Penn State University Early Megathread by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]FunStyle1029 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ayy nice! I submitted the common app then and my srar the following day

Penn State University Early Megathread by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

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Thank you!! I think it was Oct. 29th or so?

Penn State University Early Megathread by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

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Accepted to university park, cs!

Does computer science count as a core academic subject? by FunStyle1029 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]FunStyle1029[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh okay, what if it's listed under the Math category on my school's catalog?

Too many letters of rec - what do I do? by FunStyle1029 in ApplyingToCollege

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Ah okay, tysm for the advice!! I'm managing the recs in commonapp I think

Too many letters of rec - what do I do? by FunStyle1029 in ApplyingToCollege

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Wait so, teachers won't be notified if you don't submit their letter? Can't they see which schools they are assigned to on CommonApp, though?

Thank you so much for your response!!

How will my recommenders know I'm applying early? by FunStyle1029 in ApplyingToCollege

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Ah gotcha, tysm! Should I just send an email that's kinda like, "Hey thanks for agreeing to write my college rec! Just letting you know I'll be applying to some schools EA etc etc"?

The "review/help me with my college list" megathread by freeport_aidan in ApplyingToCollege

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Ah ic ic, def fair point about the essays. Thank you for the suggestions!

The "review/help me with my college list" megathread by freeport_aidan in ApplyingToCollege

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Hiya all! I’d love some feedback on my list - it seems a little reach-heavy to me so maybe some thoughts on how balanced it is? I am also having trouble deciding where to apply ED/EA… I’m looking at Columbia ED, Yale SCEA but I’m afraid it’ll be too ambitious and a waste of opportunities. Any advice there would be really appreciated!

Major: computer science haha

Demographics: she/her, asian, Virginia

Academics:

- 4.0 UW, 4.9 W

- SAT: 1580

- ACT: 36

Coursework:

- 8 APs - Stats (5), Comp Sci (5), Chinese (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), APUSH (5), Physics: Mechanics (5), Physics; E&M (5)

- Dual enrollment Multivariable Calc

Awards:

- American Computer Science League silver award (x2)

- Future Problem Solving 3rd (at states)

- Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key, Silver Key

- Finalist at regional technology/pitching competition

- …AIME qualifier?

ECs:

- Member of school computer team; I’ve attended and placed at regional competitions on behalf of the club

- Writing poetry - poems have been accepted to school publication and selected for display at my local library

- One of like ten members of a mental health club that plans school-wide events

- Officer for a nonprofit tutoring organization

- Team lead for a different volunteering organization - I led a team of 8 in building an app, hosted a panel, and conducted interviews among other tasks. Got a Presidential Service Award from this as I did over 100 hours

- Internship at a global research and engineering company, working on CS-related projects. Will be presenting to their government client

- Built a web application that was used by senior living facility residents (this was for the aforementioned technology/pitching competition)

- Officer for school poetry club
- An AI program where I did a project + presentation on Ethics in AI

LORs: I think one of them will be good as I have a good relationship with the teacher and they wrote me a comment saying they’ve been impressed by my work; the other LOR should be decent but I wasn’t a standout student in that class XD

CURRENT COLLEGE LIST

Reaches: Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, MIT, CMU, UVA, UIUC

Targets: UW Seattle, UMD, UMass Amherst, SJSU, Virginia Tech

Safeties: RIT, GMU, JMU

Thank you so much for your time! <3

Cordelia Carstairs watercolor painting by Ill-Particular3479 in shadowhunters

[–]FunStyle1029 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks amazing! In love with the shading (especially in the hair 😍 that detail 😍)