<p>I have a 3.85 unweighted, a 4.04 weighted, and a 4.15 UC weighted (the one that a UC looks at). Going to have taken 7 AP classes in high school (including Calc BC and Chem) and 3 honors courses (one of which was weighted). I have passed all my AP tests so far with a three. I am play football, basketball, and baseball for my school and I start in all three. I am a captain of the football team. I have been in Leadership for 4 years. Class senator for three years and ASB school officer for one year. I have community service through my sports and my church. I got an 1830 on the SAT and a 29 on the ACT (will take both again and actually study this time). Took Biology E subject test got 630 and Math II got 550 (will also study and take again). I plan on taking chemistry subject test. </p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into Cal, UCSB, and UM-Twin Cities for Chemcial Engineering? Any suggestion on other chemical engineering schools is alsoo welcome.</p>
<p>UMN is among the top for Chemical Engineering. Your SAT is definitely below average for it. Your SAT2 are also not impressive and below their expectation for engineering. Your ACT is slightly better but probably not sufficient for the highly competitive program. Which Cal do you mean? If you mean Cal Tech, it is far out of reach. I have no idea how UCSB is for ChemE as it is not one of the top school for that.</p>
<p>Cal as in University of California. UCSB is actually in the top 10 in the country for Chemical Engineering. It is an up and coming program.</p>
<p>“Cal as in University of California” but which one?</p>
<p>I did some search and see UCSB to be #9 in some ranking but not on the current USNews top 10. It was #9 on USNews in 2007 though. My D is also interested in ChemE but we did not pay attention to UCSB. The top schools for ChemE we found are MIT, CalTech, Stanford, UMN, UWI, UCB, UIUC, UT Austin, etc (not in order).</p>
<p>Your GPA is not bad. It seems you need to prepare more thoroughly for the tests over the Summer. Your ACT appears to be better than SAT1. Perhaps you may want to focus on that and it will not have conflict with your SAT2 schedule. You do need to bring up at least your SAT2 Math2 score for engineering if the school requires it. With your current scores, it would be hard to get into any top 10 ChemE program on any ranking. If you can bring up your ACT by a couple points, then you can try also UIUC and Purdue. I have read U of Houston also has pretty good ChemE program and has great internship opportunity. That may be a better match for you right now.</p>
<p>Berkeley is what I mean. Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>UCB is also ranked around the top 3 to top 5 in ChemE. It would be even more competitive than UMN because of the geographic advantage. You probably need to aim at 2240+/33+ for that. If you are in-state, then it would be a little bit easier for you.</p>
<p>I am in-state, billcsho. Once agan thanks for the advice it is all really helpful!</p>
<p>In that case, UCSB may be the best bet for you, but you may still need to bring up your scores a little bit. I think you just need 2000+/30+ which are around the 75% of UCSB admission overall. For SAT2, try to get 700+ for Math2 and Chem. Check if they do require SAT2 if submitting ACT score.</p>
<p>Ok thanks billcsho! I just visited UCSB’s campus is very nice and I got a great vibe from the campus.</p>
<p>^ Did you have a chance to meet with the admission office? They should have more information regarding the admission of specific program. Or you just did a self tour there?</p>
<p>Are there any other suggestions for which universities I should look into?</p>