University of Washington Freshman Student ( No Direct Admit to CS).
ACT- 33 ( Is it worth retaking in September just before my session starts? I will most likely improve the score to 35?)
Exceeded expectations in Senior year with a great external exam result( International Student) 97.3% instead of a projected 96% sent to schools I applied for freshman admission in.
I want to shorten my list to 4 or maximum 5 schools. Schools I am interested in after freshman admissions-
CMU (Waitlisted for freshman admission SCS and CIT)
Berkeley ( Waitlisted for freshman admission EECS)
GTech ( Waitlisted for Freshman admission. Also is it really that much better than UW in CS)
Penn ( Waitlisted for Penn Engineering Rejected M&T)
Stanford ( Rejected Freshman Admission)
Caltech ( Did not apply)
MIT ( Rejcted also really low on my list will probably remove)
Harvard ( Did not apply)
Cornell ( Rejected freshman admission)
Reason for transfer in my mind is the denial of access to classes by the CSE department until admitted to Major.
Essays will probably be horse crap as they were last year because I am a privileged little kid who has never faced any hardship or obstacles. No defining moments just a pretty uneventful life.