Demographics: 17 yo, Indian male, large super competitive Texas school, senior

Major: computer science, alternate data science or computer engineering, minor in history

Stats:

1. 1330 SAT (710 reading and 620 math), will retake in august

2. 30 ACT (24 math, 28 science, 33 reading, 36 writing)

3. 3 APs currently (APES, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ), took 3 last year (APUSH, APCSP, AP Lang, all 5s), took 1 sophomore year (WHAP, 5 on exam), all advanced freshman and sophomore year

ECs:

1. Member of high schools football team since sophomore year

2. Boy Scouts (almost Eagle Scout, served as patrol leader and troop guide to help younger scouts, currently chaplains aide) since freshman year

3. Orchestra section leader, since 4th grade (and freshman year)

4. NHS

5. Tri-M (music honor society, only through teacher recommendation)

6. Order of the Arrow member (scout honor society, only through scout and leader recommendation)

7. Student council rep since freshman year

8. President/founder of cs club (expanded from around 10 to 30 members, won a district wide coding competition)

9. Co-founder/vice President/secretary of cyber security club (grew from 8 to 20 members)

10. Developed games and applications using c++ and python, certified through a reputable programming school

11. Over 120 service hours, including over 100 between junior and senior years

Awards:

1. Distinguished leader award freshman year for orchestra, sole recipient

2. Distinguished student award for history junior year, sole recipient

Essays:

1. Common App personal essay, 10/10, spent a long time on it and had a teacher help me

LORs:

1. History teacher, probably 9/10: great relationship and loved their class

2. Orchestra teacher, probably 8-9/10, great relationship, known them since freshman year

3. Football coach, probably 7/10, good relationship, they moved schools but agreed to write one for me

Schools: In state: 1.TAMU College Station (dream school) 2. UT Austin (hard reach, probably my biggest reach) 3. Texas Tech (already applied, applied to honors college as well) 4. UT Dallas (already applied) 5. Rice (hard reach) 6. Baylor (cuz app was free, already applied) 7. Trinity (cuz app was free, already applied)

Oos:

1. Minnesota twin cities
2. Penn State main campus
3. Ohio state (already applied)
4. Virginia tech
5. Tulane (cuz all was free, already applied)

Ik my stats aren't good, but what're my chances, especially in state? What other colleges should I go for?

Hey! Just wanna thank yall preemptively for any help you can offer, I'm really struggling here lol.

I'll get into my stats and my college list for a reference of where I'm standing in a bit, but if you want more details read the next paragraph:

I'm just about to enter 12th grade, and I've been doing college research for the past few months. I know I want to major in comp sci, and I've made a pretty sizable list of colleges, but the vast majority of them are far reaches or extreme safeties. I feel like I can't find any colleges good for comp sci that are just good schools without way above me, or utter garbage.

For reference of where I stand:

My stats:

4.33 weighted/3.75 unweighted GPA + 33 ACT + class rank 165/501

My ECs are VERY lacking, which is the main thing holding me back from being competitive in this field with all the extremely smart/hard working kids with 5 million awards and ECs. I have ~50 hours in volunteering (only like 5 of which is comp sci related), a few years in taekwondo, one year of ACSL which I qualified for finals in (but didn't participate), and that's it. I'm working on a certification and hopefully getting a job in coaching younger children, but the chances of me getting those before applications is pretty low, so just assume I won't have them.

I'll have one very good letter of rec from my history teacher, and one alright rec from my comp sci/math teacher.

Colleges on my list that are safeties: Temple University, Michigan State, UNC Wilmington

Colleges on my list that are reaches: UIUC, Tulane, UVA

Colleges on my list that are matches: Syracuse, Rutgers (new brunswick), Auburn

NC state and UNC chapel hill are both bordering match/reach, EVERYONE in my high school and that I see online want to get into these schools, and due to comp sci being so competitive it's only gonna be harder.

Any and all help is appreciated, I'm really concerned about my future because of how competitive comp sci is, and how underprepared I am. Shit is stressful. Thank you all so much. If you need/want any more info, just comment it and I'll be happy to provide it.

Location: Beautiful campus, preferably near a big city like San Francisco, Chicago, or New York. I like beaches, mountains, and rain.

Major: History but I would do anything in the Humanities

Curriculum: Discussion based courses, liberal arts schools, lots of collaboration between departments, close relationships between students and staff, lots of specific courses

Size: medium? Not a big school

Costs: preferably under $80,000

Stats: 3.2UW 3.3W 28 ACT 5 in AP Euro and 4 in AP Lit Great writing/extracurriculars White Female

Schools I’m applying to:

• Bard
• Sarah Lawrence
• Soka University
• Mt. Holyoke
• Loyola Marymount University
• Gettysburg
• Binghamton
• University of Rochester
• Trinity
• Reed College
• Smith
• Macalester College

Hello! I'm a rising senior and I'm starting to begin my college search. However, I'm struggling to make a list of safeties/matches/reaches. I have a 3.6 UW and a 1480 SAT, and I want to go to a good STEM school for stats major. What is a possible list?

Location: Beautiful campus, preferably near a big city like San Francisco, Chicago, or New York. I like beaches, mountains, and rain. Major: History but I would do anything in the Humanities Curriculum: Discussion based courses, more liberal arts approach, lots of collaboration between departments, close relationships between students and staff, lots of specific courses Size: medium? Not a big school. Costs: preferably under $80,000

Schools I’m applying to: I think I like Dartmouth, Cornell, Smith, Vassar, Brown, Bard, and University of Chicago.

Stats: 3.0UW 3.5W 28 ACT 5 in AP Euro and 4 in AP Lit Great writing/extracurriculars White Female

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Honors

2023

Received a medal from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and 15 million tugrik ($5000 grant) grant from start up national

Special Gift for Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science (Minister for Digital Development and Communications of Mongolia)

National Python Programming Olympiad - First Place (Awarded by Minister for Digital Development and Communications of Mongolia)

Special Gift for Outstanding Achievement in the Development of AI for Renewable Energy (National Hackathon - 4th Place)

National Hacking Champion ().

Activities

Computer Science

President, Hacking Club

Founded the hacking club at school and led the club to victory in the national hacking championship team name ().

Founded the informatic club and tutored students.

Selected in APIO, national 18th place capital, 10th place district champion, awarded by the Minister of Digital Development, and selected intern from national among 1000 student with Huawei 1 .,

White Hawk Programming Club

Founded the club and taught students.

Won the national championship in 2022, placed 5th in the national Java programming competition, and 1st in the national Python programming competition.

Developed an AI model for renewable energy that won 4th place in the National Hackathon (out of 56 research team).

Received a 20 million tugrik grant to develop the AI further.

Co-founded and senior engineer of Solar power, a company that develops and deploys solar energy systems.

Founder and CEO of Data lord, a company that develops AI solutions for businesses.

Math

Member of the math olympiad team.

Won 2nd place from national mazaalai math Olympiad (out of 307 students).

Judo

Member of the Mongolian judo academy

4th international many cities championship in 2019 and 5th place in national championship; combat sambo 1st place in capital. (out of 126 candidates).

Other

Member of the school science team.

Won 2021 scientific golden bell quiz competition among the 84 lyceum school students.

Presented research on AI for renewable energy at the International Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering (ICASE-2023).

GPA: 4.0

SAT Awards: 1510

Language Skills: English, Kazakh, German, Arabic, Russian, Mongolian.

Demographics: 17 yo Indian male, rising senior, large super competitive Texas high school

Intended major: computer science, alternate data science or information technology, minor in history

Stats:

1. 3.5/4.0 GPA, 4.3/4.5 W (freshman year screwed me)

2. 1330 SAT (710 reading, 620 math), will take another in august, 30 ACT (36 English, 33 reading, 24 math, 28 science)

3. 7 total APs (WHAP 5, APUSH 5, AP Lang 5, AP CSP 5, will take AP Gov/Econ, AP Lit, APES this year)

ECs:

1. Member of high school football team since sophomore year

2. Section leader of school orchestra, playing since 4th grade

3. Boy Scouts since freshman year, served as patrol leader, troop guide to help younger scouts, and currently chaplains aide, almost Eagle Scout

4. NHS

5. Tri-M (music honor society)

6. President/Founder of cs club, organize school wide competitions, learn about CS, and competed in district competition

7. VP/Secretary/Co Founder of cyber security club, grew from around 10 to 30 members, learn about cyber security

8. Student council representative since freshman year

Awards:

1. Distinguished leader award for orchestra freshman year

2. Distinguished student in history junior year

3. AP Scholar with Honor junior year

4. Eagle Scout by mid senior year

LORs:

1. Orchestra director, known them since freshman year, pretty close relationship, probably 9-10/10

2. Coach, known them for a year, we see each other every day so we're on good terms, probably 7-8/10

3. History teacher, I think I was one of her best and most dedicated students so we got along great, probably 9-10/10

Essays:

1. Spent a while on my personal essays, with help from an outside teacher, so I'd say 9-10/10

In state schools:

1. TAMU College Station
2. UT Austin (hard reach, ik)
3. Texas Tech (submitted application, submitted application to Honors college)
4. UT Dallas
5. Baylor (submitted application cuz it was free)
6. Trinity (submitted application cuz free)

Oos schools:

1. Penn State main campus
2. Virginia tech
3. Minnesota twin cities
4. Wisconsin Madison (reach)
5. Ohio state (submitted application)
6. Tulane (submitted application, same as Baylor)
7. Maryland (reach)
8. Michigan (huge reach, but reach for the stars lol)
9. Washington (same as Michigan)
10. Georgia tech (my biggest reach, but I'll never know if I don't apply)

What are my chances at each school? What good schools will accept me?

background: rising senior, second-gen immigrant, indian female, middle class, midwest, suburban public school,,, anything else y'all need to know i can update ig

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stats:

• 1580 sat (790 for both reading n math)
• 1480 psat/nmsqt (740 for both too)
• 4.43 weighted gpa (freshie year rly dragged me down bc of mental health during lockdown/online school and my grandmother passing away but i've been getting As since then)
• intermediate high on french stamp test (is this even useful lol)

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coursework (no ib at my school):

• 9th: ap world history (5)
• 10th: ap us history (4), ap comp sci a (5)
• 11th: ap lang (5), ap calc ab (5), ap psych (5), ap stats (5)
• 12th (prospective): ap lit, ap calc bc, ap gov + pol, ap physics c, ap macro/micro, possibly self-studying for enviro sci
• other: fermilab high school physics course, vex robotics mentor certification, david kane data science course, edX programming courses

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extracurriculars:

• robotics: team through school, member since middle school and semi-leader this year, state quarterfinalist last season (4 years)
• school honors societies: english (3 years), math (2 years), social studies (2 years) (board position), french (1 year), hoping to join science this year if i can find them lol
• student guide/leadership position through school: organizing all school-wide events, guides for new student/freshie orientations, sel lesson presenters (district-wide initiative) (2 years)
• school publication coordinator: throughout the year we held events and writing parties (which i organized + spread the word for), and at the end of the year published a magazine featuring art, poetry, prose, etc from the student body (2 years)
• tutoring: both in and out of school, for fellow students during lunch (reading + math) and through a volunteer organization at the local library for helping younger elementary students develop math skills (3 years)
• data literacy/ai informational club: new club that my friend and i have been okay'd to start beginning in the fall; basically opening a chapter at our school to promote data n information safety/ai awareness ft. guest speakers and open forums (1 year)
• other: mostly just stuff that i did for a year and then dropped so not much app value (math team, model un)

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potential weaknesses:

• no sports (is this really that important?)
• i've been pretty much only academically focused throughout hs so i don't have much developed outside of it
• attendance rate isn't the greatest (~12 absences junior year alone) bc of health issues

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letters of rec/essays: basically nonexistent rn, lor's are (planned to be) from non-core teachers who know me fairly well/have had me for more than a year in class

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i want to go into ai/machine learning down the road but i'm not exactly sure what i need to get there,,, colleges, scholarships and even majors that y'all can chance me with (esp match and safety schools bc i've been pretty delusional as far as reach goes) and any advice given is greatly appreciated. thanks :D

demographics: south asian, upper/upper-middle class (however not like, able to afford college and pay tuition without aid/loans/scholarships rich), female, suburb, wealthy public school, rising senior this fall

sat: 1500 (770 reading/730 math)

grades: mostly As with some Bs (first semester straight As, second semester three Bs [will cite some medical issues that were happening this time as a reason]), will have completed 12 AP classes by graduation

gpa: unfortunately my grades in the second semester junior year really impacted my cumulative gpa so it's 3.88 unweighted, 4.6 weighted. it's also important to note that my school weights honors and ap courses equally so it's quite generous about that

club leadership: model un, student wellness club, asian student union, baking for charity club

other clubs: student advisory board, dance club

other leadership: teen advisor in a mental health organization, will be a student assistant for my school's diversity equity inclusion staff member (who is writing a rec), jamie raskin fellowship summer before junior year

sports: track in 10-11 grade, dance both inside (club not team) and outside of school 10-12

recs are from teachers i am very close with (but it likely harms my application that neither teach a core class) and i know my counselor pretty well as well (unfortunately because of some mental health issues though)

some things that would be cool in my future college: urban campus, high caliber quality of academics, has a hip-hop (SPECIFICALLY hip-hop) based student dance team/company, classes aren't humongous, easy to switch majors (no clue what i'd like to major in), on-campus housing that doesn't have mold, good meals (in terms of nutritional value), nice library and gym, would give me some merit money, has lots of student clubs/organizations to get involved with

edit: i'm also a second generation immigrant but i don't think it'll help because both my parents immigrated to the US to come to college here

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i'm really struggling to find schools to apply to. i was very into UCLA but I've been told my second semester Bs basically destroy my already meager chance of getting in. i think i also need a bit of a reality check rn bc some other schools that seem hot are UChicago, Yale, and University of Pennyslvania and i need to lower my gaze to schools that aren't outlandish reaches lmao

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if you've read this all, thank you!

Sat-1490 UW GPA- 3.84 (4.0scale) WHAT ARE MY CHANCES FOR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IN

GEORGIATECH STANFORD DUKE UCB UCLA CORNELL PURDUE UM ANN ARBOR

Rising high school senior, going into computer science. I live in New York City and want some feedback on my college list (is it too unbalanced, other colleges I can look at, etc).

My current college list (in order): MIT, Columbia University, Princeton University, Harvard University, NYU, Cornell University, Yale University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Brooklyn College, New York College of Technology

I am a low-income Hispanic male with autism.

SAT 1570 (800 Math, 770 EBRW), with UW GPA of 3.7 (my school doesn't do weighted). Only took one AP class (AP US History), but my school only allowed a maximum of two AP classes (a preference filing error caused me to not be registered for the other AP I registered for). Got a 5 on that AP exam.

I was involved in quite a few clubs, including math, school newspaper (as a lead writer), the debate team, D&D, finance, with expected involvement in NHS in the following school year.

I participated in a summer program called CS4CS at NYU, which taught many aspects of cybersecurity and was where I conducted research on password security (I was a co author of the research paper). Additionally, I have had an internship as a writer at First Take School of Journalism. Other than these two, I have a cybersecurity blog (https://cybersec.deadandbeef.com) and have done contract work for HackTheBox (online cybersecurity platform).

I received a silver medal for my performance in debate team, as well as a $500 scholarship from an organization called GripTape (site is here: https://griptape.org). If it counts, I have also received CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification from Cisco Systems, with a pass date of July 22 2023.

I'm just looking for some solid schools with good proximity to my home state, along with a great CS curriculum and plenty of internship opportunity.

Indian, considered international because I’m on an H4 visa. Need aid. From NJ.

Stats: 102.866 weighted gpa my school doesn’t do 4.0. 1520 SAT. AP: 5s in everything AP Stat, AP Lang, APUSH, AP Calc BC (AB Subscore of 5). All honors and AP coursework. Extracurricular Activities:

Robotics (Mechanical Officer 22-23, Co-President 23-24). Led the development+testing of mechanical components, planned+executed training events, managed $21K budget, organized 4 yearly STEM outreach events.

Civil Engineering Intern at Township of something, Department of Land Use. Oversaw $2 million road program, inspected new property development, was a liaison between dept and homeowners and contractors, helped town engineer.

Investing Club (Co-Founder and President). Ran bi-weekly meetings, led discussions to ~40 members, organized trading competitions, encouraged addition of investing class to school curriculum.

Model United Nations (Secretary for 2 years, President for senior year). Led bi-weekly meetings, organized school participation in yearly MUN conferences, taught public speaking/debating skills.

French Honor Society (Member for one year, secretary for senior year). Led pen-pal exchanges to students in France, organized school-wide multicultural events, increased awareness of francophone culture through dance.

National Honor Society (Tutoring Coordinator). Managed tutoring requests (200+ per year), assign tutors to students upon request, organized and led 2+ service projects in school and community

Sailing. Sailed as a hobby, received American Sailing Association (ASA) 101 certification.

Leadership Intern @ Camp Invention. Mentored students grades 1-6 in science, planned STEM experiments, aided teachers in managing classrooms of 20 students, bolstered interest in STEM.

Peer Leader for Freshman Advisory. Helped a group of 25 freshmen adjust to high school, helped run yearly freshman orientation.

Math Honor Society. Participated in math tutoring events

Science Honor Society.

AWARDS: Awards: F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Deans List District Semi-Finalist (Given for evidence of leadership on a robotics team, was the first one in 10 years to get one from my school). School Science Award (was given $1000 scholarship) National Merit Commended Scholar?? AP Scholar with Honor. Robotics district championships (1 year).

I’m interested in schools that are small to medium sized with a strong engineering program and research opportunities. Student life should be tight knit and collaborative as well. Please give recommendations for reaches, targets, and safeties.

Thanks in advance!

Coursework: CBSE

Intended Courses: Major in CS and Minor in Film Studies

GPA: 3.85 in 9th (Rank 2/100), 3.95 in 10th (Class Rank: 2/90, Top 20ish in India and was featured on few news articles)

SAT: 1500 on practice test. Hopefully, I'll be able to boost it as I'll be taking my SAT in August.

APs: None taken yet. (Planning for Calculus AB and CS Principles in 11th and Calculus BC in 12h)

Awards: 1. CBSE Grade 10 Topper in Math and ICT (100% in both).

2. I won first place in a writing competition held at school and participated in the national level.

3. Short film won an Honourable Mention at Student World Impact Film Festival (over 14k participants) and was an official selection at Pinewood Studio's First Time Filmmakers Contest.

4. Won first place at International High School Screenwriting Contest.

ECs: 1. I've written a couple of my own screenplays and made a few short films for over 6 years. Mostly self-taught, and also did a four-hour screenwriting course. Also, currently working as a writer on an indie film. I upload reviews and screenwriting tutorials on my channel alongside short films (I only have 28 subscribers, though).

2. Currently doing a 50 hours HTML/CSS course while creating a self portfolio-esque website using the knowledge. Learning python as well.

3. Been playing guitar since 6th grade. Completed Trinity Grade 1 (Merit), Grade 2 (Distinction) and Grade 3 (yet to be taken) in Plectrum guitar and have played for multiple school events.

4. Was the deputy academic head of the school (10th) and member of cinematography club (10th and 11th).

5. Won multiple national level cubing competitions with over 1000 participants.

Not sure if this is an EC, but I'm fluent in Telugu(mother tongue) and Spanish(2nd Lang in school) as well apart from English.

Note: Some random ECs I'd done, but aren't very important, are:

1. Won 2nd place at a debate in my school in 9th.

2. Participated in MUN.

Demographics: Argentine male. Hispanic? My skin is white. Parents are college professors. My father has written multiple books about Marketing and business administration. I don't know if this is relevant at all.

Income bracket: <3.500USD yearly. (i wish i was kidding)

GPA (Argentine school system does not offer AP courses, GPA can't go above 10):

2nd year (9th grade): 8.1/10 (3.39/4.00)

3rd year (10th grade) 8/10 (3.36/4.00)

4th year (11th grade/not finished): 9.3/10 (3.78/4.00)

5th year (12th grade): assume a higher score than 11th

SAT: Not yet taken. Scored 730 on EBRW on practice test. Skipped through the math part. Assume a high-ish score

Class Rank: not given

Intended Major: Computer Science

ECs (Extracurriculars): Computer science course on one of the top national universities with "outstanding" final score.

Harvard's CS50 Intro to computer science

If all goes well, about to start Private pilot training which, if finished, makes me a certified private pilot. I am very curious about how this looks, especially given my lack of ECs.

Assume minor programming project in the future.

Also i have written, directed and edited multiple short films (some of them around 10 minutes) with groups of around 7-10 people and will continue to do so in the future as part of the school curriculum. I know this is more artistic and unrelated to everything else but who knows

Awards: None. Assume none. Didn't even know this was a thing until i delved into US college admissions

LORs (Letters of recommendation): None. Assume two, hopefully one from flight instructor.

I know this is all mostly hypothetical and that I'm mostly a pretty pathetic candidate compared to others since I am an international needing full aid but i just want to know just how slim my chances are before i go any deeper into it. Thanks.

My oldest is a rising senior and trying to come up with a list of where to apply.

Plans to do engineering, but isn’t sure which kind. He’s mainly expressed interest in civil and biomedical. For a while he was set on nuclear but seems to have decided against it now. He wants to be able to do plenty of research and hands on things starting freshman year.

1550 SAT, 35 ACT

Not sure of his GPA, just finished some summer dual enrollment courses which haven’t been factored in. Last I knew it was 4.43, multiple dual enrollment classes and 3 APs (moved states during high school which screwed him over).

Military dependent, currently living in N.C. Home of record is Florida so can get instate there also.

Says he doesn’t care what the climate is like, was difficult to get him to agree to do any tours but we have done a few!

Currently Duke is his #1 after a tour there. Also plans to apply to N.C. State, University of Florida, MIT, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Princeton, Texas A&M.

Where else might be a good fit for him?

Ok so i’m a rising senior applying to around 5-7 schools. 4 i’m applying to are T50s. three are just state schools near me. background on what major im applying for: im applying and auditioning for mostly theater/acting programs. i then have the intention of wanting to double major my second year. I want to also major in nutrition.

ok so into my stats

Gpa: my gpa is 3.4 unweighted (.2 off from 3.5) and weighted it’s 4.2 not spectacular i know, had some trouble freshmen year and im graduating a year early so had less time to fix it

SAT/ACT: i did not know i was taking the sat until a day before due to being an early grad so i scored a 1160 and im taking the september ACT (time to study, yay!)

ECs: i’ve been doing theater for 5 years now, 4 of those years have been production classes where i performed 1-2 times a year (production class=jv or varsity) Ive also been apart of my highschools varsity color/winterguard for all three years of highschool. i was also class president my freshman year but i didnt do much tbh. i did robotics in middle school but im not including that anywhere because after i left my private school mid-middle school i stopped being in it.

volunteer work: I was a girl scout for a couple years and while i was we did many different fundraisers. the most notable was a shoe drive we did where we raised 25,000 pairs of shoes and there was a news segment about it (the video haunts me to this day) i also have done some volunteering at my school and my local middle school.

I wish my daughter were doing this, but we kept her off social media and now she's pretty social media illiterate. (Go figure.)

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We are lost. Her dad and I want to help, but we only applied to one school each, I think, and we only looked in our home state, where we were each born and raised.

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About my daughter...

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Fave subjects: math, physics, chemistry, economics, history

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Least fave subject: gym; also hates "creative" stuff, like open-ended, creative writing stuff (makes her anxious because she likes there to be a "right" answer)

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Vibes: liberal/very liberal student body, chill campus scene (no party schools), academically engaged students but not cut-throat competitive not 'snobby', for lack of a better term

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Location: someplace with 4 seasons. Loves the mountains, forests; doesn't really care about the ocean. (Not a fan of the desert nor of really hot temps; liked Montana, but not Utah, for example.) Looking at East or West Coast-ish (we are from the Midwest)-- NY, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Northern California, maybe? No suggestions for Texas, Florida, other states that are very "red", please, but otherwise willing to broaden the search. Someplace that's generally safe, ideally; she is used to going all over and not really having to watch her back and I don't want that to change. She spent a study abroad year in France and went everywhere on public transit, walked around alone at night, etc., and felt very safe; that's the kind of freedom I'd like her to have in college. No clue about college in Canada, but would maybe be open to that?

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Stats: 3.9 uw gpa; 6 honors classes, 1 AP, 2 dual enrollment CC college classes. Hasn't taken the SAT yet because of COVID and study abroad. Generally does well on standardized tests, but does get anxious on timed tests, so it's kind of a wild card.

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Longer story: It's *complicated*. COVID kept her from taking some of the more rigorous classes because she stayed remote longer than 99% of her classmates. She still took some honors and AP classes. Several of them she was only able to take for half of the year, though, because she was remote the first half, so she didn't take the AP test, for example. Two dual enrollment classes at CC (got an 'A' in both). Spent her junior year in France; received credit from her U.S. hs.

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ECs were very limited due to COVID, through no fault of her own. (We were, and still are, extremely cautious.) No leadership stuff--she's a major introvert, so that's not her jam. No flashy hobbies. (Would legitimately read books all day if left to her own devices; sadly, no awards or scholarships for 'most books read'.) Hobbies are all very recreational and most are not group/organized hobbies (partially down to being an introvert, partly due to being not overly sporty, and also due to COVID). Enjoys baking, sewing, ballroom, archery. Favorite places are libraries, art museums, and parks with walking trails. Enjoys volunteering, but didn't get to do any in high school because COVID hit; we're allowing her to go back to it now, though.

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Schools on the radar so far:

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Kettering University

pros: co-op, strong STEM focus, small school, kitchen in the dorms [baking is a major hobby]

cons: no French courses, no pre-existing French study abroad options, location, very little time off [this one is my complaint, specially; I am really going to miss our family time!], limited majors [she hasn't narrowed down what she wants to do and I worry that it might be too limiting], no clubs for her hobbies, no real library [library is her happy place]

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Cal Poly SLO

pros: small, on campus animal shelters [she's majorly going to miss the family pets], location [except it might get too hot there?], STEM focus, study abroad options, French classes (even a French minor), archery club, ballroom club, dorms have kitchens [baking is a major hobby]

cons: she doesn't know what she wants to do [this is the biggest issue with this school], OOS tuition, lower odds of admission, not sure when or if we could visit campus, possibly not as accepting/liberal (keep hearing about "lack of diversity" on campus)

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Colorado School of Mines

pros: small, location, STEM focus, French study abroad option, French classes (but more limited, not upper level), French study abroad, local archery club, ballroom club, dorms with kitchens [baking is a major hobby]

cons: OOS tuition, lower odds of admission, not sure when or if we could visit campus

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Vassar

pros: she liked the vibe on campus ["quirky", interesting people], felt very friendly, liked the art museum and campus in general, have family nearby, location, good study abroad options, French minor, more majors than the other schools listed, kitchens in the dorms [baking is a major hobby], archery club

cons: cost, not sure how good the science and math programs are?, low chance of admission, no ballroom dance club

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Notes: We visited Vassar at the suggestion of a friend. It otherwise wouldn't have been on our radar. Daughter liked that it was an older campus, relatively speaking. (She's in love with old architecture, ornate churches, Roman ruins, etc., spoiled by her time in France.) We really were looking for a public university. Not interested in the pressure cooker/drama of applying to Ivies. Considered Michigan Tech, but don't know anyone who went there that liked it, which is concerning (although they do have a mineral museum and my daughter likes to collect specimens).

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Would appreciate suggestions of other schools to consider. The current list is way too short and doesn't really have a range of safeties and reaches.

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Thanks if you managed to wade through all of this.

What are some good safeties for computer engineering? (1470 SAT, 3.8 gpa, small rural private school, Texas)

Hi can someone reverse chance me. My details are :-
Colleges to go to :- Purdue university, Florida State , Texas A&M
Major : Computer science general

Academics

1. 9th score :- 89%

2. 10th score :- 91%

Got out and pursued a diploma in Computer Science and gave my GED's
GED gpa (4 grade scale) : 3.6
Weighted: 4.4 (5 grade scale)

Diploma grade : 8.0 GPA/ 10.0

SAT score : 1440 ( will get upto a 1500) most prob
English : 680
Maths: 760

Extra circulars:

1. Good rank in all ISO olympiads in class 10th . Maths Science and english.
2. Tech head at an NGO for 1 year . It was established in 2013 and have helped 1000+ patients so far
3. Web development internship for 2 months at Citadel India ( got a strong LOR)
4. Written a research paper on the " Role of ICT in chandigarh Administration" published in a reputed magazine

5.Played 2 nationals of basketball for my state Chandigarh
6. Basketball school team captain
7. Won multiple basketball tournaments
8. Made a personal resume website and celebrity face detection app and over 20+ projects.
9. Leader of the app tinkerers club in my diploma college.
10. Basketball captain of my current diploma team.
LOR's : One is from my HOD in diploma college and one is from my computer teacher in high school. and one from my employer at Citadel. (2 are good but one from my computer teacher is mid)

ABOUT ME Demographics: Black male, Haitian

Location: Massachusetts

Intended major: Mathematics, General General Economics, Mathematical Economics, or Business Econ

High School Courses:

• All honors when available
• 4.3/4.3 UW GPA
• 1 AP class in sophomore year, 3 in junior year, 1 self-studied, will be taking 2 more
• Will be taking Multivariable Calculus as a senior through Johns Hopkins CTY
• 2 college level courses through local community college; psych 101 and precalculus
• self studied ap macro

Testing:

• 5s on APWH, Calc BC, Macro
• 4s on Lang and US Gov
• 1480 PSAT
• 1520 SAT

clubs:

• Student gov’t president - held lower positions for past 2 years
• Treasurer for Black student union for 3 years
  • served as a leader and gave many presentations, worked on projects, changed a policy at my school
• muslim student association(not muslim, just a member)
• National Honor Society (not an officer)

extracurriculars:

• Sewing
  • i’ve been sewing for 9 months and am now trying to turn it into a business
• marshall’s associate (8 months)

Awards:

• AP Scholar
• Leadership and Initiative in Black Student Union
• Columbia Alumni Association Book Award
• I qualified for national merit PSAT thing but I don’t know anything yet

PREFERENCES:

• I’d like a relatively diverse school. >40% diversity would be great
• northeast, mid atlantic, south, and great lakes region, i wouldn’t say you should let location limit your suggestions tho
• obviously good math and econ departments, both are important to me
• a fashion/sewing/clothing design club
• intramural sports
• 6-10k students sounds perfect to me but bigger is fine. I go to a VERY small high school so i’d be fine with 2k tbh
• Black Student Union/Association on campus
• small class sizes as early as possible and an emphasis on class discussion & faculty relationships
• I do not want an overly religious college but something like Boston College is fine
• generally a smart, ambitious culture

So far, I’ve liked Brown University, Amherst a College, Umass Amherst(kinda), and Tufts University. At first glance, I’ve liked Hamilton College, Davidson College, Boston University, and Tulane University.

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Demographics: RISING JUNIOR, Indian, Female, NJ.

Intended Major(s): BS/DMD programs at schools that offer. Otherwise, biochemistry/biology.

ACT/SAT/SAT II: Taking in August, predicting between 1500-1540 (will most likely take again)

UW/W GPA and Rank: UW is 3.88/4, W is 6.83/7, rank not out yet but on track for top 10%

Coursework: Planning on 13 APs overall: Seminar + USH (taken already), Bio, Chem, Physics 1, Enviro, Lang, Lit, Econ, French, Research, Stats, Psych. Completed an online course on Dental Medicine from UPenn.

Extracurriculars:

• Extern at a dental practice in Philadelphia
• Working on publishing 2 medical research papers
• Tutoring job at Kumon for the past 3 years
• Biomedical research intern at Rowan
• Private spelling bee coach (paid)
• Pronouncer @ national spelling bees (not the huge televised one though)
• Leading a social-media based HPV awareness campaign
• Varsity marching band co-section leader (flute)
• Varsity field hockey manager
• HOSA secretary
• Science Olympiad (hopefully pres/vp next year)
• Indian Culture Club (hopefully co-pres next year)

Essays/LORs/Other: Planning on writing about my spelling bee journey and its impact on my life (?/10 since it's only an idea so far but should be rare and interesting). Planning on getting LOR written by AP Seminar teacher (should be 9/10). Don't know which other school teachers I'd choose yet (maybe an AP teacher I have next year). If outside LORs allowed, then definitely my boss at Kumon - she's watched me grow a lot as a person, student, and tutor (10/10).

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Please suggest places to keep on my list, preferably on the East Coast :)

Feeling very lost/ behind with the college admissions process. Would really appreciate any help!!

Mainly struggling with coming up with match + safeties.I'm thinking of majoring in IR and then (potentially!) going to law school but no idea for now. also if I dont get into a pretty selective school my parents would rather me major in something more safe i.e. a stem background.

Looking for a mid-size college, not in the middle of nowhere, and good connections for IR related internships. Not into a big party scene, academically rigorous but not cut throat. beyond that I have NO idea what i want lol.

GPA: my school does IB and Im predicted 45/45

SAT: 1480 - planning to retake in August

Finances: Don't qualify for need-based

ECs: I do quite a few + am invested in them but nothing outstanding or very remarkable

Background: Am attending international school in Asia but am a US citizen. Asian American.

Schools in mind so far:reaches: brown, georgetown, USC

UT Austin

PLS PLS help

Background: I am a rising senior at a small private school (a Waldorf School if that helps), that doesn’t have any APs, IBs, or Regences. I have asked numerous admissions officials at numerous schools about how I would be assessed, and they said it would be based on what I have available to me.

Demographics: 17 year old, hispanic male originally from Guatemala but adopted at around 1 years old. I am majority Mayan by blood (over 65%) and I currently live on Long Island in NY.

Academics:

SAT: 1440 (taking again in August)

PSAT: 1350

Gpa: 4.0 UW (no ranking) Classes: Hardest courseload available at my school (Accelerated math all 4 years, Chemistry in 10th grade, physics in Junior year, about to take accelerated US history). I take German as my language, and my electives have been orchestra for 9 and 10, yearbook for 9-12, robotics for 11, and i have not heard the electives for my senior year yet. I am taking calc 2 this year.

Awards: RPI Medal (max possible amount awarded), silver and bronze medal for the national german exam 10 and 11 grade respectively, and two golf awards.

ECs: Stage Mangager for HS musical since 10th grade, stage manager for my tenth grade play (as well as lights for that show), mics for the rising sophomore’s 8th grade musical, stage crew for last year’s senior play, three years of soccer, two years of Golf, school photographer for in-school events, yearbook photographer, sports photographer, I help the communications department with their work, I make an end of year video for the athletic teams, and I am on the Chess team.

Others:

Volunteer work: Two summers vomunteering at Horseability, which helps kids with disabilities through horseriding; and One summer at Camp Horseability, which is different from the other one.

Summer programs: I spent Two weeks in Boston as part of the the BU summer challenge, during which I took a creative writing seminar and a CompSci seminar; and I am currently doing the ASIME program at Adelphi which is 5 weeks of mathematical epidemiology research.

Other: I drive my sister to and from places bc my mom has some health issues, I have forgone some opportunities/events to take care of her, and I have also completed a First aid certification course as well as a CPR/AED/BVR certification course.

Hobbies: Programming, photography, writing, gaming, reading, chess, videography and video editing, Golf, fishing, Frisbee (I do a pickup game every saturday and/or Sunday), and Legos

College Essay: It is about the Movie “Home” and the allegory within it and how I have grown since my childhood as it relates to the movie. (I will send you a link if you wish to read it).

I am looking at schools in the Northeastern US only. As far west as CMU and as far south as DC.

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Demographics:

• first generation Asian American
• rising junior (applying next cycle)
• female

School, grades, test scores, rigor:

• I attend a very competitive private high school which just sent around ten people to Stanford last year (although that was a particularly good year), all non recruited athletes.
• I transferred in to this school in 10th grade, and my previous school was basically the school for rejects from my current. GPA there: 4.0; no unweighted.
• this school is non-GPA but I am a straight A student
• taking all available honors
• will take honors multivariable calculus in 11th grade, and in 12th grade I plan to max out the available math curriculum with statistics and linear algebra.
• will also max out the CS course offerings this year
• taking bioethics and sports med
• SAT projected 1550 minimum (just mocked 1500)
• 5s on AP CSA and AP calc BC

ECs:

1. Niche sport that will not get me recruitment to anything but maybe Stanford and Ohio state and UIW. 3x youth national team member. 7+ years.
2. Paid instructor to teach water safety to special needs kids. Will be lifeguard certified soon. Half a year, will continue til I graduate hs.
3. Tutoring elementary school kids. Half a year so far, will likely continue until I graduate.
4. Youth crisis line worker. Will be fully trained in all sorts of skills necessary in a month and begin shifts then
5. Writing — scholastic art and writing comp hon. Mention last year, confident in silver key+ ability this year. Published in our school’s lit mag
6. Aiming for an AIME qual this year.

Major: either CS or med. looking a lot like med, maybe psych

Looking for:

• smaller classes sizes that are discussion based
• high competitiveness but not absolutely cutthroat
• support from adults, mentors, TAs, profs, etc
• nice dining options — Asian food nearby is a huge plus
• mild party scene, not a big focus at all though
• merit based scholarships if available, but if the school is rlly good and I get in, I’ll pay what I must. I prob don’t qualify for much need based aid.
• ease of finding jobs and internships and research opportunities

Ty!!

Hi, I'm new to this so I'm not sure how to format my post, I'm sorry in advance if it's done incorrectly to any standard. I'm a rising Junior who don't really have any extracurricular and I'm going into a kind of tough Junior year. I feel like I'm behind and would like some help with college application. Any help would be appreciated!

Demographic: Asian American Male, first-generation, low-income, going to an above-average highschool in NYC.

Intended possible degrees: Chemistry, Bio-chem, Physics, intend to go to Pharmacy school after college, hopefully in the Northeastern United State

Academics:

Freshman year: 97, Sophomore year: 101 weighted, 98 unweighted

I have taken APWH with a score of 5 and AP Seminar with a score of 4, next year taking AP Bio, APUSH, AP Research, AP Calc AB. I also have honors in Spanish and Alge 2 which I'm not sure if that increases my weighted average or not, my school also doesn't show class rank.

Also taking a Pre-APCalc prep summer program this summer

Taking SAT next year (wish me luck), my PSAT score was 1320

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Extracurriculars:

5 months of being a monitor for the teachers in my Bio Lab at my school (Sophomore year)

A whole school year of Chess club (Sophomore year)

Around 6 months of debate club and speech club but without any real progress or things done in the club. (Sophomore year, quit)

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Others:

Possible Seal of Biliteracy for Spanish and if I choose to, Mandarin Chinese for Junior year

Advanced Regents Diploma with Designation with Honors for NYC, (finish regents requirements)

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