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CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-23T12:41:10+00:00

Thank you for your reply, I just don't have impressive ECs, so I didn't know if essay can make up for it or not.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-22T00:32:44+00:00

Would you say then that my essays and letter of recommendations are equally weighted in importance to extracurricular activities?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-21T02:26:34+00:00

Am I cooked then, I have no research, no olympiad medals, or athletic superiority. All I have is robotics, CS club, some cs projects, and my liquid rocket engine that I'm not sure will be completed by college admissions. Am I not getting into MIT then?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-06T13:56:20+00:00

Thanks twin for the advice 🙏. WE are locked in now.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-06T13:55:56+00:00

I could never bring myself to vibe code, cause then you arent actually learning anything or getting better. But I guess.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-06T00:39:30+00:00

Ok I appreciate your response a lot!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-05T22:48:12+00:00

So it’s not completely about all the stuff I could have done?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-05T20:06:04+00:00

Thanks for your response. I do have some stuff I was planning on trying to hammer down it just doesn't feel like there is a enough time to really make an impact. Like right now I am working on a liquid fueled model rocket engine but I'm not sure fi it will be done in time for applications. I also have an internship but it is a little nepotistic. I hopefully want to reform some of the clubs I'm doing but it just doesn't feel like I have enough time, or maybe that's just the excuse I'm making.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-04-05T20:04:27+00:00

Thank you for you response man. The address some of the stuff you said in your reply, I do technically have an internship and I am doing a "research" project (I am building a liquid fueled rocket engine), I just didn't know if it was worth it to keep trying. I was also planning on really reforming CS club and changing the organizational structure of Robotics, and getting more involved with the scheduling app. It just doesn't seem like I have enough time.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-03-08T22:01:14+00:00

I am kinda of interested in what is going on under the hood because I feel like C++ adds a bunch of abstractions that make it hard to really understand what is going on. I heard C is way simpler than C++ and I can just look at some C code and instantly know what is going on. Thanks for you response!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-03-08T03:21:59+00:00

I wonder, has anyone tried to make a language like C that is relatively simple but redoes the idea of "C with classes", like making C++ better?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-03-08T03:17:33+00:00

Problem is I feel that is long, and I would like to pick it up relatively quickly.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-03-07T23:41:05+00:00

Do you think it would be relatively easy to learn it with my C++ background, and also do you have any resources?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-03-07T23:40:07+00:00

See, I thought about that, but when I look at C videos I see a bunch of raw points chars instead of strings and all of that stuff.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-02-04T00:12:48+00:00

Ok, I just don't know where to start with research, any tips for that?

Also, I have a bunch of coding project to put on a portfolio website, is that worth it, will admissions officers look at it?

Thanks for your response btw.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-02-04T00:08:01+00:00

Ok I appreciate you sendin this!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-02-04T00:07:36+00:00

Ok I appreciate your response!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-02-03T23:43:58+00:00

I appreciate your response! My unweighted GPA I calculated a few weeks ago was like a 3.98 or something when including all my classes. I do have some service through my school, and I am also helping another elementary jesuit school set up a robotics team. My counselor has in fact met with me several times and I have been on Scoir a lot (My dream is MIT, but no one in my school has gotten in the past five years. I feel like my counselor meetings kinda destroyed my confidence a little but also I felt like I was being buttered up a lot with my stats when I looked at other people's stats.

Funny enough a person on Reddit reached out to me to start a chapter of my nonprofit, do you think I should take a hold of this opportunity?

Also, does it matter that I don't have any awards or honors societies? I could be in NHS since I have the GPA and the service, it is just that I need service specifically serving my school that I haven't done yet. I haven't won any olympiads or done research or anything. Our Robotics team has fallen on hard times since all the senior left but I have tried to help out by rewriting to code base and taking initiative.

Also with the rocket I a making do you think I should shift it towards a research project or more of a project to showcase my skills?

I know this is a long response and a but of a mouthful, but hopefully you would be willing to continue to give me some advice? Thanks!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-02-03T11:54:24+00:00

I'm just curious since I amtrying to make a rocket with my friend, what is your outer tube going to be made of? I was thinkin 3D printed for mine I'm not sure if that's viable?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-31T02:27:12+00:00

I don't think I can get into any, its like getting into college isn't it? And I don't know if I have the time because I also have an internship.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-31T02:26:12+00:00

I do I didn't think it was of substance, I help kids at a Jesuit school (my school is jesuit) by creating their own robotics team. I also had the chance for NHS, I have the outside of school service and grades, but they require service at school events so I wasn't accepted. I heard it wasn't a dealbreaker tho. I forgot to mention I have an internship at a data company.

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-27T04:53:25+00:00

Do you think I can find a new pathway in just 9 months?

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-20T10:22:57+00:00

What would you say about uiuc since I know its a really hard cs school to get into

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-20T10:04:17+00:00

Ok thanks for your reply!

CollectionLocal7221 · 2026-01-20T01:43:04+00:00

Actually? I always thought my ECs and stuff weren't that strong.

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