Take a Chance on me

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: maxemoe
Gender: M
Location: Las Vegas
College Class Year: 2018
High School: Public (College Prep Magnet)
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.88
GPA - Weighted: 4.68
Class Rank: top 15% (The school I go to attracts the top students in a city of 2+ million people, and only about 330 of 1500 applicants are let in. Only 25% of the students have below a 3.0 GPA due to the competitiveness. According to my counselor, I would be in the top 10 students at any nearby high school, so I say I'd rather be a big fish in a big pond than a big fish in a small pond.)
Class Size: 323</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 710</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: -Self-taught programmer with several apps and games published
-Chess club
-Software Programming Club
-National Honors Society
-Mock Trial Club
Leadership positions: -Lead the development of several applications for iPhone and Steam
-Vice President of Chess Club
-Programming Teacher for Computer Apps Club
-Manage and schedule volunteering events for NHS members
Volunteer/Service Work: -3 Square: Non-profit that gives free meals to those in need
-Rock N' Roll Marathon: Yearly marathon that donates all proceeds to charities like Crohn's and Colitis or Autism Speaks
-Race
Honors and Awards: -Top scores on IT proficiency and Business Skills exams in county
-A+ Certified
-National Merit Semi-Finalist
-Top score in school for the American Mathematics Competition
-Distinguished as top</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Stanford University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Harvard University, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: California Institute of Technology, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Carnegie Mellon University, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Brown University, Choice #: 5, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Princeton University, Choice #: 5, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: The University of Texas at Austin, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Washington Seattle, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of California-Los Angeles, Choice #: 7, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Nevada, Reno, Choice #: 8, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City, Rural
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000), Large (10,000 - 18,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast, West Coast, Southeast, Southwest
Importance of cost: Secondary</p>

<p>Intended Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>bump10char</p>

<p>Your stats are high (I am assuming you will do well on subject tests), but you are looking at schools that are extremely selective. With Stanford, MIT, Brown, Harvard and Princeton they will be reaches simply because of the selectivity of them, the others I cannot help with.</p>

<p>Stanford: Reach
MIT: Reach
Harvard: Reach
Caltech: Reach
CMU: High match
Brown: Reach
Princeton: Reach
UT-Austin: Match
UWA: Low match (can you pay full freight?)
UCLA: Match (can you pay full-freight?)
UNV: Safety</p>