Please help me find a school that fits me.

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Thank you for looking at my post. Right now, I have no idea which schools I should be looking into. Here are some of my stats. Schools that I am thinking of applying to are at the bottom, but I am not very positive about these. I am only a junior right now and I would like to study computer science.

  • Male
  • African America
    -Family income level is around $250,000 a year
  • I attend a small public school
  • GPA: U/W 3.99, W 4.3ish
  • rank: 1/33ish
  • Taking college courses at a local college, ENG 101. Next semester I will be taking Calculus and ENG 102 in addition to my 6 class course load
    -The only APs my school offers (2) I have already taken.
  • I will be graduating with a Business Track and with a certification as a Microsoft Professional.
  • I have not yet taken the SAT/ACT; however, I have been taking practice tests and I make in the high 600s, low 700s for the SAT practice tests.
  • I plan on taking the SAT II subject test for US and World History, Math I and II, Physics, and Chemistry. I have been making good grades on the practice tests for these.</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:

  • I have been in Boy Scouts of America all of my life. I have earned the Eagle Scout Award and I have served as Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Troop Quartermaster
    -I am in the Naval Sea Cadet Corp as an E-2. I have earned the Cadet of the Year Medal and various other medals. I am second in charge of the Unit and I am in charge of the Color Guard.
    -I am the NHS Parliamentarian (10, 11)
    -I founded and am the captain of the Cyber Team (11)
  • I founded and am the president of the foreign language club (10, 11)
  • I am a member of Student Government (10, 11)
  • I am the Parliamentarian of my school’s FBLA chapter. I have received a leadership and public speaking certificate.
  • I am an usher at church
    -I have over 200 volunteer hours and I aim to have over 300 hours by the time I graduate.
    -I am a proficient coder in Java, C++, C#, HTML, PHP, and JavaScript.
  • I have built several games in Unity and 3D models in Blender
  • I am starting a program for students who want to learn more about STEM after school or during the summer but they don’t have the resources.
    -I am fairly proficient in Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish. I am self taught in all except for Spanish.
  • I am nearly fluent in Arabic. I am almost completely self taught in this language.
  • Won a Daughters of the American Revolutionary War award for US History
  • I have won every award my school offers with the exception of the Math award.
  • I have won the Citizenship award for my school as a sophomore.
  • I attended the Federal Service Language Academy to Study Arabic. </p>

<p>In case you were wondering, I do not have a life :smiley: </p>

<p>Here is a list of my schools I am thinking of in no order:

  1. Georgia Tech
  2. University of Georgia
  3. all of the UCs
  4. Cal Poly
  5. University of Pennsylvania
  6. Stevens Institute of Technology
  7. Stanford (one can only dream)
  8. MIT (dream school)
  9. Rensselaer Polytechnic
  10. All of the Service Academies
  11. Carnegie Mellon
  12. University of Maryland College Park
  13. University of Washington
  14. Princeton (dream school)
  15. Colorado School of Mines </p>

<p>Are there any schools that you all think I should take off or add?</p>

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<p>12 views and no replies… I’m feeling pretty hurt…</p>

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<p>No point in chancing until you have completed your Junior year and have taken the SAT/ACT. You are on the right track but repost when you have all your Stats.</p>

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<p>@Gumbymom thank you </p>

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<p>Can’t say much but your stats are looking pretty good. Try UT Austin for Comp. Sci. </p>

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<p>@vs1997 I would but I absolutely despise the large school environment. I am the type of kid who would be cooped up in his room for all of college if I went to a big school. </p>

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<p>You look like an excellent candidate for all schools that do not require the SAT/ACT and if you do well on them you are an excellent candidate for those too! Keep it up! One thing that is hard for me to believe is being fluent in self taught languages, especially those with different alphabets. How do you know you are fluent? Can you read Chinese and Arabic or win an argument with a native speaker when they start throwing out big words? If not, you are not fluent. But if so, wow!</p>

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<p>If that is the case, no point in applying to all of the UC’s IMO. Or UofG. Smaller STEM schools will be your best bet, and if you can really ace the SAT or ACT you’ll have a good shot at MIT!</p>

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<p>@redpoodles I never stated I was fluent in all of them; I am merely proficient. I can have a basic conversation in those; however, I could not write a 10 page essay in the paper on a topic of great detail such as the degeneration of cells. I have several friends that have been helping me learn these languages over the past couple of years. Being conversational in a language i, most likely, not going to impress any college admissions officer, but I guess you could say it is one of my weird talents I will put down on an application. :smiley: </p>

<p>@outofstategirl Thank you! </p>

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<p>Wow you have great stats. Ill base my chancing for you off of an SAT of 2100 with 700 in each category, with subject tests in the 700s. What major are you applying for? Comp sci? Comp engineering? Being female and a URM both help a lot. Are yoh instate for any of your schools?

  1. Georgia Tech --remove if you don’t like big schools (match/likely)
  2. University of Georgia–huge school, should probably remove (likely/safety)
  3. all of the UCs–these are very diverse
  4. Cal Poly–big school, likely/safety
  5. University of Pennsylvania–also a big school, low reach
  6. Stevens Institute of Technology–likely
  7. Stanford (one can only dream)–reach
  8. MIT (dream school)–reach
  9. Rensselaer Polytechnic–likely
  10. All of the Service Academies–all? Would you be interested in serving under each branch? Match/low reach depending on fitness, leadership, etc
  11. Carnegie Mellon–low reach for CS,low match otherwise
  12. University of Maryland College Park–big school, safety/likely
  13. University of Washington–not sure
  14. Princeton (dream school)–reach
  15. Colorado School of Mines–unsure</p>

<p>How aboutique harvey mudd? Barnard? Rose-hulman? Case western? Lafayette? Maybe rice?</p>

<p>Chance back?</p>

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<p>@ XCjunior2016 He’s going to have a tough time getting into Barnard as a boy!</p>

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<p>@XCjunior2016 for the service academies my main goal is the Naval Academy but I would like to attend them because they would give me a direct opportunity to serve others and to be a leader in the military. </p>

<p>I visited GT and UGA and was actually okay with the campus and environment. </p>

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<p>@coder14 Take a look at the Common App and what it asks about languages. It says “proficiency” is to be able “to communicate effectively and converse comfortably”–basically, fluency. My D went through Italian 5 with honors and did not claim it. The check boxes are First Language, Speak, Read, Write, and Spoken at Home. If you can speak to any random native speaker about whatever they want, or read a book in that language and understand it, and write a 3 page book review in that language, you are proficient. If it’s just convos with your friends on limited subject matters, claim “learning languages” as a hobby in your EC’s because it really sends up a red flag to me at least. Best of luck to you, you will do great!</p>