<p>So I'm not the best student, actually a pretty average one in terms of upper-level schools. Here's my resume in short form:
Grade: 11
UW GPA: 3.74 (weighted unknown, damn A-'s)
SAT: 2080 (maybe taking it again?)</p>
<p>AP classes are only offered junior and senior year, not for lit classes though.</p>
<p>Classes this year:
AP Chem [A-]
Precalc H [B+]
Lit H [A]
Standard history [A-]
Spanish Cultural Themes H [A-]
Film [A - extracurricular]</p>
<p>Predicted senior year classes:
AP Physics
Calc AB
Computer Science H
American Lit H
Random History H
Film</p>
<p>EC's:
Varsity Swimming (all highschool, state in grades 10 and 11)
Cross-country (grades 10 and up)
Tri Club (vice-president, grade 11)
Volunteering (80 hours)
Robotics club (grades 10 and up)
iD Gaming Academy (summer 2012)
CMU NHSGA - game development camp (applying for summer 2013)</p>
<p>The colleges I'm seriously looking at right now are Stanford, CMU, and GT (I'm a Georgia resident). Now what I'm actually here for besides all this is to ask you about my portfolio I'm creating. I want to get a CS degree and go into the game industry, but I have already started making games. I have a website portfolio detailing all my projects that also contains a blog I keep that documents the progress of a game I'm currently working on.</p>
<p>Now, as you can imagine, keeping a dev blog up to date is a little tedious, even if it is fun to do. I plan to keep the blog up to date over the next couple months and through summer, until the game is actually finished. </p>
<p>What I really want to get across to colleges is my potential and passion. I know what I want to do and I'll do anything to learn more about it. So my question to you is not only what are my chances, but does keeping this weekly blog actually give me a fighting chance?</p>