Chance my D1 - currently a junior - hopeful engineering major

Chance Me / Match Me!
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D would like to major in aerospace or mechanical engineering; right now interested in Villanova, U Md, Lehigh, RPI and RIT . Would also consider schools without aerospace such as Lafayette and Binghamton.

ACT:29 (but has to retake because we didn’t realize some schools want ACT writing - rookie mistake);
GPA UW - 97.1; W - 101 (through end of sophomore year); current gpa 1st and second semesters - UW - 96; W - 105.6.
all courses were pre-IB (freshman and sophomore year) and IB (jr and sr year)
Electives: 2 PLTW Engineering courses; Python; 2 robotics courses

EC: Cross Country - varsity runner 3 years; co captain jr year; all county and all league soph and jr years; rookie of the year
Winter track - varsity 3 years; rookie of the year; all league soph and jr years; leardership award
Spring track - varsity 3 years
State Scholar-athlete award every season

Technology Honor Society - soph year; officer jr year
Math HS, Science HS - jr year
Girls Scholar Athlete Leaders Club - 3 years
Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Award; Gold Award project pending approval

I am worried about her ACT score - she struggles with reading end. I don’t want to discourage her from these schools but I also want to be realistic.

Thank you!

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Has your D tried the SAT? Mine did much better on it than ACT- she is stronger math- does not like the reading comprehension parts of testing. ( she also wanted to work on the reading and we invested in private sat tutoring- was a great $300 investment- her scores went up significantly. She plans to major in chemical engineering and has been accepted into Villanova ( EA) - she is awaiting Lafayette, Lehigh, our state school…Her ACT was 29, her SAT was 1510 (3rd attempt)

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Congrats to your daughter! She feels she is stronger on the ACT Than the SAT so for now we are concentrating on that. She had a tutor who was solely working on the grammar and science portions so we are now searching for someone who will help her with the reading.

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Reading is harder to improve than the Science and Math section, unfortunately. However, more practice would still help.