<p>So Im interested in going to school for Engineering, for Fall 2010. I am a rising senior right now and I am wondering what schools would be good matches for me and my SATs, GPA, etc that I could get a decent engineering degree at.</p>
<p>SATs: 1920: (CR 720) (M 610) (W 590)
GPA: 3.65 W
SAT2s: (US hist 700) (MATH2 510 yeah, ouch. should i retake?)</p>
<p>3 years cross country, 1 year lacrosse. Leadership positions in clubs, freshman mentoring programs.
No community service.</p>
<p>I come from a large, competitive public high school in southern california, and I would say im in the top 20% of my class.</p>
<p>I know that my stats arent awesome, but do I have a shot at getting into boulder for engineering?</p>
<p>With those few details you gave us, I would say you have about a 50% chance of being accepted. This school is my second choice for engineering, and keep in mind most people that get into engineering at this school have ACT math scores 27+. </p>
<p>Did you participate on the robotics team at all? Colleges go all over that.</p>
<p>Would it be better for me to just go undeclared and see about engineering after taking some semesters of math/science courses? I am pretty sure I want to go into engineering but it could change.</p>
<p>I’m going to CU-Boulder through dual enrollment, and I’ve got a ton of friends in engineering. One of them was a C student in high school and started in arts/sciences and is trying to transfer to engineering. </p>
<p>It is a good option to start out in arts/sci and transfer to the college of engineering because you’re mainly judged on your first year of college, not high school. That said, if you improve your test scores and write a killer essay, you have a decent shot of getting in. I know a lot of people in the program, and some of them are so stoopid, so if you are above average intelligence, I hope you get in. </p>
<p>I’m actually guaranteed admission into that program, and I have a UW GPA of 3.77… and my test scores are pretty sweet (35 ACT). I think a lot of it depends on test scores. You have to have either a high test score or a strong GPA to get admitted.</p>
<p>All of this said, a ton of people switch out of engineering because it’s just too hard and too rigorous. And, CU-Boulder is really only strong in engineering and physics. If you don’t want to do either of those, or get there and hit the engineering wall, you’re screwed for another program.</p>