Please chance me at Carnegie Mellon, UMichigan, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Applying to:

Early:
CMU (ED)
UMichigan
UIUC
USC
Northeastern
Purdue
RSI
UT Austin

Normal:
All the UCs except Riverside and Merced
Cornell
Rice

SAT I: didn’t take

ACT: 35
Breakdown: 36 math, 35 grammar, 35 reading, 33 science

SAT Subject:
800 Math II, 790 Chinese, 730 Chem (probably not submitting this), 760 Physics (retaking it October for a hopeful 800 before apps are due)

Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Weighted GPA: 3.3

AP Calc BC 5 (also 5 for AB subscore), AP Chinese 5, AP Stats 4 (messed up here), APCS 5, AP Physics C: Mech: 5, APUSH 3 (I really messed up here, idk what happened), AP Physics 1 4 (didn’t really study for this one)

Senior year course load:
AP Gov first semester, econ 2nd
business course
AP Biology
AP Literature
Multivariable Calculus first semester, differential equations 2nd semester (at a local community college)

Major awards (not many):
Piano CM Senior Award, also CM Level 10
PVSA Silver Award (over the duration of high school, I’ve had 200+ hours of volunteer service)
USACO Gold level (not sure if this plays a factor)

Robotics:
Officer of the school FRC robotics team for all three years of eligibility, spent a lot of time each year doing this

Extracurriculars:
Piano

Current activity:
Developing apps for iOS and working on a CS project right now (idk if it’ll be finished before college apps are due though)

Job/work experience:
Taught algebra to a bunch of middle schoolers

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at different nursing homes, natural restoration areas, and also did charity work. Total of around 200-250 hours total throughout high school.

Summer activities:
COSMOS summer of junior year, nothing else other than that

Essays:
Talking about my love of engineering and my passion in teaching others and other stuff.

Teacher recommendation:
Already confirmed them with my teachers, expecting a 9-10/10 from one and 7-8/10 for the other

Applied for finanical aid?: no
Intended major: Computer engineering

School type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+

Thanks, and please leave any suggestions on how to improve my applications and further my chances of entering these colleges, or whether I have any chance entering these colleges.

Much appreciated!

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Forgot to edit, but my weighted GPA is 4.3, not 3.3. If you got any questions or if I’m missing anything, please post below, thanks!

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Your UwGPA is a bit low. How is your class rank? Purdue should be a match. UIUC computer major is super competitive. Your GPA may be an issue for UMICH CoE.

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My school doesn’t have a class rank, but based on GPA I’d assume 40-50%. No chance at CMU?

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UC GPA (capped weighted and fully weighted)? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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Capped GPA for UCs is 4.2.

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You are competitive for all the UC’s but UCLA/UCB are always tough admits. Best of luck.

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It seems your class rank is not helping your GPA. UMICH CoE would be a achieve for your from OOS. Your test score is good but your GPA is below their admission average of 3.9 while they view it as most important.

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Would I still have a shot at CMU and Georgia Tech? And isn’t UIUC Computer Engineering easier to get into than UIUC for CS?

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Sorry for the “auto correction” error. I meant to say “UMICH CoE would be a reach for you from OOS” above.