Hey, thanks for looking at me! Those three colleges are my personal favorites, and I was wondering if anyone could suggest some good schools for me in addition to those too. (I’m looking for big city schools with an engineering program) I’m planning on an early application to BU too.
Grades:
GPA: 3.3 (3.6 junior year)
SAT 1600: 1390
SAT 2400: 2010
Extracurriculars:
Sports: Tennis and Cross Country
Clubs: Frisbee and Chess (yeah I know)
Other: Boy Scouts (Eagle)
Coding: Proficient in HTML, CSS, and Javascript (Plan on learning python or C#)
Classes:
All C1 (standard level) freshman to junior year
Senior year I am taking AP statistics, psychology, and economics, as well as an honors level online coding class
Those seem a little low, especially if I can get higher than a 4.0 weighted next year (I’m taking three APs and one honors) Drexel looks promising as a low fit school though! Philly would be awesome I bet.
I politely suggest that these are targets. Your SAT scores put you in the middle 50% of all admitted students at all 3 schools. Although your scores are at the higher end of that range (like many engineering students), your GPA is on the low side. Remember, whatever GPA appears on your transcript at the end of junior year is what BU and other early app schools will consider. Depending whether your high school re-calculates GPA after the first quarter, and when they release mid-year grades, you might get to show an upward trend on apps submitted later.
Yes, Philadelphia is a wonderful city for students. Pittsburgh has a lot going for it, as well. Know little about Hoboken except for the Frank Sinatra connection which you are too young to likely appreciate.
Maybe George Washington U? DC is another terrific city for a college student.
Thanks @LuckyCharms913 .
George Washington U is another school I’ve been looking at, and I’m definitely applying there.
As for drexel, out of 163 applicants from my school the average admitted SAT was a 1236, and a 3.14 GPA average. Pitt and Stevens were about the same (3.23 and 3.19 respectively), and both were below a 1300 SAT, where I have a 1400. So they would make good lowers fit schools for me, but if I can improve my GPA to a 3.7 or 3.8 this year (which I think is doable), they might be a little low. Drexel I think I’ll apply to (because of their engineering program), but I think I’ll pass on Stevens and Pitt.
Any thoughts about NYU? I know it’s a bit of a reach but if I can end the year with a 3.8 I would have a 3.4 GPA, which is just below the average for my school (3.52), and my SAT scores align with their school. I’m hoping to break 2050 with the next testing in case the schools actually care about writing, which thankfully they don’t.
@glido I really liked Arizona when I visited, AS might be a nice backup! I’ll definitely look more at the school.
If you’re curious where I got the average accepted GPA and SAT, my school has the last 7 years of applications listed on a website for every college, and it looks like we average 0.1-0.2 lower than the school average for acceptances (I’m coming from a fairly nice high school).
If your high school is very competitive, then you’re right, your GPA may be competitive. Just take note that typically engineering candidates have higher stats; so when you see that the average admitted Pitt GPA from your school is 3.23, the students who get into Swanson for engineering may have GPAs more like 3.6 or higher. This is not to discourage you, just to remind that averages may not accurately reflect your engineering peer group.
Do you have cost constraints? Drexel is very expensive (probably 65K next year all in, vs. $41 K for Pitt). I am from Philadelphia and love the city; but my D (a senior at a strong suburban HS) has several classmates heading to Pitt (for engineering) next year rather than Drexel, mainly due to cost (of course they are paying in-state for Pitt so the difference is even more glaring than it would be for you OOS).
There are also two headed to Stevens which is why I mentioned it, although I don’t know much about the school.
Sorry, no knowledge of NYU engineering; but NYU is even more expensive than Drexel.
