Can I get into RIT?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rochester Institute of Technology
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Hey guys here are my stats:
Major: American Sign Language Interpreting
SAT: 1380
Cumulative GPA (weighted): 3.8
Cumulative GPA (unweighted): 3.6something
I went from a 3.8 to a 4.1 GPA between junior and senior year
Race: Black/Nigerian/African American
Classes: Our high school doesn’t offer AP’s until Junior Year, but my freshman and sophomore years I took all honors classes possible. Here’s my junior year schedule:

American Sign Language 3 Honors (No AP offered)
Trig/Pre-Cal Honors
AP US History
English 11
Chemistry Honors
Varsity Track

Senior Year schedule:
American Sign Language 4 Honors (AP not offered)
English 12
AP Calculus AB
AP Government
Economics
Earth Science

Extra Curriculars & Achievements:
3 years of Varsity Track & Field
Varsity pole vault captain junior year
Athletic Scholar of the year at my school
Won the Track & Field annual coaches award two years in a row
Designed the club t-shirts for my school ASL club
ASL Club Treasurer
ASL Club member all 4 years
Christian Club member all 4 years
In charge and a part of the annual ASL variety show which hundreds of people attend annually
I’ve had two separate jobs. One was for 3 months and the other I currently have
I am on track to receive graduation cords from ASL club as well
50+ volunteer hours

Does my ethnicity and major help at all this? A lot of my EC’s revolve around sign language so I figured that would help. I put everything into my essay and I know it’s great, but I know my SAT could be stronger. Either way, any answers are appreciated.

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I predict you are admitted on the strength of your app alone. Good luck!
Will you participate in track at college? My S is an athlete at RIT and loves it!

3

Ehhh I don’t think so. I did pole vault freshman to junior year but stopped so I could get an afterschool job. Nice though!

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Yes I think you will be accepted. I was accepted with a 90 weighted gpa (I think equal to a 3.5 or 3.6 weighted) and a 33 ACT. My extracurricular were wayyyyy worse than yours as well and I would say your app is overall better than mine. I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be accepted into RIT!