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chance me for top 20 CS schools
imadade
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I'll be applying next year,
Hooks:
Male, half african/eastern-european, very low-income household. Major: Comp Sci, Eng, or Math.
GPA: Unweighted 4.0 (Will maintain), weighted is much higher (not sure on numbers yet)
SAT: 1590, 800 Math, 790 English, Physics 800 ,ACT: 36, (Both tests are first attempt)
Rank: 1 (Would be shocked if not, top 1% lol)
AP classes:
All 5's prediction
Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science P, Physics 2, Chemistry, US History, World History, US Gov,
Senior Course: AP Lit, Stat, Macro, Micro, Biology, Comp, Also will be doing Linear Algebra/Calc 3 nearby at my local college (Been self-studying textbooks and even working ahead into differential equations/abstract algebra & have a solid understanding of proofs).
Extras:
State 400m finalist, 200m finalist (5th) track & field
State Teenage Physique competitor (Fitness modelling)
Math Tutoring kids with disability (since freshman year)
Math Olympiad (Silver)
Mu Alpha Theta (Honors society)
Internship at google for 4 weeks (focus on machine learning application) (Have impressive projects on gitHub & kaggle)
Developed an anime app that generated ~20,000 downloads soph year
100 hours community service at local hospital
Personal Rec:
All excellent rec letter, very close with math teachers & coaches at school
Extra Hooks:
Good at interviews/public speaking/extremely sociable
Chance me for: Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, Princeton, UCLA, CMU, UT Austin, GaTech, Cornell, Duke, UPenn, Northwestern,
Safeties: Haven't really contemplated any tbh, but would love some suggestions
Probs all reaches but you know how it is,
thanks!
15 replies Hooks:
Male, half african/eastern-european, very low-income household. Major: Comp Sci, Eng, or Math.
GPA: Unweighted 4.0 (Will maintain), weighted is much higher (not sure on numbers yet)
SAT: 1590, 800 Math, 790 English, Physics 800 ,ACT: 36, (Both tests are first attempt)
Rank: 1 (Would be shocked if not, top 1% lol)
AP classes:
All 5's prediction
Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science P, Physics 2, Chemistry, US History, World History, US Gov,
Senior Course: AP Lit, Stat, Macro, Micro, Biology, Comp, Also will be doing Linear Algebra/Calc 3 nearby at my local college (Been self-studying textbooks and even working ahead into differential equations/abstract algebra & have a solid understanding of proofs).
Extras:
State 400m finalist, 200m finalist (5th) track & field
State Teenage Physique competitor (Fitness modelling)
Math Tutoring kids with disability (since freshman year)
Math Olympiad (Silver)
Mu Alpha Theta (Honors society)
Internship at google for 4 weeks (focus on machine learning application) (Have impressive projects on gitHub & kaggle)
Developed an anime app that generated ~20,000 downloads soph year
100 hours community service at local hospital
Personal Rec:
All excellent rec letter, very close with math teachers & coaches at school
Extra Hooks:
Good at interviews/public speaking/extremely sociable
Chance me for: Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, Princeton, UCLA, CMU, UT Austin, GaTech, Cornell, Duke, UPenn, Northwestern,
Safeties: Haven't really contemplated any tbh, but would love some suggestions
Probs all reaches but you know how it is,
thanks!
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Replies to: chance me for top 20 CS schools
What is your home state? Apply to your state flagship.
I would add some schools where you will be an auto admit with a full ride. Alabama would fit that bill.
For slightly less competitive schools but with great programs in your areas of interest, look at UMB, Purdue, RPI.
The private schools on your list are generally reach to high reach for everyone (especially for CS).
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2095312-generic-chance-answer-for-super-selective-colleges-p1.html
For the out-of-state public universities, you need to aim for the full ride merit scholarships (high reach) rather than just admission (which could still be reach or high reach for CS), because they are otherwise unlikely to give sufficient financial aid to an out-of-state student from a low income family.
Largest out-of-state automatic scholarship at Alabama is value of full tuition plus first year of housing (i.e. significantly less than a full ride).
https://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.php
Gobears2023, your app is the one of the most impressive I've ever seen, congrats on stanford!
Thanks! HMU if you need any more help or if you have any questions about the college admissions process.
Also, are you a recruited athlete? Have you looked into it? If a school is interested in you, it can make admission a guarantee.
Also, also, make sure your app has a good narrative. You list a lot of things, and it is hard to tell who you are or what makes you tick.
But, yeah--your app looks very solid. If you didn't get into a top school I'd be pretty surprised.
However, out-of-state public schools typically do not give need-based FA (as opposed to merit scholarships that some offer). Of course, earning the school's high-end merit scholarship (that a student from a low income family needs to afford the school) is considerably more difficult than gaining admission.
Depending on your home state, Cal might not be an option. 65,000 a year if you’re OOS/
You will definitely get significant financial/merit aid from Top-20 schools once accepted.
Side Note: No AP CSA at your school, huh? Not a major detriment to your app if so, I’m just curious why you wouldn’t have that.