Chance me maybe? (Admitster preview)

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Hey all! I’m a non-traditional student, I’ll be taking a gap year after high school and then continue my educational pursuits.
Stats:
Currently ranked 3 in my class of 643 students.
Already finished all my required credits by the end of Junior Year last year.

State GPA: 3.4865 -(Might have changed a bit) Did horrible Freshman Year
District GPA: 5.07
Dual enrollment student
College GPA: 3.58

Sat:
1st sitting 1940- CR-610 Math-700 W-610
2nd sitting 1980- CR-680 Math-770 W-530
*Writing is my kryptonite.

Will graduate high school with about 74 credits of college coursework therefore I will graduate with both a High School Diploma and an AA degree

First Semester Senior Schedule :
General Chemistry 1 - A
General Chemistry 1 Lab- A
Intro to Engineering - B
Java Programming - A
Western Civ: 1815 to the Present - A
Physics with Calc 1 - A
Physics with Calc 1 Lab - A
AP Calculus BC (Only did 1 semester but took the exam) - A
AP Comp Sci (Only did 1 semester did NOT took the exam) - A

*17 credits 2 APs

Second Semester Senior Schedule:
Advanced College Writing - B
Intro to Philosophy - B
Calculus 2 - C (It burns)
Physics with Calc 2 -B
Physics with Calc 2 Lab-B

*14 credits
*Took AP Calculus AB and AP Physics in Junior Year. 4 in Calculus and 3 in Physics.

Extracurriculars:
Currently President of the Mu Alpha Theta Math Club at my School
Captain of the Academic Challenge Team

  • In a earlier competition I got chosen along with other very bright students to represent my county in the
    State Commissioner’s Academic Challenge at Disney.

Awards-
Second Place SkillsUSA Regional QuizBowl Silver Medal 2014
Third Place SkillsUSA State QuizBowl Bronze Medal 2014
First Place SkillsUSA Regional QuizBowl Gold Medal 2015 (Whoo-whoo got to go to State!!!)
First Place SkillsUSA State QuizBowl Gold Medal 2015 (WHOOO-WHOOO GOING TO NATIONALS IN JUNE!!!)

So that pretty much is a high school career. I want to be an engineer.
As far my Gap Year: In the Summer I will do ReBuild NJ. I will be trained and certified in certain construction tasks and then lead groups of volunteers in the effort to build homes for families that lost their homes in Hurricane Sandy.
In the Fall I will do City Year. I will be assigned to a school where I will help students that are in danger of dropping out bridge the “GAP”. I will be a teacher, tutor and mentor to those kids. I hope to really inspire them.

ON to schools. Below is a picture of top Engineering Schools (I literally just looked up top engineering schools on USNEWS and run down the list) that I have entered into Admitster with my stats.
PLEASE tell me if you feel that this is ACCURATE.

Admitster Preview: imgur.(com)/jtsI4t7

I’m sure that the UC Berkeley and UCLA and some others are off, don’t know.
I will be going to Wisconsin and will establish residency so UW Madison is looking good.
I also want you to tell me how I look for UT, UMich, and UIUC and Cornell.
Thank you so much!!!

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District GPA mean Weighted GPA.

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I’m also thinking of taking the SAT 1 last time.

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Bump. Anybody out there?

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Bump

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Cornell is out of reach. I think UMich and Berkeley are out of reach also. The other ones are a bit more reasonable, but you should probably find some safeties.

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Do you believe a higher SAT score might help me with UMich? I’m thinking of taking it again.

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Studies show that most people don’t improve much when retaking the SAT unless a decent amount of school has occurred between or you do some serious test-taking preparation that you didn’t do before…so if you are just planning to take it again without going into it with something new, then you are unlikely to improve much if at all. Also, I think your GPA is too low for Michigan, even if you got a 2100 on the SAT.

25th percentile at Michigan is 2140 SAT with a GPA of 3.64 (according to colleges.niche.com). You are below both scores. If you plan to be admitted to a school where you are at the 25th percentile level, then you need a MAJOR hook…recruited athlete, amazing EC or personal story beyond the norm.

Wish I had better news for you, but UMich is a stellar school and tough to get into, and your stats just aren’t quite there…in my opinion. Go ahead and apply if you like…you will only lose the application fee at most…just don’t get your hopes up as far as being admitted.

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I like your firmness. Thank you.