Chance a Brown Tech-Builder: 3.2 GPA | 1220 SAT | Embedded Systems & Fitness
Chance a Brown Tech-Builder
Demographics & Background
- Gender/Race: Indian-American Male (NOT PRIMARY ENGLISH SPEAKER)
- Location: Michigan (Large public "educational park" with 3 conjoined high schools)
- Income Bracket: Upper-middle
- Intended Major: Computer Engineering / Systems Engineering / Computer Science
Academics
- GPA: 3.0 Unweighted / 3.2 Weighted
- SAT (Superscore): 1220 (Single sitting: 1150)
- Rigor: Advanced Math track, Honors Geometry, and Honors Humanities.
- Relevant APs: * Computer Science Principles (Score: 3)
- Computer Science A (In progress)
- Upcoming Senior Year: AP Stats and AP Cybersecurity.
Extracurriculars (The "Systems" Spike)
- Software Engineering Internship: Assisted a founder at a local tech startup in building a multi-tenant client portal. Handled database security via Row Level Security (RLS) and integrated AI-agentic development workflows.
- University Research Assistant: Collaborating on an Edge Computing and Distributed Systems project at a local R1 university.
- Hardware Builder (Personal Projects): * Developed custom RTOS-style firmware for ESP32 monitors.
- Built a Raspberry Pi network suite for real-time traffic analysis (TCPDump).
- Deployed a YOLOV5 object detection pipeline with multithreaded CPU optimization.
- Content Creator: Manages social media pages focused on workout tips and tech tutorials, communicating complex concepts to a broader audience.
- Varsity Athlete: 3-year Varsity Swimmer; balances 5:00 AM daily practices with technical engineering projects.
- Fitness: Dedicated to weightlifting and powerlifting alongside varsity endurance sports.
- Community Leadership: Reached the World Championship level in FIRST Lego League (FLL) and served as an Advanced Peer Tutor for two years.
Honors & Awards
- FLL World Championship Qualifier
- 3-Year Varsity Letterman
- Open Source Contributor (Shimmer project)
Colleges I'm Interested In (Looking for feedback on if I should ED/EA anywhere or if my list needs adjusting)
- Reach: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Engineering), Purdue University (Tech/Engineering).
- Target/Reach: Michigan State University, UMich-Dearborn (Currently doing research here).
- Target: Wayne State University, Grand Valley State University.
- Safety: Michigan Technological University, Western Michigan University.
- (note im looking for something in-state, Student Visa, etc.)
//Yes I used AI to make this. (repost form a diff sub)
u/East-Pair-78 — 9 days ago