Chance me (Stanford with single parent graduate school legacy, applying regular decision)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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3.86 unweighted GPA,
4.29 weighted
35 ACT - 36 English, 34 Math, 34 Reading, 36 Science
800 Math, 720 Physics
Courseload this year: Ordinary Diff Eq, AP Statistics, Ap Government, AP economics, AP Literature, AP physics
Total Honors/AP over 4 years: 15
UC GPA: 4.41 uncapped weighted, 3.96 unweighted, 4.26 capped weighted
Engineering/CS major application
EC:
Varsity Volleyball 3 years, regional and Norcal champions Soph year, runner up last year
Top 10 Club Volleyball team

2 year marching and symphonic band member
Started clothing business sophomore year
Extensive volunteering with Local Seniors association

Rec from 2 year English teacher and math teacher that Also coached me in water polo
And counselor

State-CA
Gender Male
Ethnicity - White

Schools
Top UC’s, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stevens institute of tech, Stanford, cal poly, Rensselaer poly, northeastern, u Washington, u Michigan, cooper union

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Did you apply anywhere early?

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Hmm I used to be able to do these so well…

Your GPA is low. But there’s a lot of vals and sals here, so it’s all relative to class. I’m also not seeing much reason for why you’d want to do a CS degree if you haven’t done any CS at all. Don’t just major in something that makes a lot of money/ because it’s popular. Do you do side projects/ hackathons/ engineering related comps? Why do you like CS?
Seriously don’t pick a major just because you think it will give you the highest chance of getting in; it won’t.

Looking back there’s always a lot of fear of where you’ll end up going, but you’ll be fine no matter where you are. Good luck :slight_smile: