Hey everyone, just submitted my app. I figured I’d post stats/chance me here, that seems like what people like to do here.
I’m applying to the CALS information science program as a sophomore.
College GPA: 4.0 (Top 100 state school, Computer Science/Engineering)
HS GPA: UW: 91 W: 104 (rank kinda bad though)
SAT: M: 690 CR: 680 W:680 (pretty crappy, but CALS doesn’t consider SATs according to an email from them)
Academic evaluations: Math Prof (11/10) History Prof. (8-9/10) CS Prof(8-9/10)
Other letters of Rec: HS Tech teacher (10/10) HS/College English Teacher(10/10) Possible letter from a Cornell alum, donor and recruiter, not sure about that one yet…
ECs/Awards:
Creator and president of my High School’s computer club
Won my university Hackathon’s “Best Freshman hack”
Captian of HS quiz bowl team, won regional competition, competed nationally
Won tri-county writing competition in 11th and 12th grade.
3 years of varsity soccer
Misc. volunteering
Some other stuff not worth mentioning here.
Essays: Pretty good I think. I wrote about creating my schools computer club, and felt I demonstrated my fit for info sci pretty well.
Good luck to everyone else!