Chance me T20s for Computer Science Major

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I have little expectation of getting into any of them but it’s worth a go, background:

Caucasian Male going to one of the most prestigious high schools in Colorado

Grade: 11

GPA Unweighted: 3.2 (9,10,11)

ACT: 36

AP’s: 9th Grade - CSP 4 (learned python)

10th Grade - CSA 4 (learned java)

11th Grade - N/A

12th Grade - Plan on taking Physics C | Calculus AB | Stats

Extra-Curricular:{Clubs/Connected to School}

  • Robotics will be 3 years | went to states twice and was going to go to worlds but was canceled due to coronavirus | Held a leadership role
  • MUN will be 4 years | went to 2 national trips | went to 1 international trip/2nd trip was canceled due to coronavirus
  • Debate will be 2 years
  • Space Club will be 2 years | competed in the American Rocketry Competition, canceled due to coronavirus
  • Math Club 1 year | Took AMC 12
  • Competed in a national competition named eCybermission | Submitted an app that I made and got placed in the top 100

{Extracurriculars outside of school}

Freshman Year

  • Took online classes for C#, C++, 3d Modeling, Character rigging, Animation and Sound design (I was into making games)
  • Worked on and created games that I would eventually put into a .io site
  • Got an internship at a small game studio
  • Worked at a different small game studio making scripts

Sophomore Year

  • Taught myself web design (HTML, CSS, JScript)
  • Created a web design studio and made a few websites on request
  • Took classes on jQuery, SQL Databases, Machine Learning with Python
  • Was in a JROTC

Junior Year

  • Taught myself Web scraping with python
  • Created a piece of software that can kind of accurately judge buyer confidence in the stock market(uses web scraping and machine learning)
  • Was in a JROTC

Every Year thing:

  • Snowboard 30-40 days in the season
  • Avid Scuba diver | have worked on conservation projects with marine biologists
  • I taught underprivileged youth over the 10-11 grade summer
  • I volunteer at my local DFL every week
  • I am a multi-instrumentalist, I play guitar, bass, drums and keys | I also record songs

I realize that I will more than likely not get into any school close to these but I would still like to try.

2

Your gpa is low compared to your test scores. Why? What’s your rank at school?

CS is one of the most competitive majors these days and schools aren’t going to overlook a low GPA. They want students they know will succeed.

3

GPA is the most important part of your application. Reading this, it sounds like you spent too much time on ECs and not enough on school work. Colleges will be concerned that you will do the same thing when you get there. Top schools are unlikely with this profile. Of course, you can pick a couple and try, but do spend a lot of time trying to find schools that match your gpa where admission is more likely.

4

I ranked 23/121 with a 3.2 if that changes anything.

5

Not really. You’re in the top 20% of your class, and T20 CS people are usually within the top 5%. You also want to think about how you’re going to structure your activities. I’ve added my google sheets version of the activities list on the common app, I recommend filling it out to see what you’ll keep and what you’ll put on “additional info.”
https://*/spreadsheets/d/1nJTOTHkScEAY30HZRfjJ5yahhiMA6dHGKL2tfgjlk/copy
Replace the * with the domain for Google Docs.