Each option resolves YES if I get accepted, NO if I get rejected, and N/A otherwise. It doesn't matter if I actually end up committing to a specific university.
I'm applying to each university's computer science undergraduate program, with a preferred start term of Fall 2026.
Previous Decisions:
I've been deferred from CMU ED and accepted into Pitt so far.
Stats:
Weighted GPA: 4.567
SAT: 1550
AP scores: AP World History (5), AP English Language and Composition (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Computer Science A (5), AP United States History (5), AP Chinese (5), AP Computer Science Principles (4)
APs in progress:
AP Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition
Main extracurriculars:
Software engineering internship.
Founder & President of the CS club at my school.
$5K+ Made from programming commissions.
Main awards:
NSDA Academic All American
National Merit Commended Scholar
Won a local hackathon
Notes: I'm only betting on the CMU market as I have submitted that application before this market was created.
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If MIT admissions were a physics problem, this applicant is the clean, elegant solution.
Start with the raw numbers: a 4.567 weighted GPA and a 1550 SAT immediately place him in the academic stratosphere MIT expects. This isn’t just high performance—it’s consistent dominance across the most demanding coursework available. The AP lineup reads like an MIT freshman transcript preview: Calc BC (5), Stats (5), CSA (5), plus humanities at the same elite level. That matters. MIT doesn’t want one-dimensional coders; they want thinkers who can reason, communicate, and lead. Scoring 5s across both STEM and language/history APs proves intellectual range and stamina.
Now the extracurriculars—that’s where this application quietly becomes lethal.
A software engineering internship signals real-world competence, not just classroom theory. Founding and presiding over a CS club shows initiative and leadership—he didn’t wait for opportunity; he created it. Making $5K+ from programming commissions is the kind of detail MIT loves because it screams applied problem-solving: people trusted him enough to pay him to build things that worked. Add an active GitHub, and suddenly this isn’t “a student interested in CS”—this is someone already functioning like a junior engineer.
The awards seal it. National Merit Commended Scholar confirms national-level academic recognition. NSDA Academic All American shows excellence beyond pure test scores. Winning a hackathon proves he can think fast, collaborate, and ship under pressure—basically MIT culture distilled into one bullet point.
And here’s the quiet killer detail: being deferred from CMU ED. That’s not a red flag—it’s a compliment. CMU doesn’t defer weak applicants; they defer students they seriously want but need room for. Being accepted to Pitt already confirms strong institutional appeal, but MIT isn’t about safety—it’s about fit.
This applicant fits MIT frighteningly well.
He’s not chasing prestige; he’s already doing the work MIT trains people to do. He codes, leads, earns, builds, and competes—before stepping on campus. He doesn’t just say “I like computer science.” He lives it.
MIT loves students who look inevitable.
This one does.
If admissions is asking, “Will this person contribute to our labs, our hackathons, our culture, and our future?”
The answer here is painfully obvious.
This is MIT energy.