<p>Applying to College of Science (comp sci)</p>
<p>ACADEMIA:</p>
<p>Freshman GPA: 3.52
Sophomore GPA: 3.52
Junior GPA: 3.75 W, 3.7 UW
Overall GPA: About 3.6</p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading: 610
SAT Math: 600 (Terrible, retaking in May)
SAT Writing: 680
Total: 1890</p>
<p>Still waiting on ACT scores.</p>
<p>My School does not rank.</p>
<p>AP Courses:
Biology (This year)
Computer Science A (Next Year)
Economics (Next Year)</p>
<p>3 letters of recommendation (math teacher, club advisor, guidance counselor)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS: </p>
<p>President of Support our Soldiers Club
-Interviewed WW2 Veteran, contributed to National Archive</p>
<p>100 hours of Red Cross Volunteer work
-Office management, computer database organization, phone duty, etc.</p>
<p>4 Years of Varsity Swimming</p>
<p>Member of School Atmosphere Committee
-Helped create a video to send to New England Board of Accreditation to display information about our school
-Spread word about school ideals and beliefs in various ways</p>
<p>HOOKS:</p>
<p>I am of Hispanic descent.</p>
<p>I will not be applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>As it stands now, I think your SAT math score will shatter your application. Get that number up to at least around the 700 range. It’s not hard.</p>
<p>Your UW GPA is okay, but the fact that your weighted GPA is so close to your unweighted makes it look like you weren’t taking many honors/AP classes. Is that really the case, or is your school really stringent about how it weights grades?</p>
<p>The ECs are probably fine. 4 years of varsity swimming will look good, but my impression is that RPI cares a bit less about non-hockey sports than do most other similar schools.</p>
<p>Why do you only have one recommendation from a teacher? The admissions committee might get the impression that you think you didn’t impress teachers enough, which can reflect poorly.</p>
<p>Being of Hispanic descent will be good. I’m not sure if RPI is need-blind or not. I found one source saying it’s not ( <a href=“http://ivycounsel.com/college_fair/NE/Rensselaer%20Polytechnic%20Institute.pdf[/url]”>http://ivycounsel.com/college_fair/NE/Rensselaer%20Polytechnic%20Institute.pdf</a> ), but I’m not sure how reliable it is.</p>
<p>correction: the source says it <em>is</em> need-blind</p>
<p>Very good information, thank you good sir!
I only took 1 AP this year and am taking 2 next.</p>
<p>A school’s being need-blind or need-aware should be irrelevant to applicants; it doesn’t affect the desirability of a school at all, just the chances of admission for a small group of (domestic) applicants, and there’s no way to know if one is in that group.</p>