<p>Ga Tech
UVA (OOS, but possibly that could change to in-state)
Bucknell, Olin, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Va Tech, U. Maryland
Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Stats: 700 math SAT (2200), 29 math ACT (30 composite)
Retaking both very shortly
GPA: 3.6
Taken hardest math and science offered so far in high school, decided against taking AP tests as felt she didn't study enough,thought it would look bad to score low
Almost no ECs--just band for several years, last year picked as one of 40 to represent her school out of 100 candidates interviewed.</p>
<p>her SAT score's pretty high. only if her gpa was around 3.9-4.0, she would have been IN at all those places you mentioned (except for Olin i guess... i realize they are ultra-competitive to get in)</p>
<p>Is it really that hard to get into these types of engineering school? You have to have a 4.0? </p>
<p>I appreciate the heads-up. She was quite capable of getting a 4.0 earlier in high school, goofed off some, and I guess the aftershocks from that are going to be felt now.</p>
<p>i meant to say if her GPA was up higher, we wouldn't have to play any guessing game and could basically guarantee her acceptance into majority of schools you mentioned (again, except for Olin). so i meant to say, it's not that hard to get into those schools.</p>
<p>the thing is, her SAT is "way too high" for someone with GPA w/ 3.6. basically, she seems to have a SAT score that is beyond 75% percentile at most of schools on the list. (Bucknell has 2080 for its 75% percentile, GaTech has 2090, CMU has 2220... now Olin has 2340!)</p>
<p>so i'd say tough luck at Olin... if she can get into Olin, she could as well just shoot for Stanford or MIT.</p>
<p>For other schools like GaTech and UVa, i think she still has a shot. i don't know how good of a shot it is, but GaTech has acceptance rate over 60% and 46% of its students had GPA below 3.75.</p>
<p>oh... and i forgot to mention. since she's a female engineering student, that will play a big favor to her admission according to the majority opinion here at CC.</p>
<p>so seriously, i wouldn't worry too much. there are too many schools in top 15 engineering schools that are just way too easy to gain admission into.</p>
<p>Adding a wee bit... Colleges also tend to look at a trend of improvement, as well. If you started off a bit goofy towards freshman year but have ramped things up to straight A's and some B's in the hardest courses, they'll take that under heavy consideration.</p>
<p>For future reference, students should always take AP tests that they have paid for. You can later remove AP grades from your college board transcript quite easily, or even just hide certain grades from certain schools.</p>