<p>My son's list of schools.
Looking to major in Environmental Engineering.
Unweighted gpa 3.86, not sure of weighted
National Merit Semifinalist
SAT 2200 740 Math, 720 CR, 740 Writing- one sitting
SAT II Math 730, Physics 760
will have 14 completed APs including AP Physics B, AP Physics C (both parts) mostly 5s
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
3 years of Spanish was not able to take 4th year of Spanish because it was at the same time as AP Calculus BC.
200 hours volunteer work, mostly coaching soccer 9th-12th
Plays AYSO Soccer 9th-12th
part time summer job at fast food place- summer before 12th
COSMOS program 1st place team - summer before 11th
UC paid internship in an 8 week summer engineering program - summer before 12th
Vice President Robotics club 11th and 12th</p>
<p>From what I know, the recalculated UC GPA is very different from what your actual GPA is (it is usually higher). For the sake of this chance thread, you would want to find out your son’s class rank, if he has one, and what weighted GPA appears on his transcript.</p>
<p>My S applied to USC, Duke, Rice and WUSTL two years ago and was accepted to all four, three with half-tuition scholarships. He had similar stats, however, he was a Political Science/Econ/Pre-law major, not engineering.</p>
<p>Your son’s stats look excellent and I think he has a great chance of acceptance at all of these schools. Essays and short answers are extremely important to differentiate himself from the pack of engineering applicants who typically have the top test scores and AP classes. </p>
<p>Best of luck. My S ended up attending Rice and he loves it!</p>