I’ve seen other people do posts like this, and was wondering what you all think my odds are.
Intended major: Dual major CS/Linguistics
No athlete, minority, or legacy status
General Stats:
-1600 SAT 1
-800 SAT Math 2
-800 SAT Lit
-800 Sat Chem
-4.0 GPA Unweighted (so far)
Classes:
8 AP, 6 Post Ap including math through multivar and lin alg
Extracurriculars/Accomplishments:
-FTC Robotics team captain, some tournament wins + got to worlds
-Published papers in CS, Linguistics, etc
-Research intern at one of HYPMS (not saying which for privacy)
-Some competitive research summer programs
-Taught at a CS camp and interned at a charity, presidential service award.
-USACO Platinum + Various random CS projects
-Machine translation startup (founder/ceo with team of 5), acquired by medium size competing company with VC backing.
-On some academic bowl type teams
-200ish page book on Computational Linguistics
-Founded Computation Linguistics club with 40ish members
I’m in 11th, so still have time to squeeze in some last minute additions before applying. LMK what you think would help complete my application. It seems like everyone getting in to HYPMS has some special status + cured cancer, do I even have a shot?
You look to be a competitive applicant with academics and ECs that should get you a serious look at any college. The rest will depend on things we can’t see such as your essays, LORs etc.
Any elite college (with acceptance rates often in the single digits) must be considered a reach for any unhooked applicant. Be sure to take the time to search out a group of match and safety schools that appear affordable (run net price calculators) and that you would be excited to attend.
While you are very competitive applicant, these colleges are the most selective and you are applying to one of the most popular majors, computer science.
You might consider applying SCEA or ED to give yourself the best opportunity for one of these colleges.
Have you considered applying now, as an 11th grader? Some of the colleges don’t require a high school diploma to enroll. Your stats and accomplishments look like you’re ready for college.
In case you don’t get in anywhere, you could always apply again next year.
^^^^ I’d strongly recommend against applying this year. Build up your academic and EC profile as much as you can if you are interested in top tier colleges. You will be competing with other outstanding candidates with 4 years of HS academics and ECs.
I would not stress out. you have an excellent shot at the best schools in the nation and if you don’t get in (most don’t), you will get in to schools a notch down ands those are still excellent. there are schools that have CS and lingusitics joint majors too- I think BU, Duke, UCLA. you might want to look at places like that.
A good friend of mine was accepted to Johns Hopkins at the age of 15, well before he finished high school. So it is not unheard of. You seem to have maxed out your current offerings at your HS, so it would be logical to look towards something more challenging.