Chance me for data science with below average ECs [TX resident, 4.0/1480]

Demographics: Male, Indian, $120K+ single household , competitive HS, TX resident

Major: Data Science

SAT: 1480(690 English, 790 Math)

UW: 4.0/4.0 W: 5.58/6.0.

Rank: 65 out of a bit more than 900 students(barely top 7%)

Coursework: 10 honors, 11 APs, 7 Dual Credit

Freshman Year: APHUG(5)

Sophomore Year: APCSA(4), APWH(5)

Junior Year: AP Calc AB(5), AP Psych(5), AP Stats(5), AP Physics 1(3), Dual Credit English

Senior Year: AP Physics C: Mech, AP Physics C: E&M, AP Environmental Science, AP Calc BC, Dual Credit British Literature

Awards/Certifications:

AP Scholar with Distinction

Java IT Certified

School award for having a 4.0

Adobe Certified Professional for Photoshop

Extracurriculars:

SNHS - member

100 hours of volunteering at my local serving center with various activities including receiving items from donators and sorting them, working in the food pantry, and assisting buyers in the store.

Robotics Club - lead coder for my team and competed at the district level

Computer Science Club - member

UTD Summer Research Internship for data analytics - learned how to use apps like Tableau for data analysis.

Piano classes for 8 years and played in recitals

Self-taught and fluent in HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL

Made a couple of websites from scratch(ex: made a GPA calculator for my district since they calculate it differently than most).

Family responsibilities - my mom has to go to work in a different city for 2-5 days every 2 weeks, so I have to take care of myself and the house by cooking, cleaning, and other daily household chores. Also hindered my ability to do many ECs and get leadership positions and will include in my additional information.

LORS:

AP Calc AB and AP Physics teachers - did well in both of their classes but not that close with them(6/10).

AP Psychology teacher - had a better relationship with him compared to both of my other teachers and did well in the class as well(7/10).

Essays: Probably around an 8 to 9 out of 10 from what my friends and family have said. Wrote about getting out of my comfort zone by cooking.

Colleges:

Safeties: UT Dallas(accepted for CS), Texas A&M(applied)

Targets: Idk if some of my reaches are targets, but I think I have none?

Reaches: UT Austin(dream school), Purdue, UW-Madison, UVA, UMich, UNC, UIUC, UMD

Macalester (offers a data science major) and Denison (offers a data analytics major) may represent matches for you.

For additional reach ideas, you may benefit from looking into colleges with potentially better financial aid prospects than some of the reaches on your current list, such as Hamilton (offers a data science major and an open curriculum), Wesleyan University (offers an interdisciplinary quantitative analysis center) and Davidson (offers a data science minor).

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