Please Chance Me for Top CS Schools

typicalchanceme
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:09:03 +0000

Hi everyone!

Chance me for the following schools (CS Major): Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, GIT, Princeton, CMU, Northwestern, Harvard, UIUC, Cambridge

East Asian male, International, Don’t need financial aid

Go to a VERY competitive high school (international school), 80% asians and all of them study so hard Average GPA is around 3.55 (not because our school is easy, just because everyone studies hard) Offers 20+ APs and 15+ IB courses

I should preface this with the fact that since our school doesn’t allow its students to skip more than 2 years of math, I am relearning calculus currently even though I already knew it before. Also, please be easy on my GPA as I didn’t have the right mindset at the start of high school and ■■■■■■ around

SAT: 1590

ACT: Didn’t take

Edit- My SAT 2 scores are as follows: Math 2 (800) World History (800) Physics (TBD) Chemistry (TBD)

9th Grade

GPA: 3.0 (RIP)

Courseload: Geometry, English 9, Drama, Honors Chemistry & Physics, PE, Chinese, History (school allows 0 APs)

10th Grade

GPA: 3.5 (RIP)

Courseload: Honors Pre-Calc, English 10, Graphic Design, Biology, PE, Chinese, AP World History (school allows 1 AP)

11th Grade

GPA: 4.0

Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Language, AP Physics 1, AP Economics (Micro and Macro), AP Computer Science A, General Chemistry, Chinese

Online courses taken from JHU CTY: Multivariable Calculus (A), Linear Algebra (A) (Tests were all proctored by faculty at my school, so no BS)

11th Grade Summer (planned)

Online courses taken from JHU CTY: Differential Equations, Abstract Mathematics (proofwriting)

12th Grade (planned)

GPA: CS II: Java (2nd year college CS course), Number theory, AP US History, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Chem

Online courses taken from JHU CTY: Complex Analysis, Real Analysis

I’m pretty sure that I’ll get 4.0’s starting from now on since I’ve learned to manage my time well.

ECs:

FRC Club (First Robotics Competition) member (9,10)

Programming Club member (9,10)

Competitive Programming Club Founder & President (11)

ACSL (American Computer Science League) 1st place on the individuals

Qualified for the AIME (might take it next year)

Will compete in my country’s CS olympiad (possibly more competitive than the US olympiad)

Did well on the physics bowl by AAPT

Will probs get the AP scholar award

That’s it folks. Do I stand any chance at these schools for CS? Any strategies or tips on improving my chances? Thanks in advance.

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