SCS and IS ED Chances

asiantexan101
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:58:34 +0000

Hello! I am currently in a debate with my parents about which school I should be EDing to. It’s my opinion that with my profile, I won’t be admitted to CMU CS or IS and should be EDing to Rice CS. They think otherwise saying that I should be EDing to CMU and that Rice CS isn’t worth EDing to as it’s on par with or worse than UT Austin CS. Would appreciate some thoughts on the situation.

Asian male from Texas
Competitive high school in suburban Houston
Looking to major in CS with some sort of minor/double major in business or economics
Upper-middle-class family (200k+)

SAT: 1540 (740 EBRW 800 MATH 16 WRITING)
SAT 2: 800 MATH 740 CHEMISTRY
GPA: 4.59 UW, 3.94 W
Rank 62 out of 838 (Top 7.4%)
9 APs by graduation
almost all honors and AP courses

4-year HS soccer player
club soccer team qualified for the US youth soccer national league (won’t be competing as I tore my PCL)
NHS member
science NHS member
CS club member
chess club treasurer
volunteered in China for 2 weeks as a summer camp counselor teaching kids game design, robotics, and 3-d printing
volunteered at a Chinese immersion summer camp for 2 weeks, taught kids Chinese and about Chinese Culture
organized a free weeklong soccer summer camp for kids in the community, had 30+ kids show up on every given day
work part time as a youth soccer referee

Thanks to everyone who replies!