I’ve taken many IB and AP classes (Mostly A’s and B’s)
SAT: 1270
Extracurriculars and Activities:
National Honors Society
FIRST Robotics Team
Technology Student Association
Part-time job (I work about 18 hours a week at a restaurant)
Community Service (I have volunteered for FIRST Robotics Competitions and in several Prosthetic Engineering companies – Helping people fit prosthetic limbs and learning during the process)
Essay/letters of rec:
Pretty strong essay (about my failures of computer engineering and how it shaped me as a person)
I haven’t seen my three letters of recommendation, but I’m pretty sure they’re well written.
Major: Engineering
GPA: 3.8
SAT 1260 (630 both)
AP Physics
Calculus AB
OOS
Engineering Academy (classes specific to introduce engineering)
Had honors classes throughout years
Jazz band - 4 years
Marching band - 3 years
Tennis - freshman year jv
Tri-M member (band honors)
Wind ensemble - junior n senior year (have to audition)
Part time job since Junior year ( 16 hours a week roughly)
Summer internship for engineering
These are things I can think of. this is my 1st choice school
Acceptance: Drexel, RIT(2nd choice), George Mason, York College of PA, Widener, VCU
SAT/ACT: ACT 30 (no SAT)
GPA Weighted / Unweighted / Scale: UW: 3.75 / 4.00, W: 5.10/6, I think
In State or Out of State: OOS (Maryland)
Legacy (have parent or sibling attending Virginia Tech) No
Course Rigor (AP/IB etc.) and Extracurricular activities
Total of 5 AP’s during HS, NHS, NSHS, NSSHS, NEHS, Key Club (position held), Field Hockey (Varsity x4), Track indoor & outdoor (Varsity x4), Jewish youth group (positions held every year since 2017), heavily involved with a summer camp and camp counselor, Dual enrollment in local CC, Top 5% of class
Thanks so much y’all! Gives me a bit of peace of mind. I’m unsure–someone confirmed Friday, while the email (that not everybody received) said Saturday. I’ll still be checking tomorrow.
Quick Summary excluding senior year
INFO: INDIAN MALE, IN STATE NOVA
WANTED MAJOR: CS/ENGINEERING
1570 SAT Superscored (800M, 770R)
4.0 GPA weighted
7 AP’S
AP World
AP CSA
AP PHYSICS 1
AP LANG
AP CALC AB
AP ECON Macro/Micro
AP US History
It should be noted that the only B/C’s I recieved were sophomore year due to mental illness. Freshman and Junior year were straight A’s/A minus.
Debate Captain, 3 years, national circuit awards and ran a debate camp. Qualified to NCFL, which is top 6 from every state. Competed on the schools state team where top 4 debaters from each school qualify.
Captain of school’s cybersecurity team, made it to states all three years. Ran a summer camp for this as well.
ACSL leadership/officer, competed two years.
Internship at a Cybersecurity firm over the summer.
NASA internship over the school year.
Part of the schools Econ Challenge team, compete it economic knowledge tournaments.
I know today is the day of decisions but I’m curious…
In State, NoVA, Asian Male, No legacy
Applying for Building Construction Management in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
ACT - 33
GPA - 3.57w (RIP…)
Full IB (On track for IB Diploma, took 6 IB courses junior year, 7 IB courses senior year + online physics for a total of 8 classes
EC:
Served as a volunteer English teacher overseas for 2 months over the summer
Varsity baseball for 3 years
Volunteer food packaging for 3 years
Volunteer park and community cleanup for 2 years
Worked 2 summer jobs
Makes sense, I’ve been worried about that throughout the whole application process but I was accepted to other schools that I’m pretty happy with (Ohio State etc.), which leads me to wonder if Virginia Tech weighs GPA higher than test scores or ECs?
Thanks so much. I really love it there. I just know everything works out eventually.