Hi, first post here. Will be applying to college soon, want to know my chances for some of the schools I’m interested in. Going into CS.
Info:
Asian Male
PA
Income: 300,000+
SAT: 1530 (790 M, 740 R/W), 22/24 Essay (Took this in a single session, only taken once)
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry
UW GPA - 4.0
W GPA - 4.54
UC GPA - 4.43, 4.35 capped
Rank - Top 5% (school doesn’t rank)
ECs:
- (9-12) Science Fairs / Research: Have participated in science fairs since 6th grade. I have been invited to the White House Science Fair to present my research to President Obama, and I have received a provisional patent on one of my creations. I have gotten 1st place in state science fairs, and 2nd Place in Broadcom MASTERS national Science Fair
- (10-11) Internship: Internship at Carnegie Mellon, worked on research under professor, credited under two conference proceedings
- (10-12) Founder, My Own Educational Organization: My company creates apps and websites for tech education, one of my apps has 45,000+ installs.
- (9 - 12) President (11, 12), Computer Club: President of comp. club, won several programming contests, volunteered at local middle schools
- (10-12) Director/President, School Fundraiser Event: Director of school fundraiser event from grades 10 to 12, raised over $40,000 during that time
- (11-12) Creator, Library Tutoring: Created my own library tutoring session that teachers kids how to program. Created my own website and program for the event.
APs:
Calc AB/BC, Physics 1/2, AP US History, AP Computer Science, AP Chemistry
Next Year: Stats, Econ, Psych, Spanish, Physics C
I absolutely love research and will be highlighting my passion in my apps (talking about my projects, and my experiences talking to the President and getting provisional patent, working with professor). I am getting a letter of rec from my CMU Mentor. Here are the schools I’m interested in:
Berkeley (EECS)
Stanford
CMU
MIT
UIUC
Michigan
UT Austin
Penn
Cornell
Thank you! Please let me know what you think my chances are, I appreciate the feedback!