Robotics C++ programmer
  • Girl Scouts
  • Content Writer for news startup
  • NHS
  • Girls Who Code SIP
  • bioinformatics data viz research
  • programmed an app
  • Math Team

Awards:

  • Congressional App Challenge
  • RIT Computing Medal
  • NCWIT State Honorable Mention
  • National Merit Semifinalist
  • Girl Scouts Gold Award and Silver Award
  • Top 25 in local math league
  • Top 100 in state math competition
  • many Science olympiad medals at states and invitationals

Other

  • Essays: ok - good (6 - 9/10)
  • LOR’s: same^

I am woefully average. Let me know what you think? I’m sure about Brown and CMU being rejection.

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More info that I forgot to add!

Major: CS + Math

Freshman:
Algebra 2 Honors (A+)
Geometry Acc. (A)
Bio Honors (A+)
History (A)
English Honors (A-)
French Honors (A+)

Sophomore:
Precalc Acc. (A+)
English Honors (A)
Chem Honors (A)
CS Honors (A)
US History I Honors (A+)
French Honors (A)
AP Bio (A-)

Junior:
AP Calc BC (A+)
APUSH (A-)
APCS (A-)
Physics Honors (A)
English Acc (A)
French Honors (A)

Senior, near end of semester 1:
AP Stats (A)
AP Chem (A+)
AP Physics C (A)
AP French (A-)
AP English Lit (A)
Multivar Calc (A)

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I’m a computer professional. If you want to do computer science, there’s actually no need to go to a prestigious university. Most STEM degrees are pretty standardized. The best thing you can do is go wherever you get a scholarship. After your first job, experience is everything. If you get a scholarship at UMass, and you graduate with top grades, you should have no trouble getting a good job out of college. Just make sure you have a green card when you apply for your first job :slight_smile:

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@coolguy40 thanks for your reply! what if I want to go to grad school - does the u-grad school matter a lot?