Chance Me: CA Female Math/CS/Stats, [3.9 GPA, 1570 SAT] Unique ECs and cohesive profile but no big awards

You have a strong background and are a competitive candidate at every school. That being said, your reach schools are high reaches and many, many students with strong backgrounds, like yours, will be rejected from them. I would cut your list of reaches down significantly because it will be very difficult to do a good job on the numerous supplemental essays that are required. Also, I’d add more targets - UMaryland (must apply EA) and UWisconsin (also apply EA) both have excellent CS programs and you’d be a strong candidate at either (as long as they are affordable).

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