Chances at CS/Engineering Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising senior from Georgia, looking to major in CS. Schools are MIT, CMU (maybe ED), Princeton, UPenn, Stanford, WashU, and GaTech.</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 2 of ~550
IB Diploma Candidate (HL in English, Math, History, and Spanish, EE in History)
All IB/AP classes junior and senior years.
Won 5 best-in-subject awards junior year.
Ranked first in state for National Spanish Exam Lvl. 4.</p>

<p>SAT CR: 800
SAT Math: 770
SAT WR: 800
I'm taking SAT II's in Math II, Physics, and Spanish in October.
Perfect PSAT score (so National Merit Semifinalist, at least)</p>

<p>ECs:
Robotics Team 10-12. President and Lead Programmer 11-12. Avg. 8 h/w for 45 w/y.
Quiz Bowl 9-12. JV Captain & MVP 9-10. Varsity Captain 11-12. Won a few tournaments.
Math Team 9-12. Mu Alpha Theta 11-12: President 12.
NHS 10-12.
Nat'l Spanish HS 11-12.
Jewish Culture Club 11-12.</p>

<p>Participated in GA Governor's Honors Program in Math Summer 2006,
Won Outstanding Camper Award at National Computer Camps in 2005.</p>

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<p>You have a shot everywhere, but the ECs seem pretty weak and very nerdy. They won't make you stand out in any way for CMU or MIT, and I know CMU CS is looking for people with interests outside of just computers and math.</p>

<p>You're definitely in at Georgia Tech and probably WashU though.</p>

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<p>"but the ECs seem pretty weak and very nerdy"</p>

<p>I disagree. I know some people accepted to MIT and their only EC was math competition.</p>

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<p>It depends how good their math is.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, I'm sure having only math competition for EC is okay if you're at the IMO level.</p>

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<p>"It depends how good their math is."</p>

<p>One is USAMO winner, one is close to USAMO qualifier (not qualified but had a PASSION for math competition and problem solving,...)</p>

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<p>That's why they got into MIT.</p>

<p>However, I don't see that level of achievement from the OP.</p>

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<p>Princeton, Stanford, and MIT are high reaches but you have a great shot at the others IMO.</p>