Hey all, I’m back to CC after a long break (lol)
GPA: 3.8 (UW) / 4.25(W) - consistent rising trend over the three years
ACT: 31C: 33(M), 30(E), 30®, 31(S) - I have a 32 superscore
Just took the August SAT and I am expecting anywhere between a 1450 and 1520.
Total of 11 AP Classes, with a majority of 4’s.
EC’s:
Vice President and Director of service of Habitat for Humanity Chapter
Co-Head of Programming on the Robotics Team, which placed first in 2 states
Academic Bowl - placed 3rd in state
Math League (A team)
TEAMS/TSA National Competitor and first in state
National Honors Society (Overall, language, and science)
Awards:
12th in Nation for the National French Concours Level II
11th in Nation for the National French Concours Level III (honors)
Placed in the top 1% of testers for the National WordWright gold level division.
TEAMS/TSA First in State
FTC (First Tech Challenge) Dual State Champs Finalist
Summer Activities:
Worked as a lifeguard for two summers, and awaiting a job offer as a math tutor this summer.
Attended University of Maryland’s Terps Young Scholars Program for Economics
Worked as a math tutor at Mathnasium
Worked as a Brand Ambassador (Marketing) for UWorld
I have a very good essay, around a 9.5/10 as indicated by the feedback I received from a Villanova essay reader!
Intended Major: Computer Science. Though for the more difficult schools for admission to Computer science (i.e. CMU and GTech) I am applying for either finance or applied math.
Here are my schools, I’m categorizing them to see if my expectations are realistic.
Far Reach: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Columbia
Reach: GTech, Emory, UMich
Target: NYU (Computer science), UMD College Park, UIUC
Safety: RPI (good connection), Syracuse, Purdue (good connection as well), UPitt