<p>Ok, so I'm a white female who attends high school in Chicago. Right now I'm a Junior. I think that my ECs are my weakest point. Chance me!</p>
<p>Schools:
Columbia (engineering)i know its a reach...
Northwestern (engineering) my brother goes there.
UChicago
Brown (also a reach...i know. I was thinking maybe the dual brown+RISD degree thing)
Tufts (engineering)
NYU
Washington University in St. Louis (engineering)</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 4.63 (i'm planning on getting that up to a 4.75 by the end of Junior year)
Rank: 26ish/620 i think that's top 4%
I took AP Euro sophomore year and got a 5 on the AP exam</p>
<p>This year I'm taking 2 AP classes, AP US history and AP English Lang
I'm also taking Art 2,
Italian 3 acc,
French 1 acc,
Acc. Math Analysis,
and Acc. Physics.</p>
<p>Next Year, I plan to take:
AP English Lit
AP Physics
AP Psych
Art 3
Acc. Italian 4
AP BC Calc</p>
<p>Ok, so I did pretty bad on the Practice ACT in September. I got a 29.<br>
But I'm going to be taking a pretty rigorous Princeton Review ACT class leading up to the April 10 ACT. I think this will help me because my major problems are not finishing, and freezing up.
My goal act is a 33. (my brother got the same PACT score as me and ended up with a 34)</p>
<p>Activities (now here's my problem):
Speech Team ( I won some like 3rd place medals...maybe I'll do good at sectionals)
French Club
Newspaper
I volunteer at the local Art center in my neighborhood.
I'm doing an "Assistantship" at SAIC (School of the art institute of Chicago) for a Film Class.</p>
<p>My issue is that I wasn't exactly informed about ECs. I didn't realize top schools wanted you to do like a million things and win a million awards and such to get in until like the end of sophmore year. Then I realized that a lot of my peers had been preparing since like 7th grade.<br>
I'm a very good writer, so I know I can write a killer admissions essay.
I was also thinking I should try winning some writing contests or something like that?</p>
<p>Also, will being a female and applying for an engineering program help me get in at all?
Will having a brother at Northwestern Help me get in there?
I'd really appreciate some tips.
And I feel a bit idiotic for not even considering the University of Illinois for Engineering since it has like a top engineering rank, but since I live in chicago, 60+ kids from my grade will be attending U of I, and I don't really like the kids at my High School...haha. Plus, I think I'd hate a huge state school. </p>
<p>ok Chance me!
thanks!</p>