Chance a jersey girl planning on becoming a chemical engineer?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I'm Mikaela. I'm a junior in New Jersey!</p>

<p>GPA: 104.6W, 97.4UW
Rank: 5/471
Race: White
Gender: Female
SAT: 2220 (740 CR, 800 M, 680 W)
SATII: Taking Chem, Physics, and Math II
Classes: I've never gotten a B as a final grade, but I've had a few B's as marking period grades (all in English, hahah).</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Latin I
French I
Honors English I
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
Adv World History
Gym</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Latin II
AP Statistics (5 on the test)
Honors Algebra II
Honors US History I
Honors Chemistry
Honors English II
Gym</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Latin III
AP Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors Trig/Precalc
Honors English III
AP US History
Gym</p>

<p>Senior Year (this is definite):
Honors Latin IV
AP English
AP Calculus I
AP Psychology
AP Government and Politics
AP Biology
Gym</p>

<p>Awards:
Scholar Athlete for 9 out of 9 seasons
Something from the National Latin Exam (I don't remember the name...)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Cross Country (9-12)
JV Outdoor Track (9-12)
JV Indoor Track (9-10)
JV Swimming (11-12)
Latin Club (10-12)
Amnesty International (11)
Out of season conditioning at the local gym for swimming (10-12)
Interact (11)
Job at a local grocery store (summers 09 to present)
National Honor Society
National Latin Honor Society</p>

<p>Community Service:
A few hours for interact (about 5)
25 hours at a local hospital
20 at a local nursing home (I will be doing many, many more as soon as I can drive myself. I love it there:))</p>

<p>I plan on majoring in chemical engineering. Chance me for:
UPenn, Rowan, U of Rochester, RPI, Stevens
I'm also considering applying to Columbia or Cornell but I know that's a stretch for me.</p>

<p>Don't be afraid to be mean, I can handle it:) Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>No need to be mean, you are a competitive applicant. R.P.I. is too competitive to be called a safety but I think you will get in there (800 Math will get their attention). You have the stats to look at the Ivies, its just that they have very low acceptance rates so sometimes even very strong students get turned away. </p>

<p>I don’t think you will have a problem at Stevens. </p>

<p>By the way I did EE at RPI. It’s an awesome engineering school.</p>

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<p>That’s what I thought about the Ivies. I don’t think it’s insane of me to look at them but I know that there are people who are more qualified than me who are turned away every year. Penn seems to accept a lot of people from my high school so maybe that’s a good sign for me though.</p>

<p>How did you like RPI? Beyond the academics, I mean. Did you enjoy your four years there?</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Yes and no. The deal with R.P.I. is that it is a hardcore engineering school with a heavy workload. I did squeeze in some time for parties, played intramural basketball, etc. but the academics ate most of my time (as I expected going in). </p>

<p>The campus is quite beautiful although Troy itself is not. </p>

<p>It seems that RPI has made efforts to enhance the student experience in recent years. I hear that many current students spend a semester abroad. They also built a new Experimental Media and Performing Arst Center as well as a new $100M athletic complex. </p>

<p>If you are really interested in Rensselaer you may want to drop a thread in their forum to get perspective from current students.</p>