Chance me for bioengineering please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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Hi!
I’m an international student currently taking the IB diploma program.

IGCSE

  • English First Lang. (A)
  • Math (A)
  • Biology (A)
  • Business (A)
  • Travel & Tourism (A)
  • ICT (A)
  • English Literature (A)
  • Chinese Foreign Lang. (A)
    TOTAL: 6 A*s, 2 As

IB Predicted

  • Economics HL (7)
  • English Lang. & Lit HL (6)
  • Biology HL (7)
  • Chemistry SL (6)
  • Math SL (5/6)
  • Mandarin ab initio (6/7)
    TOTAL: IB 37-39 (not including bonus marks, hopefully +2)

SAT: 2010 (710 CR, 680 M, 620 W)

ECs:

  • Student Councillor (11th: Head of School Merch, 12th: Senior Councillor)
  • Head of Student Orientation 2015, Student Orientation Group Leader 2014 & 2015
  • Dance (Captain)
  • Head of Public Relations & Mentor for Model Congress Club (first fully student run club in school)
  • Delegate: Yale-NUS Asia Pacific Model UN 2015, Indonesia Model UN 2015
  • Leader of Philippines CAS Camp
  • Leader of Sumatran Tiger Awareness Campaign

Community Service (80 hours): Helped build school and taught tribe children in the Philippines, paved playground at local village school, improved local village water system, ran sponsored laps around field to raise funds for community projects, created a Short Film for Sumatran tiger awareness campaign (attracted WWF/Habitat for Humanity’s attention)

Achievements:

  • International Certificate in Education (Distinction)
  • Top Students Award, 2nd highest academic average (10th)
  • Honorable Mention for school Mock Courts/Trial Competition (11th)
  • Winner of inter-school Dramatic Monologue Competition (9th)
  • Selected for high profile role in school Musicale (9th)

Hopefully my essays are good, been getting reviews from multiple counsellors.

What are my chances of getting into bioengineering? I would really appreciate a response.

Thanks!

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Pitt evaluates by school not by major so this isn’t like JHU that controls for admission for bioengineering. Avg SATs in engineering around 700-710 so you seem like you have good chances

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Pitt engineering doesn’t really work like that. As a freshman, you would be accepted into the general First Year Engineering program. In March of your first year, you choose a specific department. Your college GPA is what keeps you in the engineering program at that point, and as long as your academics meet requirements, you can choose Bioengineering.

Other than that, you probably have a good chance of getting accepted into Swanson (the engineering school).

Good luck!

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umm, bioengineering really doesn’t work by paying tribe children in the Philippines, paved playground at local village school, so i would go into just a specific department if you were really stubborn you would go into bioengineering, you might have a difficult time. this really is to help you, I’m not trying to insult anybody but it might be hard.

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Your community service is commendable and should show any admissions dept that you are well rounded and dedicated. Don’t listen to immature critics out for a cheap laugh.

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@LeenaMaria i’m not sure how you interpreted my community service as “paying tribe children”, nor do i understand how that links to getting into Swanson, but thanks for your insight

@PittChemE2017 oh, I didn’t know that’s how the engineering programs worked at Pitt. thanks for the clarifying this, i really appreciate it!

@amandakayak will do :slight_smile: fingers crossed it’s enough to get accepted. thank you!