Chance me for MIT, Stanford, Rice, and Georgia Tech?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I am currently a rising Junior and this is my first post on College Confidential. I was wondering you guys could chance me and help me improve on what I should try to do over the next 2 years.

SAT I: 2130
PSAT: 1450 (New PSAT out of 1520)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/847
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (5), AP Bio (5), AP World (5), AP Comp Sci (4), AP Psych (5)

Extra-Curriculars
Public Speaking/Debate:

•1st in State for Public Speaking (FBLA)
•Attended Calvin Coolidge World Schools Debate Camp (Full Scholarship)
•Bob Jones Academy – 7th Place Varsity (Public Forum) - 2015
•Johns Creek Gladiator Debates – Quarterfinalist (Public Forum) - 2015
•3rd Place at the Annual Mauldin Public Forum Debate Tournament – 2015
•State Qualifier for Public Speaking (FBLA) - 2015
•District Winner for Optimist’s Oratorical Contest (3 Years) – 2013, 2014, 2015

Science Fairs:

•GSEF (Georgia Science and Engineering Fair) 1st Honors
•GSEF Best in Category Environmental Engineering/Systems Software
•GSEF Intel Coding Excellence Award
•Recipient of the AFCEA Aspiring Scientist Award

Robotics:

•BEST Robotics – Recipient of Software Design/Simulation Programming Award - 2015
•BEST Robotics – 2ns Place BEST Award - 2015
•FIRST Robotics - 1st X-BOTS - 2015

Programming:

•Tech Fair – 1st in State for Mobile App Development – 2016
•Winner of the Congressional App Challenge
Recipient of National Award of Coding Excellence (Congressional App Challenge)
2nd Place in Mobile App Design in the Georgia State Technology Fair - 2015
Created a Tech Nonprofit that creates websites and mobile apps for local nonprofits and publishes successful Youtube videos on various programming languages

Founded Model UN Club at School (President), Debate Team Captain, Student Council Secretary, Robotics Chief Technical Officer, Coordinator of STEM Programs at Local Library System

Race: Asian
Gender: Male

Thank You in Advance!

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What do you plan to major in?

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How do you plan to let colleges know the tournaments you won in public forum debate, by the way, i also do pf, i love it so good job, lol!

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I would like to major in Computer Science

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I think you have a good shot at Gtech and Rice, but Stanford and MIT are most likely reaches.

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Your record is quite strong, but as you know, a couple of those schools, as @studyhard13 points out, are reaches for everybody.

Make sure you’re prepared for the PSAT in October as that will determine NMF (your sophomore scores are good, so you shouldn’t worry too much. Have you tried the ACT?)

You might want to try to get into a couple of prestigious summer programs for rising seniors next summer (RSI, TASP, Governor’s School, etc. - you can just search “prestigious summer programs” here on CC and avoid the “pay to play” ones - you’re looking for the ones that are free or nearly free). You also might want to apply to the Coolidge Foundation Scholarship – a full ride to any 4-year college or university; the just started offering it this year. With your debate background and your academics, you might have a shot. Most of the applications for summer programs and scholarships are due anywhere between Jan. and March.