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I plan on appying for computer science and will likely specialize in cybersecurity later on. I am an Indian male going to a public school in New Jersey. I live with two middle class parents who work in the IT department.

Stats:
GPA: 4.45 weighed, 3.95 unweighed
Rank: 1st out of 197
SAT: 1490 (800 math, 690 reading) with essay score of 16
SAT Subject Test: 780 Math 2, 720 physics 1
Workload: Took all Honors and the 2nd most AP courses in my grade
9APs with multivariable calculus at local college:
AP Calc AB: 4 (Sophmore year)
AP Calc BC: 5 (Junior year)
AP CSP: 5
AP CSA: 4
AP Physics 1: 4
AP Stats: 5
AP Lang: 5
AP Lit: Senior year
AP Euro: Senior year
Multivariable Calc: A in class so far

Extracuriculars:
1)Internship relating to information technology, while also having Comptia Security+ Cert and Amazon Web Service Cloud Certificaiton. (1.5 years)

  1. Technology Student Association (4 years):

    Leadership: Reporter sophmore year, Co-Pres Junior and senior year, selected as national delagate by my chapter advisor sophmore and junior year, part of Technology Honors Scoiety, Silver award (based on community service, accomplishment, and leadership)
    7 state awards: 1st cybersecurity, 3rd in Essays on Technology sophmore year and 2nd in Junior year, 2nd in Music Production sophmore year and 1st junior year, 2nd in State Leadership Confrence both Sophmore and Junior year
    Regional Awards: 2nd and 1st in TEAMS competion sophmore and junior year respectively (national qualifier both years)

3)XC/Track (4 years): 4 year varisity making 1st team all-division every year in XC. Likely 3 year varisty in both Spring and Winter Track by end of highschool

4)Cybersecurity Club (2 years): worked on community outreach projects where I would teach basic cybersecurity concepts to others. Particpating in CyberPatriot this year.

5)STEM for Kids Club (3 years): Co-president with 2 others as we teach elementry and middle school kids within our district fun science and technology activities.

6)FBLA (3 years): Won 1st in regional and 2nd in state for the cybersecuirty competion. Also got 3rd in state for Sports managment.

7)Robotics (4 years): CO-Pres Junior and Senior year. We went to several regional competions and placed 4th-6th in most but nothing really impressive award-wise.

8)Toastmasters (4 years): An out of school public speaking program which teaches kids elementry to highschool how to become better speakers and leaders. Acted as youth leader where organize and conduct meetings where I teach the kids how to become better speakers and leaders.

  1. Math club:
    Secretary junior and senior year and was the team MVP freshman and junior year.

  2. Spanish Club (4 years): Learned about Spanish culture, went on field trips, and was just for fun. Also included this activity since I only took 3 years of Spanish classes and know most colleges want 4 years.

Essays: Not very complicated language or vocab but was emotional. Some have told me it was ok or good while others have told they were amazing.

Community Service: around 175 hours that have accumalated from my extracuriculars (STEM for Kids, toastmasters, and CYberSecurity), summer volunteering at physical theraphy centers freshman through junior year), Kumon, and several other places from my NHS chapter

Recommendations: My computer science/TSA chapter advisor mostly talked about my growth as a person since freshman year in terms of socializing and leadership. My AP english teacher talked about my public speaking skills and deep thinking. She also added I was her best student with the highest grade in the class.

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Did you RD?

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I think that your stats are competitive, but your chances are probably less than the overall acceptance rate unless you are a recruited athlete.

It clearly looks like you could succeed at Stanford if you are accepted there. It also looks like you could succeed pretty much wherever you end up.

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yeah

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Do you have an idea of what type of colleges I would have a mediocre chance to get into?

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“Do you have an idea of what type of colleges I would have a mediocre chance to get into”

I will assume that you are a US citizen or permanent resident, and a NJ resident.

I certainly hope that Rutgers would be a safety. Your guidance counselor would know for sure. Admissions at McGill is based largely on stats, and yours are very good. This would give you very good chances there.

Otherwise there are a lot of schools that are very good for computer science. The top ones such as Stanford and MIT and Carnegie Mellon are a reach for everyone, other than perhaps straight A students who happen to be the children of popular presidents of friendly countries.

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@rballer123 “Do you have an idea of what type of colleges I would have a mediocre chance to get into”

First of all, your reading score on the SAT is below par for the reach schools, and you’re in a competitive demographic. So there’s that.

Rutgers has a well respected CS department. Any other “safeties” would probably be at the same or lower level for CS. A lot of NJ students, particularly in the Indian community that I am familiar with, think lowly of Rutgers, apply to Rutgers anyway + only reach schools , get rejected from all reach schools, and then end up enrolling at- wait for it -Rutgers. Happens to families I know every year, and people are still surprised after all these cycles! BTW, the Rutgers Honors College has a median SAT score of 1530. Tells you how competitive the top tier pool is at Rutgers.