<p>Hey so I was looking for a thread like this and couldn't find any so started to make my own.
I just want to know if any average or above average students got into a ver competitive school like MIT, CMU ,UCB or anything like that
Just write down a brief info of your stat and tell me which part of your app was the reason of your acceptance </p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Wow guys seriously. No one. I am tired of seeing the stats of those “perfect students”</p>
<p>Its only been posted for an hour. Most students once accepted leave cc and most decisions haven’t been handed out yet.</p>
<p>I looked at your chance threads and have never seen somebody get into any of those schools with such a low SAT, that low of GPA, and definitely not a combination of the two. That is, unless if you are black.</p>
<p>Just being honest. My guess is that is what you are going for. These schools are looking for top students, so although you may be tired of the “perfect student,” these schools are prestigious.</p>
<p>Hey walrus. My stats are not actually my stats. These are just speculations of the least I can get. Also I am in my junior year and doing really well. That is surely going to balance out my GPA. And about the SAT. I took them once and got a 1900 and I am planning to take them again or not even taking them because I have been getting a 32 on the ACT practice tests</p>
<p>It’s pretty rare for average/above students to get into MIT - they’ve been known to turn away even 4.0’s. </p>
<p>Based on your stats, I would say MIT is definitely a reach. Not sure about the others. I noticed in your other threads your SAT was 1840, 2050, and 1900. Either way, they’re all rather low for MIT, as is the GPA.</p>
<p>MIT is not the only school out there. I would love to have gone there too, but it wasn’t a realistic option for me either. Now I’m at a school I absolutely love, and given the option I wouldn’t transfer now even if I got in. Start looking around at schools in your range, and go ahead and apply to MIT if you want but don’t stress about it!! :)</p>
<p>Yeah unless you are a black female or native American female or first gen female or something then you’ll need pretty decent stats.</p>
<p>I was accepted to CMU engineering with ~3.7 uw gpa, 2050 sat, no school clubs, handful of non-school clubs, no volunteering/work experience. I only did things that interested me and was good at them. For example, I liked math so I took college courses concurrently. This allowed me to skip single and multivariable calculus, vector analysis, linear algebra, and differential equations in college and I went straight to partial differential equations as a freshman. I also liked puzzles so I developed an efficient method to solve a Rubik’s cube in 45 moves. Sometimes these schools accept perfect students and sometimes they accept students who they feel would just fit in well. Don’t be one of those students who join every club in high school, log countless volunteering hours, obsess over grades, cram every AP class in their schedule, etc unless you are truly passionate about these things. If you are not genuinely interested in what you do, then maybe you don’t deserve to go to one of these schools.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot hall monitor. I was looking for people like you. This is really inspiring since my stats are kind of similar to yours. Do you think you were selected because of your essays. ?</p>
<p>I have a 3.7 unweighted GPA, but a horrible SAT score. I am black though, so I’m hoping what wallrus said is true, because I really want to get into NC State’s engineering program.</p>
<p>Don’t be overly concerned about the tippy top engineering schools. There are lots of very good engineering schools that are not so super selective, for example Purdue.</p>
<p>If you post your actual stats, we can make suggestions of realistic schools to consider. It is important to make a good list of safety, match and reach schools. Over on the Parents’ Forum there is a saying that you should build your list from the bottom up. It is easy to love the highest ranking schools. More effort should be spent on finding safeties and matches that you are generally interested in. “Love thy safety” is another big expression on the CC Parents Forum.</p>
<p>If you look at the scattergrams for selective colleges, keep in mind that many of the lower outliers that were accepted have some kind of hook - recruited athlete, under-represented minority, overcame significant life challenges, major accomplishment, etc.</p>
<p>I will second sacchi’s comments and go even further… Google a list… Top Undergraduate Engineering schools… Scan the list & do some research. You will find some true gems that will allow an average student to study engineering if that is their dream. Try not to get caught up in the name game & follow your passion if it is truly engineering. You want to avoid those programs that want to label & weed out “average” students.</p>
<p>The most important thing is to be in an ABET accredited engineering program. Any engineering program is challenging and if you do the right things (internship or co-op) you should be able to find a good job after graduation.</p>
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Why is that?</p>
<p>The ABET accreditation is well known and understood by employers to guarantee a certain level of competence when a student has graduated. ABET requires universities to demonstrate that they meed their educational goals for engineering.</p>
<p>You can look at [ABET</a> -](<a href=“http://www.abet.org%5DABET”>http://www.abet.org) to see what types of ABET accredited degree programs are available at each school.</p>
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A bachelor of arts for computer science from Berkeley is not “ABET accredited” and graduates are perfectly fine.</p>
<p>@blahblah9393 - you are right about computer science, but UCB’s Engineering programs, including Computer Engineering are ABET accredited. Computer Science is not always ABET accredited and employers don’t care as much. Engineering, however is a different story.</p>
<p>I got into Cornell with mediocre grades (but enough to guarantee an automatic spot in UT), 2150 SAT, no clubs, no volunteering, zip nothing. I didn’t care at the time whether or not I get into Cornell or any other “uber-duper” schools, I really just wanted to go to UT with all of my friends. I did however enjoy programming and have competed in a few public algorithm/programming contests prior and have been credited in several both open and closed sourced software projects; I think my proactiveness drew their attention, I’m sure I wouldn’t be here right now if it weren’t for my previous experience. </p>
<p>I’ve wisened up; it doesn’t matter where you go, if you don’t get to go to where you want, you’ll still be able to make friends, specialize in the things you like, do anything that you’ve wanted. I guarantee you that 5 weeks in, when the first batch of midterms hit, where you did and didn’t get accepted to will no longer be a big deal at all.</p>
<p>" just want to know if any average or above average students got into a ver competitive school like MIT, CMU ,UCB or anything like that" - Not many. And it would be tough for them to survive. The more typical scenario is top students getting rejected. </p>
<p>There are lots of great Engineering programs out there, most of the quite challenging.</p>