CHANCE ME PLEASE: Harvey Mudd/UW/UC Berkeley/Stanford/Cal Poly/Carnegie Melon

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Hello, I’m looking to apply to Harvey Mudd (top choice/ED I), University of Washington, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Cal Poly, and maybe Carnegie Mellon.

I’m a white female who want to major in Computer Science! :slight_smile:

Here are my stats:

SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (730 Math/ 730 Writing/ 700 Reading) (might retake this in November)
**ACT (breakdown): **32, (35 English/ 32 Math/ 31 Reading/ 30 Science/ 10 Essay)
SAT II: took Math and Lit, will probably be 800, 750ish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
**Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): **Top 1% (2/530)
**AP (place score in parenthesis): **
-AP Euro (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Lang (5), AP Comp Sci (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
**Senior Year Course Load: **
-AP Statistics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Lit, Intro to Engineering Design, Computer Science Topics/Projects class, and peer tutoring for AP Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AAUW Math Excellence Award
**Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): **
-AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, National Honor Society, 2nd Place in a Math Video Contest, Scholar Athlete

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
-Math YouTube channel (10, 11, 12)- started it to give some of my peers the help they needed
-At Large Member/Vice President of National Honor Society (11/12)- plan general NHS meetings, contact colleges to form college panels at our school, plan Cram-a-Thons, benefit the community
-Co-founder of Gender Equality Club (11, 12)- discuss gender misrepresentation in the media and its effects on society
-Class Council (9- Rep, 10-Rep, 11- Vice President, 12-Vice President)- fundraise for Senior Prom, plan events that unite our graduating class, create class of 2016 apparel

-Soccer (9, 10)- will probably do at college
-Cross Country (11)- will probably do at college
-Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)- just volunteering and stuff
Job/Work Experience:
-I referee soccer games every weekend (average of 4 hours per weekend)
**Volunteer/Community service: **
-Key Club (300+)- volunteer at almost every single event they put on
-National Honor Society (100+)- volunteer at every single event we put on.
Summer Activities:
-Learned HTML on my own and volunteered at a farmer’s market every Saturday from April-October (rising 11)
-Volunteered at farmer’s market, but not as often as the previous year, Girls Who Code 7 week program (rising 12)
Essays: have not finished yet, but it will most likely be about my YouTube channel
**Teacher Rec #1: ** english teacher who really likes me bc of how much effort I put into her class
**Teacher Rec #2: ** physics teacher who really likes me too

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2160 on SAT, not 2140 haha

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Your SAT math score is on the low end for Mudd (below 25% mark). I would retake if you think you can raise it. Your STEM ECs are a bit light as well. You have a chance, but there are weak spots in your app. Essays are important there – it is a small, intense school, and they are really looking for fit. They need to be sure you can do the work, and that you understand the culture and want what they offer.

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Your scores are not competitive for Berkeley or Stanford. sorry :frowning:

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I agree with aunt bea and masterlizard that if you can, try to improve test scores

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Question for OP, did you apply to FAST for harvey mudd?

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lol sorry i meant in my first post " I agree with aunt bea and intparent"

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I applied and I got rejected :frowning:

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how did you know of getting rejected in October @masterlizard

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@“aunt bea” Why are people saying OP’s scores are too low for Berkeley? Her ACT score is right in the 50th percentile and all SAT subscores (except maybe math) are close to 75th percentile. Plus AP scores are great.
@masterlizard Where did you get rejected from?

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I think they are saying they got rejected when they applied to FAST.