Chance me for Carnegie Mellon?

Chance me for CMU, so far I have been deferred from Harvard and accepted into UIUC for CS.

Also, can you reverse chance me for some CS schools? I already applied to GTech, Purdue, and UMich.

Latino Male, Senior

Parent education: both did not finish elementary school.

Income: <50k

UW GPA: 3.9 Rank: Top 10%, I transferred schools this year so my ranking is messed up.

ACT: 34

ACT Breakdown: E:35 M:35 R:36 S:30

Awards:

Math Student of the Month

Best Physics Student

Most Improved Band Member (don’t know if this counts)

High Honor Roll

Dean’s List

ECs:

Robotics (Vice President), have been to multiple competitions.

Taught myself how to code. HTML, Java, C++, C#, Python, etc.

Sold computer programs, have an extensive portfolio of projects.

Basketball three years, I only made the team my junior year though. I had to practice my freshman and sophomore year.

Choir (member)

Band (section leader), lead percussionist

Taught myself how to play the piano.

About 150 hours of community service

I’ve had two jobs, and helped my dad with his construction work in the summer.

Familial Role, older brother. I have two younger brothers to take care of while my parents work.

My ECs aren’t that good because I’ve had a job every year of high school and I went to a boarding school that didn’t let me leave campus or even have a computer.

LoR:

Counselor 6/10, gonna be generic probably

Math Teacher Junior year 10/10, I have a really good relationship with him and he should say good things about me.

Computer Science Teacher 10/10, He really likes me and told me he was going to write an amazing letter. He said he would make sure to make me stand out.

Intended Major: Computer Science

Weaknesses: I probably got deferred from Harvard because my essays were mediocre. I really need help with my writing.

Posted Dec 16, 2018, 11:41 PM UTC

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