Chance me Penn State, Rutgers, Temple, Binghamton, UConn, Stony Brook, UAlbany for CS

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Background:
Indian, born in US, Male from New York

Household income: (roughly 130k)

GPA: 89.4 unweighted so a 3.4UW, school does not give weighted but i would say like a 3.7-3.8W with my honors and ap’s.
Class Rank: 30/213

Took all honors courses with one AP in 10th and 11th (got 2’s on both)
Taking 3 AP’s in 12th
Took 5 out of 11 AP’s offered at my school.
Total of 14 honors classes, 5 ap’s, 3 dual enrollment with universities like Syracuse and UAlbany (includes senior year)

Personal Essay: 10/10 stellar essay, expect it to put me over the top with my borderline stats if they were going to go to that to make a final decision (sorry not trying to sound cocky)
Teacher Recommendations: 6/10
Counselor Recommendation: 7.5/10

Test Scores:
SAT: 1310 (700 M/610RW)

ECs: All years include Senior Year

Baseball Team (3 years), Model U.N./Congress(2 years), Key Club (Community Service Club, 3 years), A.R.I.S.T.A(2 years, basically National Junior Honor Society), English NHS (2 years), Spanish NHS (2 years) , Garden Club (2 years)

Volunteer Work:
Currently volunteering at a Nursing Home in the recreational department (2+ years, 200+ hours)

Awards:

Spent a summer abroad in India with a programming professor where i learned C, HTML, and Excel.

Certified to work with C language (programming language)–>goes hand in hand with my intended major

Certified to work with HTML (Website building)

Certified to work with Microsoft Excel

Expected Major: CS

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I think you have a pretty good chance! When did you apply?

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Thanks! I applied October 23rd but all my application materials werent in until November 2nd. How long more do you think it will take for me to get a decision? Few days? Weeks?

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My son had similar stats but a weighted GPA of 96% and SAT scores in high 1200s. He applied to several of these schools for CS so I can tell you his results- accepted Rutgers and Stony Brook and denied at UCONN and Binghamton. Probably depends how much weight schools place on SAT v GPA but we did find that the CS major has a lower acceptance rate than some of the other majors. Umass Amherst also has a good CS program.

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Thanks for the advice! I will definately look into UMass. Also are you from NY? And do you mind telling me his unweighted for a better idea? my school doesnt give weighted grades and my school uses the out of 100 scale would be very helpful. Thank you.

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From NJ, so you probably have a better shot at Bing. I don’t know his unweighted gpa but it was probably in the 93 range.

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Also, If you want a more technical school look into RIT. They offered a decent merit package.

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I also recommend you look at RIT. We looked at all these schools, and applied to most. My S applied ED to RIT. UMASS will be a reach for you for CS major.

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Yeah I wanted to apply to RIT too but it is a bit too far for me (5 hours). I am pretty much limited to a 3 hour radius from my parents. But thanks for the help! @blueskies12 @IY266