SAT: 2050
SAT II: 720-Physics, 760- Math II
INTENDED MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
Race: Asian Indian
California Resident
GPA Breakdown (Top 10% of Class):
9-11 UW- 3.68
9-11 W- 4.21
UC GPA (Capped at 8 Honors) -4.0
10-11 UW GPA- 3.69
10-11 W GPA (Uncapped)- 4.23
AP Scores (6 Total in 10-11)- AP Chemistry (3), AP Euro (3), AP Calc AB (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP US History (4), AP Spanish IV (3)
Senior Year Schedule (Rigorous Schedule?)
AP Gov
AP Stats
AP Psych
AP Spanish V
AP Lit
Tennis
Total AP In High School: 11
Extracurriculars:
CSF (3 Years)
Key Club (3 Years)
Taekwondo 3rd Degree Black Belt (13+ Years)
1st Place Cal State Open Taekwondo Tournament
Junior Leadership Team for Taekwondo
Taekwondo Instructor Experience (200 Hours)
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor (50 Hours)
Intern at Social Security Office
Intern at Aerospace Company
Orange County Math Circle Competition-4th Place
Love 2 Read(Library Reading Program)
AP Scholar With Distinction
Academic Connections UCSD Summer Camp (Does this help?)
600+ Community service hours
Please Chance me based on the following schools… I’ll chance back if you leave a link to your post
What other schools should I apply to, should I apply ED to another school besides UPENN?
- USC
- UCLA
- UCSD
- UC Irvine
- UCSB
- Georgia Tech (EA)
- UPENN (ED)
- Princeton
- Cornell
- UMD College Park
- UM-Ann Arbor (EA)
You have a bunch of reach schools on your list. You probably should focus on the lower UCs. UMich CoE is probably around the middle of competitiveness on your list. Their admission average uwGPA is 3.9 while your SAT score is near the 25th percentile.
USC: Low Reach
UCSD: High Match/Low Reach
UCI/UCSB:Match
I agree that you have too many Reach schools and need more solid match and safety schools on your list. Add UCSC or UCD and UCR as solid match/safety schools and drop 2 of your reach schools for a more balanced list.
@Gumbymom What other schools do you think I should apply to besides UCs that are decent for engineering? Is there anyway to make USC a high match?
USC could be a High Match and much will depend upon your essays and LOR’s. Since engineering majors are the most competitive, I would say it could go either way. I would add UCSC and UCR since they have very respectable engineering programs and maybe CSULB/CPP/SJSU and SLO (very competitive engineering programs). I am a strong advocate for the CSU’s since they have academically challenging engineering programs and their graduates are highly sought after by local companies.
UPenn is to high of a reach for you even for ED. Same with Princeton.
USC and UCLA are your reaches with your stats but at least you are not throwing away your application fee.
You should try Purdue if it is affordable to you (~$45k/year).
What school should I ED to then? Cornell @DrGoogle
Do you think the internship at the aerospace company/ social services office would help?
It’s also a reach. Not sure, you should ED school that you most likely will attend.
@DrGoogle So there is no school that is mid-reach that I should ED to? Can you please help me select an ED school. How about Duke (Pratt Engineering)? Thanks
If your SAT was higher I would suggest Vanderbilt. Duke is also a reach. But what’s wrong with EA to Georgia Tech and Michigan. What about EA to UIUC?
@DrGoogle Nothing is wrong with EA but I want to ED to a solid school that’s about a mid-low reach… Any tips or suggestions?
Maybe Rice and WSTUL. You do know that if you are accepted, you must attend the ED school unless fiancé is a problem, so you get no leg up if you can’t attend. You might not be able to choose to stay in state for the low cost UCs. I think you will get into one but not one that you like.
@DrGoogle I know UCLA is a long shot but I’m very close to UCI and UCSD, do you think I have a shot at those?
Yes and also at UCSB and UCD. Your GPA is a little low for UCB and UCLA.