Chance me for Stanford, GaTech, CMU, Berkeley and others!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi guys, thank you for taking the time to do this

Here’s my top choices so far:

MIT
CMU
UT Austin
UC Berkeley
Stanford
UMass Amherst
GaTech
Plus a few safeties

General Info:
Major: Computer Science
State: Florida
Income: Too much for any real financial aid
Ethnicity: White

Academics:
Weighted GPA: 5.3
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Class rank: N/A
SAT: 2220 (Will Retake, probably can bring it up to a 2300)
(CR: 750, M: 770, W: 700)
ACT: not taken
Haven’t SAT subject tests yet

AP/College classes:
No AP’s but somewhere around 30 dual enrollment classes(I will graduate with an Associates degree)
Here’s a list of some:
Maths: Calc 1-3 (2 is the equivalent to Calc BC), Discrete Math, and Computational Mathematics
Sciences: Physics 1, Gen Chem 1, Biology 1
History: 2 Semesters of US, Global Society, Culture and Society, Us Gov’t
English: College Writing 1 and 2, British Literature
Computer Science: Into to C, Foundations of CS, Data structures + 3 or 4 more

EC:
National honor Society (10,11,12)
Underwater Robotics (9, Captain on 10)- Came 2nd in national competition then club was cancelled
Aerial Robotics (11,12) - Designed and tested a national quad-copter competition, couldn’t compete though :frowning:
Guild Of University Innovators, Leaders, and Designers (11,12)
Varsity tennis(9,10,11,12)
Engineering Student Council (11,12) - Represented the guild and dual enrollment students at the university engineering department’s student council
Math Ambassadors (10,11,12) - Math tutoring for Freshmen

Work Experience:
Internship with small local tech company

Recommendations:
Should be pretty good

Thank you guys so much!

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Id like to know peoples thoughts as well Stanford and MIT

SAT 2230 taken once
CR 800
M 740
WR 690

PSAT 223

GPA 4.14 weighted

Subject tests
Math 2 770
English lit 740

Lots of music extra curriculars
NHS
Quizbowl
Science olympiad

Awards in Math and Chemistry

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@Nolamcgrath please stop hijacking other people’s threads and make your own.

@toastedtoast, you have good ECs and course rigor. For Stanford, your SAT is a little below par, so be sure to do well on the SAT. Good luck!

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@Nolamcgrath It might be a good idea to create your own thread, that way people can give you more personalized info.

OP, you’re in for gatech and u mass. I think Berkeley might be a high match only because you are out of state (and I am assuming you are applying to the CS in the LNS college and NOT EECS in the engineering department). I think UT Austin is a match/high math (its always weird with that school and out of state candidates), but you definitely seem qualified for it. I’m not too sure I can chance you on the other top school.

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@iamjack @awesomepolyglot Thanks for the responses guys. I appreciate the feedback.

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I dont know where you took classes in florida but you need to look up transfer tables. I imagine it was a community college since you have associates and see if your classes will transfer.

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@scubadive Thank you so much for mentioning the transfer tables! I did not know they some schools had these, most places I looked at just said they’d be evaluated when/ if I got in. These are actually super helpful for estimating what I’ll get and for picking my remaining classes. For schools that don’t have the tables though, I doubt many of many credits will transfer, which I’m actually fine with. That’s pretty much what I was expecting before you mentioned the tables. If I applied to other Florida schools I’m sure I’d get much more credit, but there aren’t really any schools here I want to go to. Also, I’m taking the classes at a public university, not a community college.

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Sounds like you’ll do just fine with your choices.