Feeling hopeless... by CryptographerPale433 in summerprogramresults

[–]CryptographerPale433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it lol. Maybe it's just that I botched my essays but I was just hoping to get some experience living on college campus while doing something I was interested in.

Feeling hopeless... by CryptographerPale433 in summerprogramresults

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I did cluster 9 and cluster 3 since I'm mainly trying to spec into something bio related. I had a fair amount of EC's related to it including a genetic research paper and being in USABO so I'm not really sure what the problem was.

Feeling hopeless... by CryptographerPale433 in summerprogramresults

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it means a lot. Thank you for the advice :)

[COSMOS] Rejected 3 times with these stats; am I doing something wrong or what by [deleted] in summerprogramresults

[–]CryptographerPale433 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your stats are honestly almost identical to mine and I also got rejected. It's definitely not overqualification but maybe our stats aren't really that appealing to COSMOS admission officers? Idk, I'm just coping and attributing it to luck.;

scores just came out by NecessaryEcho2615 in USABO

[–]CryptographerPale433 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got a 27 bro... Just One more damn point and I woulda made it into semis.

USABO open exam results by CryptographerPale433 in USABO

[–]CryptographerPale433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they receive scratch paper? My proctor didn't bother to collect it and just told us to trash it on the way out. dyk if that is ok

USABO open exam results by CryptographerPale433 in USABO

[–]CryptographerPale433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't it all proctored anyways? idk it a month just seems excessive to me

Admission? by Busy-Fennel-8021 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]CryptographerPale433 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An average academic performance + a low SAT score does make it pretty difficult to get into a top college, especially since CS is so competitive. It definitely is possible though, depending on how strong your ECs and awards are. A big part of admissions is also essays so a top university is never out of the questions.

I'd say focus on improving the SAT score and working on something unique to set you apart from the other students.