International Asian Student applying to US Universities (Undergraduate) [3.85 GPA, computer science, data science, technology management]

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Demographics

  • International Student
  • Type of high school (current college for transfers): AP Curriculum
  • Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Male/Asian

Intended Major(s)

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.85/4.3
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): N/A

Coursework
[G11]
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Computer Science - 4
AP Language (studied in school)
AP Gov (studied in school)

[G12]
AP Calculus BC
AP Microeconomics
AP Statistics

Awards

Extracurriculars
China Thinks Big Global Finals Hackathon Champion (competed at Harvard campus 1/1500 teams) (Published on Harvard YSA Journal)
HiMCM Honorable Mention
Student Union - Vice President
House Council (80 students) - 3 years as student House Leader
Non-credit: Pre-college program at Columbia & Brown (CS related)
Credit: Carleton College SLAI CS program
Club Leader (teach regional children English 6-12 yrs old)
China Thinks Big Competition Student National Committee - Academic Department SVP
Research Experience in Human-Computer Interaction (Journal Published)

Essays/LORs/Other
Essays: Pretty strong
LORs: One very strong, the other one not sure.

Cost Constraints / Budget
No limit

Schools

  • Safety: Pittsburgh, RPI, Brandeis, Northeastern, BU
  • Match: BC (ED), UIUC, UCD, Rochester, UCSD, UCI,
  • Reach: Tufts, NYU, CMU, Cornell, WUSTL, Harvard
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Intended major?

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Intended Major: CS / DS / Technology Management

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UIUC and I think some of the UC schools on your match list will be reaches for your intended major.

The only safety you have on your list is Pittsburgh, if you applied early and don’t have a financial need.

RPI and Brandeis should be matches for you.

Northeastern and BU are reaches as the both have acceptance rates under 20%, and it’s even more competitive for international applicants. .

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2022 CS admit rates if available

Campus CS
UC Berkeley 2.9%-L&S updated 2023 EECS-4%
UC Davis No data but estimated <20%
UC Irvine 5.8%
UCLA 3.8%
UC Merced 85%
UC Riverside 36%
UC San Diego No data but estimated <10%
UC Santa Barbara No data Historically 5-6%
UC Santa Cruz 60%
Cal Poly SLO 9%
Cal State Long Beach 54%
San Diego State 40%
San Jose State 31%

Data Science admit rates if available

Campus Data Science
UC Berkeley 8.25%
UC Davis No Data but approximately <20%.
UC Irvine 7.6%
UCLA 10% Does not admit by major but into College of L&S
UC Merced Major not available
UC Riverside 67%
UC San Diego No data but approximately <10% Capped major
UC Santa Barbara 27% admit rate for College of L&S which does not admit by major
UC Santa Cruz Major not available
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