Chanceme CS at Cornell ED, purdue, UT Austin, UMich

Chance Me / Match Me!
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17 year old male, international student

Coursework: IB predicteds are HL Math AA (7), Physics (6), English (6), SL Chemistry (7), Business (7), Spanish (6).

SAT: 1540 (770, 770)

ECs/Awards:
• School Captain/Head of student council
• Participated in 8 MUN conferences and won 4 accolades, also planned and organised a conference
• Rank 2/109 in school for grade 10 board exams (new school doesn’t rank)
• Volunteered at soup kitchen during COVID and was a spoken English teacher for
migrant workers, (total community service = 150+ hours)
• Had summer internships cancelled, so I learnt Python online and completed data
science courses from IBM and TCS
• Formed and led a school club for reducing carbon footprint
• Crowdfunded for an NGO
• A+ grade in national intermediate art exams
• Formed and led a music band with peers and competed against other schools, learnt
piano for 5+ years and taught myself drums

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GPA?

Major?

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For CS all these schools are reaches.

If you are full pay, your chances are better for Purdue.

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It’s hard to chance you with no GPA listed. Your ECS are really impressive and I like the fact that you taught yourself Python when your internship was canceled. My recommendation would be to show your passion for computer science throughout your application and be sure to have some safeties where you’ll be happy. Best of luck to you!

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I agree all these schools will be reaches. Are they all affordable?

Are you applying to less selective US colleges, or in other countries? Do you have an affordable safety in your home country?

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@Mwfan1921 Yeah, they’re all affordable. These are only the schools at the top of my list, I have other safeties and matches in the US and other countries.