Hey, I’m a junior and I was wondering at my chances at some schools next year. I was thinking about Bucknell, Lehigh, Cornell, CMU, Penn State, Swarthmore, Princeton and MIT for engineering. Which of these schools do my stats match best and which schools are safeties, matches, and reaches for me?
SAT I: 2230/2400 and 1540/1600 (800 math, 740 reading, and 690 writing 10 essay). I also got a 221 on my PSAT so I’ll probably be at least a semifinalist (Pennsylvania)
I’m going to take the math 2 and physics sat subject tests in June or September.
Unweighted GPA: Based on my school its a 3.96 but I got 3 B+'s so I think that’s wrong. I tried to convert it to a normal scale and I got something like 3.833
Weighted GPA: My school has a weird system so its like 4.97. On a system based out of 5( add .5 for honors and 1 for AP), I think I have a 4.35.
Class Rank: I wasn’t looking into competitive colleges as a freshman and sophomore so my class rank was 39/558 at the beginning of the this school year. It is now 19/558 after one semester and it will likely go up.
AP Classes: Due to scheduling errors, I was not able to take AP Chemistry this year but I was able to take AP Statistics. Next year I hope to take AP Chem AB, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP physics AB, and AP physics BC. My school has 4 classes one semester and 4 new ones the next semester.
EC’s: I know these are subjective so I will just list them.
-Robotics Club (FTC) since 10th grade. Co-Captain this year and most likely Captain next year
-Anchor Club (Community Service) no position
- Peer Tutoring in Math since 10th grade
- Rec soccer for 11 years
- Habitat for Humanity (started this year)
- Summer Job at local children’s amusement park (around 35 hrs/ week)
I’m more involved in tutoring and robotics more than anything else and I really love to participate in them so I’ll probably talk about that in my essays.
Awards: no major awards except for maybe national merit scholar semi finalist