Chance a brotha please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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<p>Hey guys. I messed up pretty badly my freshman year, but oh well. By the way, I'm only a junior. I would be applying to the civil engineering program. Would ya'll recommend any other schools to me as well? So far I have UMass, WPI, Rutgers, Drexel, UT Austin, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Virginia Tech and NYU Poly.</p>

<p>Black Male
Upper Middle Class
SAT: 1950
Chemistry SAT II: 690
Spanish SAT II: 780
US History SAT II: 640
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
AP/Honors: AP US History, AP Economics, AP Human Geography, AP Spanish, AP Computer Science. I did fine on the tests.
Extra Curriculars: President of Spanish Club (organized two immersion trips), Model UN, National Honor Society, founder of cycling club, member of several other clubs
Sports: Soccer and Lacrosse freshman year, Cycling around 100 miles per week, avid BMX rider
Work: Worked 25-30 hours a week all throughout high school as a hotel front desk agent.
First Generation American (family from Dominican Republic), fluent in Spanish and English.</p>

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<p>Based on my limited experience with my son applying to UMass last year for engineering, I would say you have a really good shot at getting in. When we visited during an Open House, they us that for consideration for engineering you needed a 3.5 GPA. </p>

<p>What state are you from? What types of colleges are you looking for? You have quite a varied list.</p>

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<p>@ConfusedMominMA I am from Massachusetts. I am looking for a big school with a good engineering school.</p>

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<p>Don’t take it for gospel but I think some of the Midwest schools that are big and have good engineering programs would be Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan. I’m sure others know more schools than I do. Of course UMass does have a great eng school and most likely would be cheaper for you being instate.</p>

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<p>You are definitely a great candidate for the school. You might even be accepted into the honors college if you keep up the good work! (There is an interesting Engineering residential academic program in the honors dorms too). The honors dorms are AMAZING </p>