Hey everyone, HS Senior here looking for some guidance and direction
I’m interested in Cornell CAS ED, CMU or NYU ED2 (probably NYU)
Intended Major: Computer Science/Engineering (minor in philosophy/art/sociology very open haha)
I understand that Cornell and CMU are reaches with my ACT as Asian female at very competitive public high school, so if anyone has any other suggestions to share, I’d greatly appreciate it!!
I’m looking into medium-sized schools in the suburbs, preferably where I can golf a lot on my free time, but also with rigorous academics. I always like to push myself–really need a school that challenges me bc I have bad ADD and have had problems where I couldn’t pay attention in class. Most importantly looking for somewhere w great surrounding area, nice ppl who have same interests–photography/traveling, golf, tennis, community service, ultimate maybe-- **and school I can convince my parents is rigorous enough to pay tuition (no hate pls but they are typical asian parents who wants child to go to name schools) or else parents want me to go to NYU for free (parent is staff, i know its a great school but kinda hate being in the rushed, crowded city…have a fairly laid-back personality) Any suggestions? Any thoughts on UC schools?
Here are stats…
ACT (breakdown): 31 (35E, 34M, 27R, 26S)–>taking again in a week, hoping for a 33
SAT II: 760 Math 2–> retaking Math 2 and Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0?-- not sure how to calculate but 95 on 100 scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t
AP (place score in parenthesis): took 4 APs; didn’t do stellar on all but 3+
Senior Year Course Load: taking 4 aps
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS? AP Scholar w Honors…standard at my school
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
//Captain, Girls’ Varsity Golf Team (3 yrs)
Position #1, MVP ’14, Rookie of the Year ’13, #1 in win-loss record ’14 in city
//Captain, Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team (4 yrs)
Jr Captain ’15, 1st Doubles, Leadership Award ’15, Athlete of the Month ’14, City Doubles 3rd Place
//Camp Counselor, First Tee golf program (summer)
taught kids age 6-14 golf technique and lessons on health and sportsmanship. favorite summer activity, loved the kids
//Intern, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (summer)
Was selected for high school student program, spent 8 weeks assisting postdoc in research, attending translational research talks, presented research project at poster session at conclusion of program. Don’t know how I’m gonna fit that in 150 char lol Hospital is renown for cancer research, do I need to bother telling admissions officers? (I used to want to be a researcher/internal medicine practitioner, which is why I did this program, but I found new love for CS!!)
//Participant, MoMA Teens (summer)
Built interactive art involving programming and circuitry that was displayed in MoMA Museum gallery
have some more golf/tennis stuff… note: don’t think I’m good enough to be an athlete recruit now, had sports injury and just trying to get back
**Chances for Cornell CAS ED? NYU ED2? General comments on competitiveness of my application? Any suggestions for schools? Thanks!