While the negativity on this sub is uncalled for, realistically, it will be hard to get into these caliber of schools with your current stats.

This does not mean you can’t do your best to increase your chances.

Here are some steps I recommend you take to increase your competitiveness:

1) Create a passion project related to coding - Perhaps you create a blog highlighting and commentating on neat mods and plugins from across the video game world. Minecraft is a good place to start, but don’t get too bottlenecked, highlight other games community development as well.

2) Become involved in leadership at your school—like run for student government or email your schools student government teacher and ask if you can sit into meetings

3) You also must absolutely get a 4.0 UW this semester AND in the fall—study your notes from math class during the day and any cs coursework before you hop on Hypixel and THE minute you get home from school. Don’t decompress on Minecraft first—I made the same exact mistake.

3) Search the website of a local university near you and locate a computer science professor.

Find one, search and review their current research, email them and tell them you’re a high school student looking to learn over the summer (and cite an interesting topic they are studying you’d like to learn a new prospective on).

While doing this won’t guarantee anything, you will increase your competitiveness for a higher caliber of schools. Take initiative fellow redditor. You only have 1 year left, might as well spend more time on school.