Chance Me For Top CS Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Hello, I am a senior applying to Computer Science schools. I go to a top high school in Los Angeles. Here are my stats, can you please chance me for UCLA, UCB, UCSD (Other UC’s as well) MIT, CalTech, CMU, Stanford, Cornell, USC, UT Austin, GA Tech, UIUC, U Mich, U Penn, Harvey Mudd

SAT 2360 - M 800 R 770 W 760
MATH II - 800
Physics - 800
US Hist - 750
All scores are on one try
GPA W: 4.2, UW: 3.9
Rank: top 9%
Asian Male

EC: Eagle Scout, Robotics Club President (200 members), Deca VP (won states), participated in research program, founded non profit (raised donated several thousand dollars), captain of a varsity sport

Essays: 10/10 I’m a strong writer and had teachers and other people look at it
Recs: 10/10, 3 teachers that know me very well and one by a well regarded professor

2

@canIgetinCollege You meant to say 2330 SAT right?

3

sorry, should be 790 W

4

bump, I’ll chance back

5

For Ucs they are matches, not sure about others yet.

6

UC GPA?
Status of APs?

7

UC GPA Capped: 4.17, UC UW: 3.9
APs: Taken max at my school, All 5’s on tests and A’s in all AP’s
Sophmore: WHAP, Statistics,
Junior: APCS, AP Physics 2, AP Calculus AB
Current: AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Econ, AP Calculus BC

8

UCLA, UCB, Cornell - Match
UCSD, USC - Low match
MIT, CalTech, Stanford, U Penn, Harvey Mudd - Reaches

9

Are the reach schools too high?

10

UCB: Match
UCSD, UCLA and USC: Low match

Great job and good luck!

11

@canIgetinCollege, many people consider those schools “reaches for everybody,” but you should have as good of a chance as just about anybody. Your ECs are great, and your test scores are outstanding and should help your unweighted and weighted GPAs, which are average to slightly below average for those schools. I would not be surprised if you are accepted to at least one or two of MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Penn and Harvey Mudd.

12

Thanks @UWfromCA , i’m counting on my scores and ec’s to balance out my GPA

13

How do my stats and ec compare to other students at these schools?

14

Cornell isn’t a match, it’s a reach. All Ivies are reaches (and really, anything sub-20% are reaches). Also, your GPA is fine. It doesn’t need to be “balanced out.”

Honestly the biggest thing I see here is that you’re not a very standout applicant. Robotics club, research, etc. is all pretty standard for top CS applicants, so work hard on your essays to make yourself remembered by the admissions committee.

15

Do you suggest I add or remove any schools or does this list look fine for an applicant like me?

16

Your list looks similar to mine, yours has higher SAT scores and more focused EC’s though (if you want to see my stats: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1837466-stanford-mit-columbia-what-do-you-think.html#latest) Same with the robotics! UT austin you’ll def. get in, I just got accepted like a month ago (automatic acceptance as tx top 7% student) UT school of natural science is most likely too.

17

@mvalen yours looks good, has some more arts stuff than I do, but we have Robotics and similar colleges too. I think at the level of these schools (based on these guy’s advice), its the luck of the draw.

18

Bump anyone know if I should add some safeties or reaches or anything?

19

Bump

20

if he has an unweighted 3.9 GPA his UC Capped is a 4.3