I’m interested in majoring in Computer Science at UUIC, OSU, Purdue, and Wisconsin-Madison. I am also very concerned about my GPA. I’ve tended to be a lazy student but am realizing now that I need to change my habits and focus harder on school.
Residency:Illinois
Year: Junior
Gender: Male
I attend a top 5 public school in the state
Race:White
GPA W:3.85/UW:3.2(Hopefully going to get it to a 3.4)
ACT:32
Math Team
Chess Team
Track&Field
I’m doing a computer science internship this summer
I have volunteered at my local church for over 100+ hours
Two basketball leagues outside of school
Business Club
Service CLub
I am in all honors and AP classes
Ap Classes:
Human Geography:4
World History:4
U.s History
English Lang. and Comp.
Physics A
Computer Science
Calculus BC
College Lit.
Physics C
It’s amazing how similar your profile is to mine. I found just as hard to find motivation in freshmen year and now realize that it hurt me bad.
Your GPA is pretty low but if you get it to 3.4 you should have a decent chance at Purdue and uiuc(since you’re instate) but OSU and UW are probably low reaches.
UW-Madison will be a high match/low reach for you because of your UW GPA. ACT score is good and ECs seem fine too but as mentioned earlier, GPA is a real downer in your profile, until you’ve got amazing essays, you’ve slim chances for UW-Madison. Best of luck anyway.