<p>Hey Guys, I am currently a Junior and Highschool and to be honest I am a little freaked out.</p>
<p>I keep hearing all these kids getting rejected and denied from colleges and it scares me like crazy. Honestly, I am not a Straight A student.
My first two years of high school I was mostly B's. and B+s (nothing below a B). This year its been a few A's and B+'s once again. I think my gpa un-weighted is a 3.3 (my school does not weight the grades). I have taken 3 honors classes Sophomore and Freshmen year and am in 3 Honors classes this year. I am Pre calc for math as well as AP Chemistry this year. I guess Pre calc is considered one level up for most Juniors.</p>
<p>I think it is something about me and school, Not that it is hard to get A's, but I just never seem to pull it off. My course load is pretty rigorous compared to others I would say, but I guess its kinda of hard to describe.</p>
<p>I got a 720 on the Math, 650 on the reading and 650 on the writing on the Sat's, not super scored. This is my third year as a member of the First Robotics team which I absolutely love. 2nd year on the Varsity Lacrosse Team, (Freshman was on JV). Member of FBLA. I also have a full time payed internship this summer at a school software company. They develop software and websites for private schools. I only add this because not a lot of Juniors seem to have internships already. I have other stuff on my resume, those are the biggest things. I also develop iPhone apps and love technology.</p>
<p>This reason I list all this is I am curious to know what people think my chances are of getting into schools like Stevens Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytech Institute, Wentworth, and pretty much any other more STEM focused school. I want to become an Engineer.</p>
<p>For any still reading I just wanted some input on what people think my chances are, and what I should do to improve. </p>
<p>Many kids get rejected because they apply to very selective schools that are beyond their reach due to grades and test scores, and because they apply to very selective schools that reject 80% or more of the students who apply. It’s okay to apply to those schools (somebody gets to be in that small group that is accepted), but you also need to apply to schools that are more likely to accept you. You can research schools to see what the average GPA and test scores are for accepted students.</p>
<p>Start researching schools now, so that you know what math and science courses you must have in order to be accepted. Some schools require SATII tests for math or science, so it’s better to know that now, while you have time to prepare.</p>
<p>I understand, trustme i have spent my fair share of time on the College Board looking at the Applying tab. Most of the time though I see the largest percentage of kids getting in with 3.9s and then less and less below. My point being there are kids getting in with below the average Gpa and I was wondering how I stack up… I guess I could say I am looking for someone who has been to some of those STEM schools are who has personal experience </p>
<p>@joemost, your ECs look solid, so I would say that you should definitely give those schools a shot. Just focus on making your essays awesome and finding good teachers to write recs.</p>
<p>My daughter applied and got into all 5 of the schools you mention. On your list, Wentworth will be easiest to get into, and I don’t think you’ll have any problem there. RIT is next. Then the other three (Stevens, RPI, and WPI) are pretty similar in what they’re looking for. My daughter’s GPA unweighted was about the same as yours, but her school weights and hers was 3.5. She took the ACT several times and finally got a 34. You still have time to study and retake the SAT. Tho I think the ACT is much easier for quantitative/math/science people. And the schools are indifferent between ACT and SAT. Stay on your FIRST team. My daughter did that for 4 years, and I think it really helped. She got a 6k/yr FIRST scholarship at Stevens (where she is going). Stevens, WPI and RIT also do interviews, and I think that can really help you as well. Good luck!</p>