<p>My friend is too reluctant to come on this site, so I have to do it for him.
He's probably a Computer Science Major/Philosophy Minor.</p>
<p>He said he's considering applying to these schools (as reach)
Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Harvard College
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
And these as saftey:
UNC Chapel Hill
UNC State</p>
<p>GPA:
-He is ranked 3 out of 371 (only cause he didn't take honors freshman year) 4.00 unweighted. 5 on Calculus, Physics, Comp. Sci</p>
<p>SAT
-800 PHYSICS, 800 MATH II, 740 MATH I
-Super score: 780 Math, 770 Reading, 720 Writing (9 essay)
-He is probably the best essay writer in the whole school, but he sucks so bad at timed essays.</p>
<p>Activities:
9,10,11,12 - Mix of novel writing, shot story writing, poetry writing, and researching of ancient world (independent report being made) ~18 hrs/wk</p>
<p>9,10,11,12 - Tutoring. He tutors everyone lol; if someone asks him, he will help them out on about anything. 3-5 hours a week</p>
<p>9,10,11 - He did modding for online games, like Rome Total War, Age of Empires. Probably spent 8-9 hours a week doing this.</p>
<p>10,11 - Ran Crosscountry 15 hrs/week
11- Track/Field - 18 hrs/week</p>
<p>12 - Jets Club - He works for the programming of robotics</p>
<p>12 - Computer Science Community Service - He does community service for the city by programming applications that refine/maintain their access databases. 6 hours a week</p>
<p>12 - He formed a journal online, which talks about philosophy (makes articles on it). He is the president of the organization that maintains it. 10+ hrs/week [Lol he asked me to join it, and if you guys want to join, please send me an email -> I'd laugh at his face if I get someone to join)</p>
<p>8th grade - one of the youngest people to be certified in Oracle 8i, which is a computer database software, (5 tests needed)</p>
<p>Around 5th - He got a visual basic certificate from microsoft. Youngest person at the time</p>
<p>...More stuff, but can't remember</p>
<p>How do you think he'll do? I told him that he'll get in, but he is not so sure. But he's a confident bastard in side, so I'm guessing he won't go home and cry or something.</p>
<p>DO you think he should apply to more safety schools? What Top. 20 Schools have good comp. sci majors?</p>
<p>Btw, I think he is applying to Stanford early admission</p>