Chance me, please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>I'm in state. </p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Computer science
[ *] SAT: 2020
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4
[ *] Rank: Top 25%, 102/465
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-FBLA 2 years,
-FBLA States: Mobile Applications Development challenge, 2nd place in the state
-Vex Robotics Competition 3 years, competed in world championship 3 of those years
-Team programmer 3 years
-Team leader 2 years
-Proficient in 2 programming languages, JAVA and C++
-Android app with 2k downloads
-Helped co-found a programming club
-Key Club 4 years
-150 service hours
-Swimming 1 years
-2 years JV badminton, 1 year varsity</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: All of them are very strong, emphasized my extracurriculars.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Computer science teacher, worked with her for 3 years, very strong.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, pretty sure it'd be good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *] State or Country: Maryland, US
[ *] School Type: Top ranked public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
-Strengths: Pretty loaded with extracurriculars, especially engineering/programming ones.
-Weaknesses: GPA/SAT</p>

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<p>I’d say you are right on the cusp…Dont be surprised if you don’t get admitted…also don’t be surprised if you do…</p>

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<p>I heard anything under a 3.5 GPA is not very good chances…</p>

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<p>Could go either way- everything seems to be there except GPA. Another factor that you didn’t list is rigor of course load, which apparently UMD weights heavily (ie how many APs did you take/did you succeed)</p>