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11th · STEM· 13d ago

Korean male, AIME qualifier, saturated CS track. Realistic shot at T10?

Demographics: - Korean male - Bay Area, CA - competitive magnet school - full pay - no hooks Intended Major: Mathematics + Computer Science Academics: - GPA: 3.98 UW / 4.5 W - Rank: top 5% (exact rank withheld, school doesn't rank) - SAT: 1570 - Coursework: 11 APs by senior year (Calc BC, Physics C, CS Principles, CS A, Comp Sci all 5s) - Math competition: AIME qualifier junior year, USAMO honorable mention ECs: - Math competition team captain, coached freshman team on number theory - CS research project on algorithm optimization, paper draft stage - Tutoring middle schoolers in algebra and geometry, 6 hours/week - Debate team, varsity speaker, made nationals sophomore year - Started a math blog about competition problem solutions, ~200 monthly readers Awards: - AIME qualifier - USAMO honorable mention - AMC 12 perfect score (2 times) - National debate finalist Schools: Reach: - MIT - Stanford - Caltech - CMU SCS Match: - Berkeley EECS - CMU Math - Cornell CS - Carnegie Mellon Tepper (backup) Safety: - UCLA - UC San Diego Honestly. Bay Area CS is insanely saturated. My school probably sends 30-40 kids to T20 schools every year. I'm not doing anything that screams 'pick me' compared to everyone else here. Research and competition math are my strongest angles but I know that's table stakes at places like MIT. Am I reaching too hard or is this realistic.
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11th· 13d ago
your research + aime hm is actually solid but the whole school list screams "i'm scared of not getting in" and you're gonna regret not taking a real swing at something.

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