Chance an average student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Now that the application process is going to start, I'd like to apply to colleges that are reasonable. PLEASE help me out! </p>

<p>Colleges: Carnegie Mellon (Early Decision II), UIUC, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, Purdue, UMich, UCLA, Rutgers University. EA EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE.</p>

<p>Intended major: Computer Science/Engineering</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.64
W GPA: 4.05
SAT: CR 700 M 770 W 780 (2250 superscore 2240 one sitting)
Class Percentile: Top 10%
Subject SAT IIs: Math II:750 Chemistry:640</p>

<p>AP Classes: Junior: AP Comp Sci, AP Chem, AP English Language
Senior: AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP Stats, AP English Lit (also taking Hon Physics, Hon Orchestra)</p>

<p>(B, B+ in Geometry Honors, Bio Honors Freshman year and B+, B+ in H.Pre Calc and AP Chem Junior year) <wouldn't this hurt me since im applying to comp sci?</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>JV Tennis (Frosh year)
Varsity Tennis (3 years, senior year captain, 2nd singles)
Key Club Editor (Junior year)
Key Club Pres (Senior year)<300+ membership
Red Cross Youth Council (Junior Senior year)
Red Cross Club Founder/Exec Pres (Junior year)
Violin: (Freshman, Sophomore, Senior Year: All Honors Orchestra)
Violin: Evaluated Student at Westminster Conservatory of Music (Freshman, Sophomore, Senior Year)</p>

<p>WORK/INTERNSHIPS</p>

<p>New York Life Insurance Web assistant this summer</p>

<p>AWARDS</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis letter
National Honors Society
National French Honors Society
Westminster Violin certificates</p>

<p>Community Service</p>

<p>Key Club: 75
Red Cross: 25
Cultural summer Event: 60
160 total hours</p>

<p>Letters of Rec: I think they'll be good. I want one from my math/CS teacher which will be nice. History teacher's will be really good. And I'm hoping to get one from the administrators of my internship/job. </p>

<p>Essay: I'll work early on my essay. I really think I can pull of good essays since I love to write! </p>

<p>So... Chance me please!!!</p>

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<p>If I’m reading this correct, B’s in science and math can hurt your chances at getting into an engineering school like Carnegie Mellon. I know someone that got in with A’s in math, science, and comp sci. My dad got into Cornell to do computer engineering with an 800 in SAT math, 4.5 GPA with literally perfect grades, and still got rejected from MIT, but hey, many years have passed since then, and for all I can say, which is limited, you have potential at getting into some top tier engineering schools, but it may be a reach especially places like RPI and CMU who are well known for their engineering schools. Maybe try RIT, I know a kid in my grade who said it was a pretty good engineering school and relatively easy to get into compared to CMU and RPI.</p>

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<p>Ah wow your dad had excellent stats! haha. RIT does sound good and I guess I should consider that in my list of colleges.</p>

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<p>2250 is not the SAT score of an “average” student. Claiming to be average when you have your stats is almost like making fun of students who don’t have as good of a chance as you do.</p>

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<p>Do you honestly believe a single sitting SAT score of 2240 is average by any definition?</p>

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<p>Average is usually more 1900s, anyways:
Carnegie Mellon:Low Reach/High Match
UIUC:Match
Georgia:Low Reach
UT Austin:Match
Purdue:Low Match
Michigan:High Match/Low Reach
UCLA:Reach
Rutgers:Low Match
For the record: RIT=Safety</p>

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<p>Yeah sorry for the confusion. I meant average by grades. I’m a typical B+ student. And I also have a downward trend in terms of gpa. I just don’t want to apply anywhere unreasonable haha. But thank you so much for the responses.</p>

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<p>Actually average is more like a 1500 SAT, 21 ACT, and a 3.0 GPA. Only 12% of all test takers scored above a 1900 composite. Even those scores are above average because they don’t take into account the huge number of high schoolers that drop out, or in the case of the SAT and ACT the enormous number of students that aren’t going to a four year college who, if given the ACT, would likely do worse than average. </p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
[Average</a> High School GPAs Increased since 1990 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/04/19/average-high-school-gpas-increased-since-1990]Average”>http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/04/19/average-high-school-gpas-increased-since-1990)
[2012</a> ACT National and State Scores | Average Scores by State | ACT](<a href=“http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/states.html]2012”>http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/states.html)</p>