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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I know it will be easy for her to get into CS being a girl."

No, it will not, especially at the CMU School of Computer Science level.  It will be slightly easier.

"Her team won 2nd place in the ACSL (American Computer Science league) competition this year. How important are these competitions in college apps? Are they considered the same level as AIME, USAMO for math?"

Nothing team based is considered at the same level as individual achievements.  That doesn't mean they don't help.

Team based achievements also provide a platform to talk about how a student works well with others which is a plus in CS.  Again, a plus not a hook.

My guess is that your DD understands the difference between an interest/ability in coding and a true interest in computer Science.

Coding is a wonderful skill but the creating new science for computers is more like math.

But don't be too worried about being perfect in HS math because creating new math/CS methods is it's own world.

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Some of the places we visited wanted the best grades in the hard math courses, even if they did teach math differently once a student got there.[/quote]

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