<h2>I am a high-school Sophomore, and want to major in math/computer science, but am not sure where to apply realistically</h2>
<p>WGPA 3.76 (Honors and AP both worth 4.5)
SAT 2290
Math 780
Writing 760
Critical Reading 750</p>
<h2>ACT comp 34</h2>
<p>Over the next two years I am going to take 8 AP classes:
AP Calc BC 11th grade
AP Statistics 11th grade
AP Computer Science 11th grade
AP Language and Comp 11th grade
AP Physics 11th grade
AP German 12th grade
AP Bio 12th grade</p>
<h2>AP Chem 12th grade</h2>
<p>EC’s
Track - the sport for the unathletic 
Math Team
German Club
Interact - Service group</p>
<h2>Science Olympiad - the science equivalent of math team</h2>
<h2>I volenteer at the food pantry and at church quite a bit</h2>
<p>I don’t what to shoot for, I want to go to Carnegie Mellon, or some place like it, but I don’t know if my test scores can compensate for my low GPA, any recommendation for schools that would be a good match for me would be appreciated.</p>
<p>you should def get in to CMU. i would go higher</p>
<p>Let’s see, good CS schools…</p>
<p>Well, there’s always MIT, but that’s a reach for almost anybody. Carnegie Mellon is very good. Let’s see, how about University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign? It’s not difficult to get into, but I’m in-state. Dunno how they are with out-of-staters. </p>
<p>Berkeley and Stanford are there as well. Berkeley might be a low reach/high match, but Stanford would definitely be a reach like MIT. </p>
<p>The only problem I see is your GPA, it’s not very good. Bring that up and everything else should be fine.</p>
<p>I was thinking of going to U of I cause I actually live in Illinois, and it would be a lot cheeper, but I don’t like the thought of being that close to my parents (3 hours), so it would almost be a suitcase school for me.</p>
<p>Eh. I don’t think being that far from your parents is so bad. </p>
<p>At least keep good old U of I open. A lot of people make a huge deal about how much U of I sucks, and I have to admit that it doesn’t have a good campus and is not very adventurous (central Illinois isn’t exactly the bright center of the Universe). However, put in perspective, it’s still one of the top 5 engineering schools in the entire country and is great to have around for us in-staters. If anything goes wrong, with money, admissions, or whatever, you always have something to fall back on.</p>
<p>Just bring up that GPA, UIUC can be stingy about bad GPAs.</p>
<p>test scores do absolutely nothing to bring you up. I had a 2380 SATI and 2 800’s on SAT II along with a train of AP 5’s. However, I had several B’s on my transcript Junior and Senior year (like 5 total). Though the Honors credit weighted them out to equal 4.0’s and got me a 4.5 average cumulative gpa, I still did not get into any of the “best” (HYP etc.) schools in the nation.</p>
<p>Make sure your GPA is upwards trending- your still a Sophomore and have time for this. If you manage to get all A’s junior year and 1st semester senior year, it will more than cancel out the bad grades freshmen/ sophomore year. (Though my ultimate class rank was in the top 10, my gpa was downsloping and probably got me in trouble.)</p>
<p>I definitely agree with the GPA/transcript improvement; while the number itself is not a huge factor anymore, contrary to popular opinion, admissions counselors will look very seriously at your transcript and want to see an upward trend in grades…and you definitely have time for that!</p>
<p>Also, beef up your EC’s a little…don’t worry about how many you’re in, but whatever you are involved in, really try to make a difference in what you do and aim for a number of high achievements. Don’t just “be involved” and not really do much.</p>
<p>It also isn’t too early to start looking into some scholarships. Look at the Davidson Fellowship program for high school juniors.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon is an amazing school for math/ compsci and I think you’ll have a pretty decent chance there. If you want to aim for MIT you’ve got a lot of work to do but you’re on the right track.</p>
<p>Urbana Champaigne or Purdue would also be a great fit. If you want to go to grad school it doesn’t matter THAT much where you get your undergrad degree from as long as you do well wherever you end up.</p>
<p>Good luck and its awesome you’re starting so early!</p>
<p>If I was going to go to U of I they have a 5 year BS/MS in computer science, dose anyone have any experience with this type of program and how intense it is?</p>