Chance me for Top CS schools(CMU ED)

College Search & Selection
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Hi, I’m a junior and will be applying to Top CS schools next year (as well as safeties obv).

Intended Major(s): Computer Science

Demographic: Chinese Male

ACT/SAT/SAT II: SAT: 1560 SAT Math II: 800 SAT Chemistry: 790

UW/W GPA and Rank: UW - 3.91 W - 4.61: Rank: 4/450

High School Coursework: Chem(5) Bio(5) APUSH(5) Calc BC(5) Physics 1(5) AP Lang(4) AP Stats(5) Chinese(5)

College Coursework: Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory, Abstract Algebra 1, Abstract Algebra 2, General Topology, Data Structures with Java.

Awards:

AIME Qualifier

National Merit SemiFinalist

IBM Applied Artificial Intelligence Certificate

RCM Piano Level 10

American Computer Science League(ACSL) National All-Star Qualifier

USACO Gold

Extracurriculars:

Piano- Played for 12 years. Participate in Competitions, RCM Exams. Completed up to Level 10 Piano performance, Counterpoint, Harmony, and Theory.

Cello- Over 8 years, All-State Orchestra, First Chair School Chamber Orchestra

Volunteering- Lead volunteer for a music performing group, performing at various places such as hospitals and nursing homes. Lead coach for local Mathcounts team

Tennis- 5 years, Varisty Tennis- school is top 5 in the state.

Math Club- Officer, Teach competition math. Do MuAlphaTheta and other competitions, such as ARML, where I am on the state team.

Ross Math Program- Regarded as the most intensive and selective residential summer math program focusing on number theory.

Comp Sci Club- Co-President of Schools Computer Science Club, teach comp sci and partake in competitions (ACSL, hackathons, etc)

Teacher Assistant- TA for a 4th-year Undergraduate math course. I grade homework, projects, and exams. Additionally, I teach and help the professor maintain the class.

Pure Math Research- 1 Publication in pure mathematics(Graph Theory). Also, I work with a professor at my State University for math research.

Machine Learning- Been learning Machine Learning in my spare time. I have completed multiple AI courses on Coursera, as well as completing IBM Applied AI Certificate. Combined neural network deep learning algorithms into my research in Graph Theory.

Schools: Carnegie Mellon Early Decision, Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, Duke

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As a Chinese male, who is applying for CS with mainly music and tennis extracurriculars… admissions to top schools will be tough to get, even with perfect or near perfect stats.

You are right to try for ED. CMU SCS is very difficult to get for anyone. Make absolutely sure it’s your first choice before shooting your shot. I’d recommend finding a school which has EDII in case you don’t get in in the first round.

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Thank you for the response. What do you mean by mainly music and tennis extracurriculars? Those are the ECs I spend the least time on. My main Ecs would be TAing for a senior undergraduate class and doing ML/Math Research.

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State of residency?

Budget?

Do you have interest in going further in math as well as studying CS?