Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Uh, can you guys do your voodoo magic to see if I’ll get into these schools?

Ordered by selectivity kinda:

  • Stanford University
  • Carnegie Mellon University (School of Computer Science)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dartmouth College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Tufts University
  • Cornell University
  • UC Berkeley
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Boston University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • University of Florida
  • University of Central Florida

Demographics:

  • Male
  • Latino
  • Born in Mexico, became a Naturalized US Citizen
  • Know Spanish (written and spoken) fluently.

Numbers:

  • 1500 SAT (750 Math, 750 Reading, 5-5-5 Writing)
  • SAT Subject tests:
    • 760 Math Level 2
    • 750 Physics
  • AP Scores:
    • 5 Calculus BC
    • 5 Physics C: Mechanics
    • 5 Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (self study, only one in my school to take it)
    • 4 Computer Science A
    • 4 English Literature and Composition
    • 3 Macroeconomics
    • 3 US Government and Politics
    • 5 Calculus AB
    • 5 English Language and Composition
    • 4 Physics 1
    • 4 US History
    • 4 World History

I’m taking the ACT this year. I’ve scored like a 34-ish on the practice test.

GPA: 3.97 weighted, 3.16 unweighted
74th percentile in school :confused:

Coursework:

  • Freshman
    • English Honors 1
    • Algebra 2
    • Chorus
    • Air force ROTC
    • Biology 1 Honors
    • World History
    • Electronics
  • Sophomore
    • English Honors 2
    • Geometry Honors
    • Chorus
    • Air force ROTC
    • Chemistry 1 Honors
    • AP World History
    • Electronics
  • Summer
    • Intro to IT (online)
    • Pre-Calculus Honors (online)
    • Computer Networking 1
  • Junior
    • French 1
    • AP English Language and Composition
    • AP Calculus AB
    • AP Physics 1
    • AP US History
    • Electronics
    • Digital Video Production
  • Summer
    • Driver’s ed (online)
  • Senior
    • AP US Government and Politics
    • AP Macroeconomics
    • French 2
    • AP English Literature and Composition
    • AP Calculus BC
    • AP Physics C: Mechanics
    • Electronics
    • Cybersecurity

Extracurriculars:

  • Concert Choir (my grade actually depended on this one)
  • Programmer in FIRST Robotics team. Made it to world championships (junior and senior)
  • Started a club to teach my classmates how to code in Python (junior and senior)

I graduated May 2017, but I’m taking a gap year to work and grow up. I was 16 when I graduated because I skipped a grade. I would enter college around August 2018.

I just wrapped up a summer internship with Lockheed Martin, and I’m working remotely as a full-stack web developer (I’ve been coding for more than 5 years). I’m also starting a band despite being a pretty mediocre guitarist imo.

Chance me? Thanks.

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UC GPA? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

Did you graduate early due to exhausting your HS courses? You would have been better off graduating on time and boosting your GPA. You have great test scores and some really focused EC’s. GPA will be an issue.

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There were some neat indentations to make things easier to read, but I guess they’re gone. Here’s my stuff again but with better formatting.

Coursework:

Freshman:

  • English Honors 1
  • Algebra 2
  • Chorus
  • Air force ROTC
  • Biology 1 Honors
  • World History
  • Electronics

Sophomore:

  • English Honors 2
  • Geometry Honors
  • Chorus
  • Air force ROTC
  • Chemistry 1 Honors
  • AP World History
  • Electronics

Summer:

  • Intro to IT (online)
  • Pre-Calculus Honors (online)
  • Computer Networking 1

Junior:

  • French 1
  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Physics 1
  • AP US History
  • Electronics
  • Digital Video Production

Summer

  • Driver’s ed (online)

Senior

  • AP US Government and Politics
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • French 2
  • AP English Literature and Composition
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • Electronics
  • Cybersecurity
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@Gumbymom Here’s what I got for UC GPA:

Unweighted: 3.04
Weighted: 3.67
Weighted and Capped: 3.21

I did all 4 years of high school. It’s just that I skipped kindergarten.

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You have excellent HS course rigor, test scores, great hands on work experience but GPA and HS transcript are really important to colleges. How you do in your courses over a 4 year period is a better reflection on your academic capabilities and its going to hurt your chances at many of the schools on your list. Sacrificing GPA to take a bunch of AP classes I feel is a bad strategy. The grades you get in the AP classes are more important then the scores on the tests. You would have been better off taking half the amount of AP classes and getting A’s in all.

I am not familiar with many of the schools on your list and most of the top schools reject applicants with perfect grades, test scores, unique EC’s etc…, so make sure you have a few solid safety schools on your list. You need to hope that these schools are willing yo look beyond your mediocre academic performance.
UCB/Harvey Mudd/Stanford should be considered Reach schools based on what you have posted.

Best of luck

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@Gumbymom Thanks for your advice