Chance Me! Chance Me! :D

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>After seeing many of the profiles here and what many thought, I'm beginning to think that I'm not as well off and I thought. Here we go. :)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Mexican/Polish
Gender: Female
Intended major: Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Work load
9th:
-Alg 2 Pre AP
-Intro to Engineering
-IPC and Bio Pre AP
-Computer Science</p>

<p>10th:
-Spanish Language AP (received a 4)
-Precal Pre AP
-Digital Electronics (received college credit through RIT's Project Lead the Way)
-Chemistry Pre AP and Environmental Systems</p>

<p>11th:
-Spanish Literature AP (received a 3)
-US History AP
-Physics B AP (received a 3)
-Principles of Engineering (received college credit through RIT's Project Lead the Way)
-English III AP (received a 3)
-Calculus AB AP (received a 3)</p>

<p>12th:
I'm signed up to take:
-Calculus BC AP
-Statistics AP
-Physics C AP
-English IV AP
-Government/Eco AP
-Wind Turbine Project (we build wind turbines and erect them throughout the community)
-Engineering Design and Development
-Psychology AP</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars and Volunteer Work:
PE Club (9, 10, 11, 12, Treasurer 9, 10, 11 President 11,12)
National Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
Mu Alpha Theta (9, 10, 11, 12)
Academic Decathlon (11, 12)
KQSA Student Radio (DJ 12)
Student Ambassadors (11, 12)
Team in Training Member (11, 12) <-- we raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and train for endurance events at the same time
Marathon Runner (10, 11, 12)
Vacation Bible School helper (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Work Experience
Mervyn's Retail: (11, full time, laid off :( )
McDonalds (nasty): (11, 12, full time)</p>

<p>SAT: 1950 (MUCH higher than many of the students ranked in FRONT of me >:( )</p>

<p>I've always been one to challenge myself, and I hope to get into....</p>

<p>Boston University (dream school, except REALLY expensive. yearly income is roughly 13k)
MIT
Franklin Olin College of Engineering
Purdue University
University of Texas at Austin
Rice University (I have a recommendation from Dr. West, a well respected professor at Rice, who has worked extensively in finding the cure for cancer!)</p>

<p>..So?</p>

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<p>Boston University (dream school, except REALLY expensive. yearly income is roughly 13k) - high match
MIT - reach
Franklin Olin College of Engineering - reach (btw, Olin does not have full scholarships anymore; their scholarships now only cover half of the tuition)
Purdue University - match
University of Texas at Austin - match
Rice University (I have a recommendation from Dr. West, a well respected professor at Rice, who has worked extensively in finding the cure for cancer!) - match: urm status and good rec could carry you</p>

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<p>Boston University - high match to low reach
MIT - high reach
Franklin Olin College of Engineering - N/A
University of Texas at Austin - match
Rice University - low match</p>

<p>What would really make your application stronger is a higher SAT score. With your URM status as well as a female engineer, a higher SAT score will carry MUCH more weight with you.</p>

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<p>Except…MIT is very good about recruiting URMs. You may very well have a chance there. You are quite impressive stats-wise, so the other ones- well, I agree with the above statements. Just stand out on the application, and all of these colleges will be begging for your attention.</p>

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<p>Thanks :D</p>

<p>So about my SATs, what score should I be reaching for?</p>

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<p>Oh, wow…I forgot to check your SAT. You want at least a 2180 to be admitted. As an URM you can get away with 2050. Are you Questbridge eligible?</p>