Chance me please :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Purdue University
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm currently a junior in high school and I'm really excited for college admissions in the not too distant future. I took the formatting from the decisions thread to make it simple</p>

<p>Out-of-State for Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33(expected)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis):By graduation will take 11 AP classes (20 for honors & AP).</p>

<p>So far took two tests my sophomore year.
- sophomore year: AP Micro Econ (4) & AP US Government (4)
- junior year: AP Biology, AP English, AP US History, AP Calculus AB
- senior year: AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP Macro Econ, AP English, AP Psych</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP Macro Econ, AP English, AP Psych, Honors Latin 4, Concert Choir, Leaders Gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major really</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
by the end of senior year
- 4 years cross-country (co-captain) - Varsity, all-conference
- 3 years Math tutor (max years I could do it, as it starts from sophomore)
- 3 years bowling (sophomore, junior, senior) (not specifically assigned captain) - Varsity
- 2 years volleyball(freshman, sophomore)
- DECA (made it to state)
- Youth and Government
- 1 year swimming(freshman) (I don't think I'll put this on my resume)
- A bunch of other various clubs, but to be honest they don't really mean anything
Job/Work Experience: 12 Hours a week as a cashier at grocery store (promoted once)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer every summer at a hospital, roughly 150 hours in total
Summer Activities: Work, volunteer at hospital, and during one summer visit family in Europe
Essays: I feel as if I will put a lot of effort into them, and as a decent writer, I expect that they will be pretty good, but then again everyone thinks their essay is phenomenal.
Teacher Recommendation: one will be awesome from my AP Physics teacher, one will be my English teacher (is super nice), lastly one will be from my bowling coach who is also my gym leaders teacher.
Counselor Rec: one of the cross-country coaches, should be good.
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): USA (was born in Europe, and no worries I am a permanent citizen)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80-90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really, but might help that I was not born here and I have no family (except some randoms I hardly know) that went to college here.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Course rigor, percentile, upward trend
Weaknesses: GPA (3.75), some poor grades in math my freshman year, not being in AP Calc BC</p>

<p>General comments: Will also apply to
UIC, NIU (as my safety) , Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, IIT, UIUC, and University of Wisonsin - Madison</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t you get into Purdue? The admission rates are very high. Accept all the AP credits that you can, because you will be ahead of the curve. This way, you can take lighter loads when are you in your 3rd and 4th year of engineering. What is your top choice by the way (or your top three choices in order)? Your 3.75 GPA is high school is fine and not a weakness.</p>

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<p>“Why wouldn’t you get into Purdue?” Although I know my stats are fortunately above the average, I always tend to doubt myself. It’s an awful curse to live with…</p>

<p>To answer your question thought</p>

<p>Here are my choices in order (if I get into all, if I don’t my top choice would be the next choice on the list)</p>

<p>1) Northwestern (1st because I can still get a great education, well-known name for job prospects, and the campus is amazing for me.
2)UIUC (probably won’t get into Northwestern so its likely I’ll go here)
3(tied))Carnegie Mellon & Purdue
5)University of Wisconsin - Madison
6)UIC
7)IIT (would be a bit higher, but I dislike a small school and the neighborhood is awful)
8)NIU</p>

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<p>Your stats and ECs put you in a good position; I think you will be accepted at Purdue. But even though I am a huge fan of Purdue and Purdue’s engineering program, I think you would be better off at U of I as an Illinois resident. It would be hard for me to justify paying out of state tuition at Purdue when you have an excellent engineering school in your home state.</p>