Chance me! Rising Senior for CS

Demographics

  • US citizen
  • Washington
  • Public High School
  • Asian Female

Intended Major(s): CS and I want to minor in neuroscience/computational neuroscience

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.9
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.5
  • Class Rank: NA
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 34 ACT

Coursework
Projected to complete 16 APs and 3 University of Washington (in HS) classes by the end of senior year.

Awards

  • Projected to be a National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award - Bronze
  • Presidential Award for Academic Excellence
  • Science Olympiad 10X state finalist + national qualifier
  • Global Seal of Biliteracy
  • various community service awards from school

Extracurriculars

  • Science Olympiad Club founder and president
  • National Honors Society Officer
  • intern at a software startup
  • lead volunteer at an organization
  • props lead of a drama production
  • machine learning intern @ ASDRP
  • paint art and sell it
  • developed website for a small local female-owned business
  • Had a job in my sophomore year and the summer after sophomore year

Essays/LORs/Other
I haven’t written my essays yet but I have a relatively strong idea about what it will be about. I think LOR will be strong - I have a good relationship with the teachers I am asking

Cost Constraints / Budget
None

Schools

Safety
Arizona State University
Washington State University

Match
University of Wisconsin – Madison
University of Southern California
UIUC ???
Purdue University
UC Irvine, Davis, San Diego
UPitt

Reach
Duke University
University of Washington
Brown University
Northeastern University
UPenn
Carnegie Mellon University
UC Berkeley
Georgia Tech

USC is a reach for anyone + UIUC is a reach for CS

I have some thoughts on northeastern but i have finals tomorrow morning so i will share my thoughts via PMs later :slight_smile: /warmly

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Congratulations on being a competitive applicant.

I would put UC Davis in the High Match/Low Reach Category with a less than 20% admit rate for CS.

UCI/UCSD and UCB are in the Reach Category with the following admit rates for CS:
UCSD: Less than <10% but more closer to 5%
UCI: 5.8%
UCB CS in L&S: 2.9%. EECS: 4.5%

Best of luck.

The OP is welcome to repost under the original account. Since Terms of Service prohibits multiple accounts, I am closing this thread