What are my chances at these schools? I am planning on applying to their engineering schools.
-UW Madison
-University of Washington Seattle
-Northwestern University
-University of Minnesota Twin Cities
You definitely won’t get into Northwestern…the others you could
What is your unweighted GPA? For reference, Washington’s 2015 Common Data Set reports the unweighted GPA of enrolled freshmen as follows:
3.75 to 4.00: 64.24%
3.50 to 3.74: 27.16%
3.25 to 3.49: 6.52%
3.00 to 3.24: 1.52%
Under 3.00: 0.56%
Your GPA might be a little low, but your 30 ACT is in range. Enrolled freshmen in engineering had a 25/75 ACT range of 27-32 (compared with 26-31 for all freshmen).
Good luck!
@dnstudent26 do you work for admissions? I didn’t think so…
Northwestern is a reach, the others should be matches.
I don’t see you having any problem getting into U of M or UW Madison, where admission is primarily based on stats. Although your stats are a little low for Northwestern, ECs/essay/recs also play a role just like they do at other highly selective schools.Your chance of admission could definitely depend on those. Good luck!
if northwestern is your first choice college, I would apply ED! they really like demonstrated interest. good luck!