"What are my chances?" Will my Freshman year kill me? Will Chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am honestly afraid that I will not get accepted to selective schools because of my Freshman Rigor
How do I look otherwise?
Every reply helps, THANKS!</p>

<p>(WORD WALL AHEAD)</p>

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<p>BASIC INFO:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 UW
Top 5%
SATl: 2290 (probably will retake)
SATll-
Latin - 790
Mathll: 780
Bio: 760
Physics: 750</p>

<p>AP- I did exams I knew I would excel at
Latin: 5
Bio: 5
US History: 5
AP Physics 1: 5</p>

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<p>RIGOR:</p>

<p><strong><em>FRESHMAN</em></strong>
All regular classes, super easy
^This scares me, I never paid attention in Middle School ( I knew everything, but my teachers thought I would be lazy :l</p>

<p><strong><em>SOPHOMORE</em></strong>
AP Bio
Honors Advanced Math
AP World History
Honors "Literature and Composition ll"
^All APs/Honors offered
Latin
Varsity Debate Team (in school, counts as Honors)</p>

<p><strong><em>JUNIOR</em></strong>
AP Chem
Honors Precalc
AP US History
Honors "American Literature"
Honors Latin
^All APs/Honors offered
Varsity Debate (still counts as honors, but not core class)</p>

<p><strong><em>SENIOR</em></strong>
APB Physics
AP Calc AB
AP European History
<em>No English Honors/AP</em>
Honors Latin
^All offered
Varsity Debate (I should have just put it up with the honors)</p>

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<p><em>Extracurriculars</em>
Founder of Handball Team (9-12)
Created Programing Company with brother, multiple published apps (newspaper a few times)
Georgetown Counterintelligence over the Summer, learned a lot
Created Charity for Dementia
NSLI-Y Russia!
Model UN (9-12)
Debate LD (9-12, nationally ranked)
I read A LOT of Network Security/Hacking books (I know A LOT)</p>

<p><em>Community Service and Business Experience</em>
Rather short:
Volunteer @ track camp every year
Giving tree every year
^^
Account to 100+ hours at least...
Founded App Company
Founded Charity (see ECs)</p>

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<p>That took A LONG TIME TO MAKE
ANy reply is helpful, I want to go to:
Stanford
Cornell
Middlebury
Georgetown
Carnegie Mellon
UC Berkeley
MIT
University of Washington</p>

<p>You do not have to answer every single one, most of those colleges are great Computer Science schools and some I just love!</p>

<p>Will FRESHMAN YEAR RUIN ME?</p>

<p>THANKS FOR READING</p>

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<p>No freshman year will not ruin you lol</p>

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<p>Freshman year doesn’t matter for many universities.
In fact, some every recalculate your GPA without freshman year.</p>

<p>Stanford - Reach
Cornell - Low reach
Middlebury - idk what that is
Georgetown - High match
Carnegie Mellon - Low reach
UC Berkeley - Low reach
MIT - Reach
University of Washington - Match</p>

<p>Chance me back
<a href=“Cornell, UC Berk, CMU, UMich, Georgia Tech - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1660300-cornell-uc-berk-cmu-umich-georgia-tech-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@sonofgod908‌
I chanced back, you should aim for better colleges, extremely qualified!</p>

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<p>Freshman year might hurt. Rigor is an issue for most of those schools on your list. Admission rates for several of them is less than 10%, and they are looking for reasons to take people off the list.</p>

<p>What we’ve heard is that for computer science majors, they want AP Calculus BC/AP Physics. If your school does not offer it, that’s different, but it sounds like you could self-study and take it with no problem.</p>

<p>I would say build on what is unique in your resume, especially computer experience outside of school and working. If you can somehow swing your individual knowledge into something documented, like winning a contest or documenting the published articles and so on, or giving a talk at a conference, that would help.</p>

<p>The other thing is that going to a summer program at Georgetown and applying there is a good idea. If there is any way you can swing a recommendation from someone at that summer program, that might help too. Or a recommendation from a corporate contact.</p>

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<p>@rhandco‌ Thanks for such a helpful reply also!
Great ideas about building on my unique parts in my resume, I should definitely apply for contests or write and article! I will totally try to get one of the professors from Georgetown who spoke to help me go to it. I totally forgot about my corporate friends/mentors, thank you so much!</p>

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<p>Yeah… I would have looked into cyberschooling. My school allows students to go to cyberschools for free if they don’t offer certain AP courses. Complaining about it to guidance counselors actually makes a ton of progress.</p>

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<p>Trust me, when you graduate college (or even if you don’t go to college!), connections will matter much more than the college name on your degree. If you can maintain relationships throughout college no matter where you go, you will have a head start on the job market (or becoming an entrepreneur).</p>

<p>Another consideration is that there are more than a few outstanding honors programs with admission based solely on test scores, sometimes with free rides. Look for schools with large endowments - my son is looking at RPI very seriously, and they give a lot of merit aid based on test scores only. </p>

<p>PS - I thought I mentioned self-study for AP Computer Science, but I don’t see it listed in my response. I would consider doing that to show your computer science knowledge.</p>

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<p>I was looking at AP Computer Science, but when I saw “Java” I realized I could not do it :l
I create iPhone Apps mainly, I want to get into the counterintelligence field though </p>

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<p>@eFlick‌
That would have been a great tip a few years ago O_O
I regret not knowing all of this info!
Thanks you guys so much!</p>

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<p>No, freshman year will not ruin it for you. Your GPA and scores aren’t too bad and should be able to get into a lot of schools. Your ECs are average, nothing super stellar except your app company. btw, I, too am a debater, a nationally ranked LD debater! Maybe we know each other?</p>

<p>Stanford-Reach
Cornell-Low Reach
Middlebury- Not to familiar with it :\ sorry
Georgetown- Low Reach/High Match
Carnegie Mellon-Not to familiar with it :\ sorry
UC Berkeley- In state: High-Match, Out of state: Match/lowmatch
MIT- Low Reach
University of Washington-Not to familiar with it :\ sorry</p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1658782-you-probably-have-seen-me-already-please-take-another-look-with-more-info.html#latest”>http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1658782-you-probably-have-seen-me-already-please-take-another-look-with-more-info.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Stanford - Reach
Cornell - Low reach
Middlebury - High match
Georgetown - High match
Carnegie Mellon - High match
UC Berkeley - Low reach
MIT - Reach
University of Washington - Match</p>