Chance Me for Purdue and others

Demographics
US Citizen
Colorado Resident
Currently full-time at both a public high school and a local community college.
I am a male that identifies as white and Hispanic
I am first generation

Depending on the school, I intended to major in C.S., Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence.

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.436
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 3.897
  • College GPA (for transfers): 3.824
  • Class Rank: Weighted: 37/221 Unweighted 60/221
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1460 (770 Math) (690 Reading)

Coursework
I have completed the following AP classes with the respective AP test scores.
Freshman Year
AP Bio - 3
AP Computer Science Principles - 3
Sophomore Year
AP Environmental - 4
Junior Year
AP Calc AB - 4
AP Lang - 5
AP Government and Politics - 4
AP Chemistry -4

Awards
I received the AP Scholar award and AP Scholar with distinction. I also have received numerous awards through mock trial for being a regional best witness and attorney.

Extracurriculars
I was a founding member and team captain of my school, FIRST Robotics my Junior year, I competed in Mock trials for three years, even mentoring younger students during my sophomore and junior year, and I worked as a technician for a computer repair shop for three years and still work there currently.

Essays/LORs/Other
My essays are reasonably strong, but my schedule looks weird since I started taking a full-time college schedule my senior year. Instead of trying to find more AP classes to take, I became a full-time college student and will graduate high school with an Associate of Science,

Schools
I applied EA for all schools.

  • Safety: Michigan Technological Unveirsy, Indiana Tech,
  • Likely: Flordia Tech, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology,
  • Match: Purdue, University of Colorado Boulder, NYIT
  • Reach: Georiga Tech, UT Austin, University of Illinois Urbana Champagne, University of Michigan

I think Purdue CS should be in the reach category.

Best of luck to you!

Agree Purdue CS should be a reach. Based on the published data, the average enrolled unweighted GPA is in the 3.85-3.90 range and this is the most important factor in admissions. 1460 SAT is 10-20 points above the average, so will help a bit.

DS, maybe a reach-y match. The detailed numbers aren’t available - they are likely a bit lower, but the school-wide GPA is still 3.69. AI is new, so unknown, but probably similar to CS/DS.

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