Chance me for Carnegie Mellon SCS, Upenn Cognitive and Computer Science and Duke Computer Science

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):1530 790 740
ACT (breakdown):N/A
SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):Don’t have 4.0 96.13(Each year average was 2 higher than last, also includes 8th grade)
Weighted GPA:97.79(would be 98.2 w/o 8th grade)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but probably top 3-4/120 highly competitive school(4 ivies/year)
AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem(5) US(5) CS(5) Lit(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP CS Principles, AP Lang, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Brandeis Book Award, Award for Computer Science in School, Award for Pre Calc in School, Einstein Award from school(chem)

Course load max rig except not taking WHAP sophomore year

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Class Treasurer(4 years) Mock trial (lawyer) 10,11,12 years Westchester County Champs 3rd lower Hudson valley, JV Soccer 9,10,11© , Moody’s Math Challenge(Honorable mention), Edx/coursera courses in computer science, Varsity golf 9,10,11,12, ,

Job/Work Experience:Camp Counselor 2 summers grocery store during the year
Volunteer/Community service: not much tbh
Summer Activities:see above

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):will be good comp sci teacher thinks I am brilliant(she was accepted at MIT)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):will be good probs lit teacher very smart likes me
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):will be decent little to no relationship
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):we’ll see

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
Intended Major:CS
State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:1%
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope

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Would also be great if odds for ed vs rd were given

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Duke and upenn look like reaches as your app looks like nothing special and carnegie mellon looks like a target

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@JackM8 all of these schools are reaches. CMU is not overall such a high reach for undergrad, but SCS is very very tough to get in.
Penn and Duke are both reaches of course. The cognitive and computer science at Penn is in general even harder to get into than Penn overall, as is the case with any Penn dual degree program.

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would ed make any of them soft reaches @Penn95

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To clarify the school I attend is ranked in the top 90 in the nation on niche

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@JackM8 I don’t think any of them could be seen as soft reaches for ED for anyone but the tippy top perfect candidates. However, ED definitely will boost your chances. Pretty sure all of these schools give a significant boost to ED applicants. I know for sure Penn definitely does give a very significant boost, it admits 55% of its class ED. Duke admits about 50% if it’s class ED.

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For CMU you specify first and second choice of admission by college/program. SCS is highly selective at 7% (2017-2018). I do believe that ED and expressed interest (will you schedule a campus tour and a face-to-face admissions interview) will certainly not hurt.