My son is a CS freshman. Tech is very academically challenging. He was top STEM student in his HS which is a pretty prestigious school in New England. But he is still very careful in selecting his class in case of getting overwhelmed. For example he avoided taking Physics as it’s a very demanding class. And he just took the minimal number credits…
He already got 2 intern offers in east coast which is not easy for 1st grade. And GT has solid reputation in Silicon Valley too.