Hey guys! I was hoping you guys could chance me for the schools below.
Entering Level: Junior
Local State school in NH
Intended Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.91
SAT 1620 ( Should I retake these? )
ACT 34
HS GPA: 3.7
Taken 3 AP Classes
HS EC:
President of the biotechnology club
Active member of a recycling club
Active member of the Drama Club
Gap Year:
Spent 6 Months in Brazil, teaching english and aiding the school with homework help ( mostly mathematics )
Began programming here also.
College EC:
Involved in 3 different research projects ( 2 Biological related, and 1 Computer Science Related )
Part of my schools PURE program ( a selective undergraduate research program ).
President of the CS club
President of the Habitat for humanity club
200+ hours of community service
Honors program
Active Tutor in biological and CS related courses
Self taught programming languages, Python, Objective-C, Swift, and C++.
Created several CS related projects
Presented Projects at various locations.
I had an internship the summer after my freshman year.
Jobs:
Market Basket - 2009 - 2011
Dunkan Donuts - 2011 - 2013 ( Shift Leader )
Translator - 2013 - 2014
Summer of 2014 - Local Italian Restaurant ( Host / Waiter / Busser - They were really understaffed… )
IT HelpDesk ( Work Study ) - 2014 - Present
Other:
Fluent in Portuguese
First Generation College Student
Hispanic / Latino
Performed in 2 Plays since I’ve gotten to college ( both leading rolls )
Recommendations: 1 Computer Science professor ( also advisor and who I also do research with ), 1 Biology professor ( Who I also do research with ), and 1 from the company that I interned with over the summer ( I knew him before I interned and he absolutely loves me )
I also have very solid reasons why I need to transfer from this school.
Here’s the list:
Stanford
Columbia
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
University of Rochester
Georgia Institute of Technology
Northeastern
Notre Dame
RPI
Umass Amherst ( CS program )
University of New Hampshire.
I know some of these are reaches but they are also the schools that provide me with everything I’m looking for and opportunities my school currently does not have. Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks for your help guys!