Hey, I’m a junior right now and I really have my heart set on going to a top school for computer science so I can get a job in Silicon Valley! (Also I’m desperate to leave NJ lol)
GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.5 W (Low, I know…I was dumb freshman year.)
Rank: 3/792
SAT: 1520 (800 Math, 720 English), 800 Math I. Going to take Math II soon and probably get an 800 on that.
ACT: 34 (36 Math, 36 Science, 32 English, 31 Reading)
APs: Human Geography (4), Psychology (5), Computer Science A (5). Currently in Calculus BC, Physics C: E&M, English Language, and U.S. History. Definitely going to get 5s on Physics and Calc.
School: Large, competitive public
State: NJ
Demographic: Basically a white male (I’m half-Trinidadian though, should I check mixed-race?)
Income bracket: $100,000
ECs: President of Computer Science Club at my school, won local university’s high school-level computer science competition two years in a row, run my own web development/design business that made over $10,000 last year. Going to join Math NHS next year and be captain of the ultimate frisbee team. It’s not a lot I know, but I think it shows a lot of focus?
Recs: My computer science teacher loves me, I’m sure it’ll be great. I can also get one from a web design client of mine that’ll be good too.
Essays: I’m worried because I’m not the best writer, but I’ll try to get help looking them over so they won’t be super bad or anything.
Schools I’m thinking of/going to apply to:
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
Harvey Mudd
Georgia Tech
Carnegie Mellon
UIUC
U of Waterloo
Rice
Purdue
Virginia Tech
UMD
UT Austin
UCSD
Cal Poly SLO
Thanks for looking me over!!! 