<p>Hello everyone, I am a rising senior and I am looking into some CS colleges. At the moment my list consists of the following:</p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (in-state)
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Purdue University</p>
<p>GPA: 4.1 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
Class rank: top 20% (started out bad freshman year, transcript will indicate a HUGE upward trend, all straight A's since 2nd semester sophomore year, plus my school is ultra-competitive)
Standardized Tests:
ACT: 36 (10 on essay though)
SAT II: Math Level 2 - 800, Physics - 780
PSAT: National Semi-finalist
AP: Human Geography - 4, Computer Science A - 4, Physics B - 5, US History - 4(self study), Environmental Science - 4(self study)</p>
<p>EC:
Debate team - won some awards as 1st and 2nd place speaker at local tournaments, serving as Webmaster senior year
FBLA - treasurer junior year and president senior year, also area vice president, won 1st at area and state levels in a competition, placed in top 5 at nationals
Science fair - club president, area vp, won state in computer science category junior year
Finance club - president & founder, started it sophomore year</p>
<p>Senior year schedule:
AP Calculus BC
AP Stats
AP English Lit
AP Physics C
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
Chinese III Accelerated</p>
<p>I am interested in pursuing as second major once I arrive in college - economics. Would greatly appreciate it if you guys could add some colleges to my list which have a good cs program along with a good economics department that would allow me to take on both majors. Thanks!</p>