chance me for HYPSM and state schools
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i'm a sophomore but i want to know areas where im lacking and how i am looking and areas where i am lacking. i am trying to work really hard bc i know my family can't afford to pay for college unless we get free tuition, or i go to a state school and my parents are librarian so i don't get legacy or nepo
wasian male from NY who wanted to major in CS with income <125k and a twin so it will be hard to afford college. so i want to go to basically any school that provides me free tuition for my income or state schools
98/100 UW GPA with good rigor at my school (public school, 16 APs by senior year, calc bc junior year), no weighted or rank provided
1530 (740rw/790m) on my first SAT (dec 2025), but i want to retake (should i?)
ecs
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indepedent CS/NLP research - researched low-resource NLP and published 9 first-author papers at top CS venues like EACL (3x), LREC (4x)
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founder of NLP research lab (it's not really a lab, just some friends) - led a group of students to publish 7 NLP papers and secure over $1000 in research funding
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math league captain - team placed first in local league, ranked 6/250 in league, NYSML qual
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ml based data analyst intern at RIT - project manager of 14 undergrad students
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class president
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cs club president
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paid math tutor (over 200 hours)
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acs chem club treasurer
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cross country JV captain
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cello - selected for good regional orchestra, played in boston symphony hall, czechia, quebec, etc.
honors
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congressional app challenge winner
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published papers?
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usaco silver
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2x science olympiad states medalist and coach
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chemistry achivement award from acs
schools and stuff
harvard, mit, upenn, princeton, yale, brown, dartmouth, colombia, northwestern bc i qualify for free tuition here due to financial circumstance (all for CS)
SUNY stonybrook, SUNY binghamton, SUNY buffalo bc it is cheap for me as im instate (all for CS)
i also don't want to go to schools too far away from me (over 10 hours drive) as i want it to be a driving distance from my family (in upstate NY)
please give advice for how to improve and where i'm lacking, i'd be open to any advice. thank you so much
Posted Apr 5, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC