Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I sort of want to go into engineering or physics or premed (haven't made that decision yet). </p>

<p>from WA</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 (end of junior year) </p>

<p>SAT: 2020 (this may look good, but its cause of the 770 in math)</p>

<p>AP Classes: Chemistry (4), Environmental Science (5), Physics, US History, English Language, European History, Calculus AB
also took tests for: World History (4), Biology</p>

<p>Honors classes: science in 9th, english in 9th/10th, history in 9th/10th. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: robotics (third place in vrc world), city youth board, library advisory board, volunteer at the hospital irregularly, math club, track and tennis (irregularly), some other non-notable stuff.</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at so far. Add other ideas if you can. Tell me if something is a bad idea. My impression, given minimal research is shown below.</p>

<p>Rice Reach
Johns Hopkins Reach
Carnegie Mellon Reach
U of Illinois U-C Reach
Georgia Institute of Technology Reach</p>

<p>Renessaler match
Case Western Reserve match
Boston University match
Rose-Hulman match
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology match
U of Washington match
Virginia Tech match</p>

<p>Pennsylvania State safety
U of Colorado safety
Purdue safety</p>

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<p>If you are feeling adventurous, try Boston University. It is a perfect match for you. They have a great engineering program.</p>

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<p>xx55xx, thank you for your suggestion. It would be much more helpful if the school was not already on the list I provided. </p>

<p>Am I correct in saying these schools are reaches / matches / safeties as listed?</p>

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<p>is gpa weighted or unweighted?</p>

<p>if unweighted i think ur overestimating the selectivity of rose hulman a bit (its a REALLY great engineering school, just a bit easier to get into). someone please correct me if i’m wrong.</p>

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<p>It’s unweighted. I don’t see the point of a weighted GPA when colleges recalculate ( my school doesn’t do them anyways )</p>

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<p>anyways, if an A in an AP class is a 5.0, then some mental math suggests a 3.7</p>

<p>if honors classes are counted the same way, that is pushed to almost 4.0.</p>

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<p>trinelle, you might be right. there admissions criteria seems really low</p>

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<p>apply ED to either Hopkins or Rice.</p>

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<p>nooob, I might. It really depends</p>

<p>There are six colleges on that list that offer early decision and if I’m doing it, I would have to pick one. I’m probably applying to either Rice, Carnegie Mellon, or Johns Hopkins that way.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins could go either way. I’ve seen people get in with lower stays. They like to diversify based on character especially. That’s about it. Rice is a reach of course BU is a high reach they’re incredibly selective. Switch up rose with purdue and it looks accurate.
Chance back.</p>