My Chances for CS

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • US domestic: Permanent Resident
  • State/Location of residency: California
  • Type of high school: Public high school
  • Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Male/India
  • Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): (Idk if immigrant is a hook) / N/A

Intended Major(s) Computer Science/ Anything similar

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.417
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 3.8 - 3.9
  • College GPA (for transfers):
  • Class Rank: N/A
  • ACT/SAT Scores: SAT - 1510

Coursework
5 APs: Computer Science A , Chemistry , Calculus BC , Statistics , Physics 1
3 Honors: Chemistry , Pre- Calculus , French 4
2 Dual Enrollment: Python Programming(Doing this summer) , Intro to Data Science(Taking in fall quarter)

Awards
Seal of Biliteracy

Extracurriculars
I have a lot of things going on this summer, so I will put a question mark after some activities since I might not be able to do them, feel free to disregard them

Cleared USACO Bronze
Competitive Programming Club(Applied to become officer but decision hasn’t come out yet/ 40% chance) (1 year)
JV Swim team (2 years)
Volunteered at local library (15 Hours)
Helping disabled kids learn how to swim(Around 60 to 70 hrs by November 2021)
Swim instructor/Lifeguard paid job (?)
Web development internship(?)
Teaching kids Java/C++(?)

Essays/LORs/Other
Have just started writing them but consider all of the essays 7/10 and all letters a 6/10

Cost Constraints / Budget

Not a priority

Schools

  • Safety (certain admission and affordability)
    University of Arizona
    Arizona State University
  • Likely
    Colorado University - Boulder (The acceptance rate is high but I know CS is competitive so I’m not sure where to put this)
    UC Merced
  • Match
    UC Santa Cruz
    San Jose State
    UT Dallas
    UI Chicago
  • Reach
    University of Wisconsin - Madison
    UC Davis
    Purdue
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Calculate your HS GPA for UC purposes at GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub . It will calculate three HS GPAs. Most UC web sites use the weighted-capped version unless otherwise specified.

For CSUs, the HS GPA calculation is the same as UC weighted-capped, except that semester college courses count as two courses and two grades each.

Note that the UCs and CSUs will be ACT/SAT-blind.

SJSU CS is probably a reach for you. Freshmen Impaction Results | Admissions shows fall 2021 admission thresholds. For CS, the 3400 score is equivalent to a 4.25 HS GPA, or 4.00 HS GPA for those graduating high school in Santa Clara County (local area bonus).

Fall 2020 admission rates by campus and HS GPA range from Freshman fall admissions summary | University of California :

Campus 4.20+ 3.80-4.19 3.40-3.79 3.00-3.39
Berkeley 37% 14% 2% 1%
Davis 86% 55% 16% 7%
Irvine 60% 38% 9% 1%
Los Angeles 38% 8% 1% 1%
Merced 98% 97% 95% 88%
Riverside 97% 90% 65% 30%
San Diego 78% 39% 8% 1%
Santa Barbara 81% 40% 9% 2%
Santa Cruz 92% 82% 59% 26%

These are for the whole campus. Different divisions or majors may have different levels selectivity (usually, engineering and computer science majors are more selective).

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I don’t know about most of the OOS schools you list but, with a 3.8-3.9, I’d reclassify test-blind UCM as a match and UCSC as a slight reach. I’d add CPP, SDSU, CSULB, and Chico as solid CS programs with good student experiences that are likely to admit you.

apply broadly and good luck.

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Add UCSC for CS

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