A good safety chances??

<p>SAT:2250
SAT 2: chem, math 2, span. (all 800's)
ACT: 35
GPA:3.0 W (dismal, i know)-- due a many health and family issues during sophomore year which killed my GPA--- will explain in essays
AP: 13 AP's so far most self studied because my school doeasn't offer them. -- all 5's</p>

<p>Major Awards: AIME 5x qualifier, USAMO 4x qualifier, IMO (silver medal), IBO, IchO, IphO (all gold), AMC 8/10/12: perfect scores, USABO, USACO, USAPO (physics not philosophy)
Intel ISEF-- semifinalist, Siemens Westinghouse-- grand prize winner in 2009 competition</p>

<p>EC's:
Rbotics, math club, science olympiad( all pres. and founder). Soldering Sonograms for the Navy, Volleyball ( played at the olympics and am the junior world champion), Jeans for Japan (founder)-- donated pairs of jeans to japan after its earthquake, Designed an architectural plan for the capital of India after it experienced floods</p>

<p>Race: Indian
Sex: M
International but live in CA </p>

<p>I really really want to attend rice and stanford but am afraid my GPA wont let me so i am applying to tech for safety but i want to make sure that i can get in. I have been passionate about everything that I have done in high school and will try my best to let that show on my essays. I had a heart transplant when I was very young and during sophomore year I got very very sick because of it including family troubles to top that off.
PLease tell me my chances!! Will chance back</p>

<p>I just graduated from Texas Tech. I would say your chances of getting into Texas Tech would be at least 99%, probably higher.</p>

<p>Is TTU a good school? How would you describe your overall experience there? and how would you rate on a scal of 0-10 ten being the best possible experience. I am really considering this school and want to go kinda far from home in CA and I know that I wont be able to get into caltech so this is the next best thing.</p>

<p>Can you please give me a short list of your stats when you got in. Thank you very much for your support and honesty.</p>

<p>You’re in. The obnoxious kid who sits behind me in Psychology was telling everyone that he got into Tech with a 1500 SAT. And I’m certain that he hasn’t founded a nonprofit or designed a foreign metropolis. </p>

<p>Are you sure that’s really where you want to go? I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed. I live in Texas, and here it’s known as a party school for people who didn’t make UT. Also, Texas is the worst. If I were you, with those stats, I’d go for somewhere on the East Coast or Chicago, maybe NYU or UNC or something, or a state school in Cali like UCB or USC. Just a thought.</p>

<p>honestly, u have a great chance at rice. Your GPA might be on the low end of their applicant pool, but ur AP, SAT, and SAT subject test scores make up for that. It still shows that u are smart enough to score such stellar numbers. You have a legitimate reason for the GPA issue so don’t worry about it. Just talk to your admission counselor personally and mention it in your application. On the other hand, essays are the most important part of the application and sometimes can cost your admission. They care more about the personality and your motivation for success than the stats. </p>

<p>Tech is a good school but with your stats, I think UT is a great place for you. UT is a large school though, but there are so many honors programs and great research opportunities. Only thing is that it does rank its undergrads and their students are really competitive, so if you don’t like that atmosphere, then Tech probably would be best. </p>

<p>Do apply to Rice if that is a school you really want to go to. You have a good chance of getting in. </p>

<p>As far a tech is concerned, ur definitely accepted. Don’t worry about it. You should think about the Honors College at Tech. [Texas</a> Tech University Honors College](<a href=“http://www.depts.ttu.edu/honors/]Texas”>http://www.depts.ttu.edu/honors/)</p>

<p>If you don’t mind me asking, what is your possible major?
UT and Texas A&M have a really good engineering programs. Baylor has a good medical science program. Tech has a good health science program.</p>

<p>gluck!!!</p>

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<p>It’s a matter of opinion, but I vigorously disagree with the sentiment that “Texas is the worst.”</p>

<p>My DD attends UNC. It took absolutely stellar stats to get in from OOS. It’s possible that the OP can explain the GPA, but I sure wouldn’t count on it. My DD has loved her experience at UNC (she is a senior), but is incredibly homesick for Texas. She hopes to live and work here after she gets her PhD, so she would also disagree that Texas “is the worst.”</p>

<p>The only thing I absolutely hate about Texas is the heat during the late summer. That truly does suck.</p>