The top Computer Science Schools.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everybody</p>

<p>I am currently a senior in high school in california. I was willing to know what are my chances to get into the top CS schools, namely MIT, Stanford, CMU SCS and UCB.</p>

<p>Academics (On a 10.0 scale):-
Freshman: 8.4
Sophomore: 9.6
Junior: 7.0
Senior:9.0</p>

<p>Testing:-
SAT Reasoning: 2170 (M-780, WR-710, CR-680)
SAT 2:-
Math 2-800
Physics-800</p>

<p>ECs:-</p>

<p>1)Robotics:-
-Competed in an inter-school robotics competition
-Made line following , crane, pulley, claw ,touch sensor, infrared sensor robots.</p>

<p>2)Programming:-
-Competed in 2 inter-school robotics competitions.
-Round 1: Google CODE JAM
-Competed in various online competitions.
-Completed online challenges.
-Made 2 C++ games.
-Made a software for a retail store.
3)Leadership:-
-Founded a company
-Founded IT club in school.
-Organized IT competitions in school.
-Head article collector for the school magazine.
-Part of the editing team.</p>

<p>4)Internships:-
-4 Week internship during junior year.
-4 week internship during senior year.</p>

<p>5)Social work:-
-Since junior year till senior year (with a cancer institute, fought liver cancer myself: 4hrs/week for 11 months
-During senior year: 4hrs/week (4 months and counting..)</p>

<p>I'll appreciate the responses.</p>

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<p>The only one you have any chance at all at is UCB and that chance is very, very slim.
You have zero chance at MIT, CMU and Stanford.</p>

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<p>Why do you say so?</p>

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<p>Because nobody gets into MIT CMU-CS or Stanford with a GPA/SAT as low as yours in the absense of a major hook (which you don’t seem to have).</p>

<p>Those schools routinely reject applicants with 4.0/2400. You would need to present them with a compelling reason why they should take you over candidates with far superior academic credientials. That compelling reason is not there in your case.</p>