What else do I need to do to get accepted into CSE?

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I’ve been taking AP courses since the start of freshman year, my GPA is at a 4.0 (kept straight A’s up to now), I’ve done some ECs including being a math tutor after school, secretary of the student council, and the one I’ve been most passionate about is art club, as I love love art, so I’ve been an active and passionate member for 2 years now. Due to personal family circumstances, I can’t really do anymore after school stuff like art club or even STEM next year. The most I could do right now is work at my parent’s shop and help them out. I’m also planning to study CS, as it’s my dream to be a software engineer for Google someday, so on the side at night and after school I spend time on the laptop (albeit a little too much) working on projects on Github and stuff I wanna make for others, learning to program in Python and C etc.

Would that be enough to make me stand out and get accepted into UMN CSE? Or would I still need more ECs somehow to make myself stand out aside from my grades? I’m willing to work hard to get into the school of my dreams :slight_smile:

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My S17 was accepted into CSE with a 3.9 UW GPA and a 32 ACT. He had a lot of EC’s but I believe you GPA is definitely in the ballpark. Have you taken the ACT, SAT or PSAT? What are your scores?

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@jpc763 I’m gonna be taking my third PSAT this fall and the SAT next spring, but my last PSAT score was a 1220 (I feel as though I could’ve done better because the day I took that test I had stayed up the night before and then woke up grumpy and tired with a headache), which I’m hoping to improve in junior year. Perhaps I should also take the ACT to compare some time

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So according to a site I looked at, your PSAT translates to a 26 ACT. It appears you are a Sophomore? If so, keep working on it and try to get that PSAT score in the 1400+ range. Minnesota uses your ACT/SAT score as a big part of the admission process. Are you in state or out of state?

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@jpc763 Alrighty, so I’m getting there. I’ll be sure to study over the upcoming summer. And also, I’m out of state (Currently living in a small town in Florida)