CS at UIUC, MIT, UC Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Stats:
• ACT- 35 composite (33E, 36M, 34R, 35S)
• GPA- 4.0 weighted (will have 11-12 AP classes by graduation), 4.27 by graduation
• Commended Award on the PSAT (98% for state)
• Top 25% Class Rank (I know, my weak spot)

Grades:
• Grades on an very upward trend since quitting football in sophomore year
• Straight A’s and 4 AP classes Junior; and Senior year (6 AP’s, will get all A’s)
• A+ in Computer Science AP, Java college course, Cybersecurity college course, AP Calculus
• Commended Award on the PSAT
• National Latin Exam Cum Laude

Extracurricular:
• Harvard CS50- completed and passed
• Taken college Java and cybersecurity engineering courses (in college, got a 4.0 in each)
• Summer program at Illinois (UIUC)
• Designed and maintained popular games on roblox.com (300,000+ times played on 2nd most popular game, at times had 600+ playing it, 1M+ on most popular game)
• US History course (college summer course, 4.0 each)
• Volunteered for youth football league for three consecutive years, and in a youth baseball league for one.
• Latin Club for three years
• School football for two years (grades started raising exponentially after football ended)
• Tutored multiple people in Java for Computer Science AP and in Calculus AP
• Edited peers’ essays and helped them score a lot higher
• Mu Alpha Theta
• English Honors Society
• Travel Baseball for 2 years

I am applying to the engineering department, and plan to major in computer science. What are my chances of getting in at UIUC, UC Berkley, and MIT?

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Bump. Also I’m a junior and any predictions for next year have a 100% chance of happening.

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From the looks of it, you are extremely qualified for these schools. But I am sure you are aware that 90% of qualified applicants get rejected, so its really important to stand out: make those essays the deciding factor in your application, because it is one of the factors that will set you apart from others.

Excellent course rigor, and ACT score, I honestly wouldn’t improve on those facets of the application.

One more suggestion about ECs: try and get more leadership positions, and you will be golden. But I’m sure you will get into at least one of these schools, as you show a deep dedication for computer science!

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Thank you!