Honors Program Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Ohio State University
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As an addendum, I selected scholars, accidentally, and had to request that it be changed, so my decisiom has been delayed.

Status: In-state

GPA: 3.37 UW 3.57 W

ACT: 33 (35 math, 31 English, 35 reading, 34 science) - retaking w/ writing
SAT: 1500 (790 math, 710 cr)
SAT 2: phys - 740, math 2 - 800, us history - 600

ECs:

  • academic challenge (3 years)
  • varsity tennis (1 yr non-varsity, 1 yr varsity)
  • 4H (7 years of robotics)
  • mentor a student with behavioral issues
  • teach programming at my local library (3-6 hours per week for 20 weeks)
  • NHS
  • YouTube channel with tutorial videos detailing Python, Java, and neural networks (as well as corresponding GitHub with some code available for downloading)
  • compete in some Kaggle machine learning competitions. Currently preparing to submit an entry for the RSNA Pneumonia Detection Challenge. (tasked with writing an algorithm which can detect pneumonia via chest radiograph imagery)

Awards:

  • 7-time robotics winner for county’s 4H fair (not exactly the most competitive thing in the world, though)
  • Won a district-wide writing contest, last year

Past APs: AP Physics 1, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Physics C (mechanics)

Current APs: AP Government, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C (E&M), AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP CSA, and AP Euro

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Don’t sweat it too much. You have an impressive CV. Where else did you apply?

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Carnegie Mellon

OSU was my second choice due to the in-state tuition, so I ended up just paying my fee once I was rejected from CMU. (applied to two schools EA)

Would you say, though, that my chances are good?

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Based on what you shared, you look like a strong candidate to me!

I view rejection as a strength building exercise.