<p>Hello everybody, would like to know my chances for next year, college of engineering</p>
<p>GPA: 3.72 (huge upwards trend- (3.2 9th grade, 3.8 10th grade, 4.0 11th grade)
ACT: 36
(English: 35, Math: 36, Reading: 35, Science: 36)</p>
<p>7AP's- including Physics C, Calc AB/BC, Chem, etc.</p>
<p>In state- very large public high school</p>
<p>EC's- decent leadership, good commitment</p>
<p>NOTE: I've had a commited job for two summers, working with a tech company as a computer analyst. Also- this summer, I'm conducting research on nano-particles with a professor at Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Awards: Likely national merit finalist, published short story, etc.</p>
<p>Worried about my gpa- let me know how i stand! Thanks in advance:)</p>
<p>As long as you get a near 4.0 this semester, I’d say you have a decent chance.</p>
<p>You will get in as long as you keep it up. Match-High Match</p>
<p>Are you people kidding? 36 - In period.</p>
<p>Depends…think it’s a match with your ACT. Not sure how likely though with the gpa</p>
<p>Your chances are good, thanks to your 3.9 GPA (sophomore-present) and excellent ACT result. Your 3.2 GPA Freshman year will be forgiven. There are no certainties of course, but you definitely have a reasonable chance.</p>
<p>I’m with Wayne</p>
<p>Are you serious? 36? Try Ivys + Other prestigious schools as well</p>
<p>FraNeighbor, most Ivies are not worth applying to for Engineers. I would definitely apply to MIT, Stanford and Princeton. Those are the only schools I would pick over Michigan for undergraduate engineering. I would also apply to some Michigan peers that are equally well regarded overall, and also strong in Engineering. That would include Cal, CMU, Cornell, Northwestern and Rice among others.</p>
<p>I would add on USC, Columbia, Duke, Penn, and Georgia Tech as well but that’s a pretty good list Alexandre provided.</p>
<p>@alexandre But what about other engineering-famous univs like purdue and uiuc?</p>
<p>The schools I listed are your reaches. Purdue is a safety and UIUC is a match. TAMU, VTech and Wisconsin-Madison are other excellent safeties. GT and Texas-Austin are excellent matches.</p>
<p>Would Cal / CMU be reaches given they dont consider Freshman GPA?</p>
<p>If Cal/CMU don’t consider Freshman GPAs, then Cal/CMU would jump to being high matches for the OP.</p>
<p>Cal (particularly for OOS applicants) and CMU are reaches for virtually all applicants. By the way, I am fairly certain that MIT, Princeton and Stanford also discard freshmen grades.</p>
<p>It all comes down to what your major is. Look up those rankings, apply to them with few safeties. Done. In.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the replies!</p>