<p>I want to be an engineer, and just finished visiting at UIUC and purdue. However, I have a very low gpa despite high test scores and I'm worried about even getting into fye at purdue </p>
<p>3.5 gpa
33 ACT (36 sci, 34 math, 35 reading, 33 English)
Strong upward trend
Unknown class rank</p>
<p>Chance me (OOS) for:
Uiuc
Purdue
Wisconsin
Penn State
Rpi
Maryland
Virginia Tech</p>
<p>and any other engineering schools I actually have a chance at</p>
<p>I’ve taken 4 ap classes btw (euro-4, us history, government, and chemistry)</p>
<p>Purdue and VaTech are generally easier to gain admission than their reputation would indicate - of course, the rigor once enrolled is definitely demanding. I would guess that you have a good chance at both of these.</p>
<p>UIUC and Wisconsin highly selective to begin with and then in addition they limit OOS admissions. If your 3.5 is UW, you will be at least competitive.</p>
<p>I am not as familiar with PSU, RPI and UMd, but I believe they would all fall somewhere between the other two groups.</p>
<p>By the way, none of these schools will likely offer you much need-based FA. They have merit scholarships, and in-state need-based FA, but not much for OOS.</p>
<p>I’m from ND, which has a reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin, so the OOS status won’t hurt me as much there. </p>
<p>And yes, the 3.5 is uw, weighted is closer to a 3.7.</p>
<p>Also my ecs are a little lacking, I don’t know if that matters as much for publics or engineering</p>
<p>Your UW GPA is a bit low for Purdue, UWI and UIUC, however, your ACT score is above average and at or above around 75%. That would definitely help. As GPA cannot be compared without looking at your school profile and course load, I would give you the benefit of doubt. You should be a high match for them considering a strong upward trend in GPA.</p>
<p>I’ve only done swimming and speech, a won few awards in math and French, taught/am teaching myself programming, Russian, and guitar (can I even put this on my app?) and done some volunteering (only about 40 hours)</p>
<p>How will this affect my chances?</p>
<p>Bumping for more answers</p>
<p>Bump 10 char</p>
<p>Bumping again</p>
<p>I think you would be OK for many of the [Association</a> of Independent Technological Universities: AITU](<a href=“http://theaitu.org%5DAssociation”>http://theaitu.org) schools. Your test scores are in the top 25% of admitted students at my school, IIT.</p>
<p>My chances according to parchment are:</p>
<p>UIUC:
purdue:</p>