Hi. I am in my junior year, and I am really starting to stress about my admission.
It would be great if you people could chance me and advise me based on the colleges I plan to apply, listed below?!
Looking at 3 categories:
- Reach: Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, UC Berkeley
- Match: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Purdue, Georgia Tech, UCLA, UCSD, Duke, UMich, UT Austin
- Safety: University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, Rutgers
(Please tell me if I am looking at universities too high/low)
General Info:
Nationality: Indian (I live in India too)
School Type: (1.2k kids pass out every year)
Major: Computer Science
Standardized Tests:
- ACT: 35 (10 Writing) [E:34 R:35 M:36 S:35]
- SAT Subject Tests: Maths Level 2: 800, Physics Level 2: 800
- AP Examinations: Calculus BC: 5, Computer Science A: 5, Physics C, Mechanics: 5
- TOEFL : 120
GPA: (This Worries Me!)
Freshman: CGPA - 8.0/10
Sophomore: CGPA - 9.2/10
Junior Year: Mid Term: 68%, Final Term: 95%.
Senior Year: Mid Term 97% (Predicted)
EC’s:
- 100+ Hours Social Service
- Won 10+ Inter School Computer Science Symposium(s)
- Trinity Guildhall, Grade 4 Guitar
- Blog with 50k hits
- Students Council (2 Years, Predicted President in Senior Year)
- Energy Conservation Awareness in School
- Intern at Flipkart (India’s Amazon)
Note: Financial Aid / Fees is not an issue.
Thanks for your time!