<p>I'm applying for Mech Engineering. I will chance back!</p>
<p>My stats are:
2130 SAT (690 Reading, 800 Math, 640 writing)
800 Math SAT2, 700 Physics
95.1 GPA Unweighted
ECs are fairly strong- Boy scouts 11 years, Jazz band, Section leader, Theater for 4 years, Directed a play this December, Student council, Student Rep on our school board.
Most difficult classes our school offers. (I am not going to bother listing)
Glowing recs
A fairly good essay (being reworked)
Vermont</p>
<p>Currently applying to:
Columbia
NYU Poly
Northwestern
Cooper Union (not expecting to get in at all)
Penn State-U Park</p>
<p>Columbia –> reach-ish. it’s an Ivy, ya know? but totally worth a shot 
NYU Poly –> dean’s app? you’re in! I think. hope you get into honors, those scholarships are sick
Northwestern –> you’re in if you showed an interest, visited, etc lol. I had the same CR and Math SAT scores as you and almost the same SAT 2 scores, but they waitlisted me, I think, b/c I never showed an interest even remotely - besides by applying, ha.
Cooper Union –> reach
Penn State-U Park —> in!</p>
<p>thanks static! Anyone else?</p>
<p>Unfortunately those subpar SAT scores outside Math definitely hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Columbia –> high reach
NYU Poly –> match
Northwestern –> match
Cooper Union –> reach
Penn State-U Park —> safety</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s sub-par, for the most part, because you’re applying for engineering. NYU-Poly for instance will only look at CR and Math. A 1490/1600 is definitely stellar…or I hope so. I got the exact same Math/CR as you lol! I forgot what Northwestern did. But most college’ll probably look at the perfect math score and be like: <em>nod</em> nice. It’s hard to ignore a 3-digit number with an 8 as the first digit.</p>
<p>static75: Agreed, for <em>some</em> schools. It really depends on the school. At Columbia, for example, they don’t want students who are “one trick ponies” with little reading ability, especially since such schools are really a reach for anybody.</p>
<p>Overall, I think you have a good shot at engineering schools, maybe less so at generally highly competitive schools like Columbia.</p>
<p>Thank you very much! Forgot to mention that I was first out of about 125 in my class.</p>
<p>No problem!</p>
<p>I too am a Vermonter, by the way. Where are you from?</p>
<p>Buump. I assume everyone else will say pretty much the same thing.</p>
<p>Okay, so I figured it might be useful for people if I give an update. I didn’t end up applying to Cooper Union. I was accepted to everywhere I applied except for Columbia, where I am currently waitlisted, but I don’t think I will be pursuing that. I was accepted to UVMs Honors College, Rejected from Penn State’s, and am in the midst of NYU Poly’s.</p>