Im an international student from Korea and want to major in aerospace/mechanical engineering. Im a senior and attending a private christian school in Colorado. Here are my numbers
3.81 UW
4.01 W
NHS since sophomore
ACT com 31
R: 26
W: 28
S:33
M: 35
superscore: 32 (S 35, R 29)
SAT (practice test) : 1380 (R 630 M 750)
SAT subject test Math2 : 800
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Chemistry: 3
TOEFL: 105
Planning to take 2 more ACTs and 2 Sats so hoping for a better grade.
Currently taking Calc 2 in a state college (UCCS)
Major courses taken (including this year’s):
Calc AB : A- / B+
Calc 2 : currently taking
Chemistry 1&2 : A / A
Physics : currently taking
Biology : A / A
Honors American Lit : A / A
Honors British Lit : currently taking
Spanish1 : A / A-
Spanish2 : currently taking
EC:
JV soccer : 9,10,11
Debate team : 11,12 (won 3rd place in a novice tournament in Public Forum)
Chapel band : 10,11,12
Community Service:
Hospital ER since this January
Church band since 2013
Springs Rescue Mission (for the homeless)
Angel House (house for mentally ill people)
Awards:
2015 Business Black Box in Korea - our team got in the top 5th among 25 teams and presented in front of CEO and co- founders of companies in Korea.
1st place in school Art Competition (Freshmen)
Im planning to apply for
UCLA & Berkeley
Carnegie
BU (maybe early decision)
GA Tech
UIUC engineering
U of Michigan
NYU
UT Austin
I know Carnegie and Berkeley are super reach for me haha. Would it be a good idea to apply for early decision for BU?
If you want to be an engineer, apply to engineering. Most of the schools listed have very difficult transfer programs to go from say business to engineering.
All of the schools you’ve listed are reaches except maybe NYU. You should try to broaden your list a little bit. If you get into any of the listed schools, you probably won’t get any merit aid. All the listed schools are 45k/year+. I recommend A&M as a good fit and if you get a 1000$+ scholarship, they’ll give you in state tuition. Also
Get the ACT up to a 33 and you’ll have a much better chance. UT specifically is very choosy on OOS students.
BTW, if you go to school and live in Colorado, you can’t be an international student
Well I meant foreign student from another country. Thats what people call us. Im staying in the U.S with a F-1 student Visa. What schools would be my match schools if I am applying for engineering? And do engineering schools look at R and W scores on ACT as much as Math scores? Thanks
Do you qualify for Colorado in-state? If you do you are a US applicant.
The most important thing to a college is the composite score. Of course for an engineer math is the most important then probably English or reading. Science isnt even science, just reading comprehension of data.
A&M is good. Colorado School of Mines. Before I can answer more, how much can you spend a year and do you qualify for financial aid?
