Please Chance Me for CS at UC Berkeley L&S, Georgia Tech, UIUC, University of Michigan, UT Austin

Did you send any score to Michigan? On their website they do say that even though they’re TO they prefer you send a test score even if it’s a PSAT so not sending one might hurt. If you’re into TAMU that’s great as I’m sure you know the rest are all reaches for anyone.

UIUC does everything holistically and doesn’t take LORs at all so it’s truly a numbers game. No clue how they will be looking at things with TO optional this year. If you’re applying for CS, they will definitely want CS coursework. Did you take AP CS? They’re big on that.

UT - as a Texas resident and non auto admit I guess you already know how hard it is to get into CNS there. I think they’ve admitted very few so far into CNS so far other than maybe auto admits so it’s anyone’s guess as always with UT.

GA Tech OOS reach for anyone.

UCB - same thing.

Both UCB and UM unweight grades. I can’t quite remember what else UCB does but UM takes out all fine arts and recalculates GPA based on their own formula but obviously having all A’s helps. How are you not top auto admit for UT with a 4.0? National Merit Commended will help as well and solid ECs. Is TAMU your only safety? Overall it’s a super tough year for top students in CS. My son is has also applied for CS and is seeing similar issue and has really cast a wide net. I already have one kid at UT but not for CS and he didn’t like CS there so not going that route, but this is not a fun year for that since many people who don’t know a lot about it or think it’s the thing to go into suddenly now want to go into it. Many schools want you to have a background in it, some don’t care! Good luck!