Current rising senior looking to get his chances for CS at T20s

Stanford was not on your list so glad it is a top choice. Not sure what state you are in but UMass Amherst has a great (but competitive) CS program. One of my kids went to Brown for CS and still lives and works with fellow Brown grads: great network, and he got to TA as an undergrad, also had great summer internships starting in the summer after sophomore year. Carnegie Mellon is a good add.

Could you explain a little more about these:

Computational Neuroscience Research @ Harvard: first-authored 2 peer-reviewed papers, co-author on 1 more

Imaging Research @ Penn State: first-authored 1 peer-reviewed paper, profiled by NVIDIA for innovative and creative work

How did you come to do this research and how were you the first author? Who did you work with? Was it a research program for high school students?

Do you have a formal 501(c)3, and did your parents help you with that? Did you have legal help? Be aware that many applicants are foudning non-profits these days.

Personally, if listing on the application, I would leave out the “CEO” and just say “founded” the 501(c)3 and the board game organization.

What is FTC where you are “head of programming”?

Do you get enough sleep?