u/Anxious_Classic750

Chance a cooked Indian Junior

Currently a junior and I'm kinda lost for college apps.

Demographics:
Indian, Male

Texas

High Income ( > 200k, no fin aid most likely)

Stats:
4.0 uw gpa, 5.274 gpa,

35 act

1470 psat

27/631

Intended Major: Applied Math (electronics engineering as a back-up)

ECs:

Member of SNHS

Member and student tutor for Mu Alpha Theta

DECA member

UIL math member (team twice)

Internship at a private equity firm (role is mainly researching futures)

Research paper (ig you'd call it that) about the NHL and how accurate advanced stats are at predicting game outcomes (Im gonna upload this on ssrn. I don't think it means that much, more as a passion project for me)

Currently working on:

A monte carlo sim for the nba playoffs (im gonna be using historical data)

model of NHL dynasties and their life cycle throughout the last century

Awards (icl, i have like nothing):

AP Scholar with distinction

AP Capstone diploma

Courses:
So far - APHG, AP Chem, AP Precalc, AP Stats, AP World, AP Seminar, AP Research, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, APUSH, AP Micro, AP Bio, AP CSA, AP Lang, AP Psych, APES

Essay: Most likely gonna write about something related to sports and how it inspired me to look deeper into math and statistics as I find them fascinating

Schools:
In Texas and top 5% for UT, same thing for A&M

Umich

CMU

Berkeley

UF

Any advice?
My dream school's CMU but I don't think I'll get in.

Any tips would be appreciated!

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u/Anxious_Classic750 — 3 days ago

Advice for Junior

Currently a junior and I'm kinda lost for college apps.

Demographics:
Indian, Male

Texas

High Income ( > 200k, no fin aid most likely)

Stats:
4.0 uw gpa, 5.274 gpa,

35 act

1470 psat

27/631

Intended Major: Applied Math (electronics engineering as a back-up)

ECs:

Member of SNHS

Member and student tutor for Mu Alpha Theta

DECA member

UIL math member (team twice)

Internship at a private equity firm (role is mainly researching futures)

Research paper (ig you'd call it that) about the NHL and how accurate advanced stats are at predicting game outcomes (Im gonna upload this on ssrn. I don't think it means that much, more as a passion project for me)

Currently working on:

A monte carlo sim for the nba playoffs (im gonna be using historical data)

model of NHL dynasties and their life cycle throughout the last century

Awards (icl, i have like nothing):

AP Scholar with distinction

AP Capstone diploma

Courses:
So far - APHG, AP Chem, AP Precalc, AP Stats, AP World, AP Seminar, AP Research, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, APUSH, AP Micro, AP Bio, AP CSA, AP Lang, AP Psych, APES

Essay: Most likely gonna write about something related to sports and how it inspired me to look deeper into math and statistics as I find them fascinating

Schools:
In Texas and top 5% for UT, same thing for A&M

Umich

CMU

Berkeley

UF

Any advice?
My dream school's CMU but I don't think I'll get in.

Any tips would be appreciated!

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u/Anxious_Classic750 — 5 days ago