<p>Currently a junior, race second-generation Hispanic (dad is Salvadorian, mom is Mexican)
Location: Germantown, Tennessee (suburb of Memphis)
GPA: unweighted 3.34, weighted 3.7 something (sorry forgot lol). My school uses a very tough grading system where 93-100 is an A and 85-92 is a B. I also go to one of the top 5 public schools in Tennessee.
Class Rank: 186/566
Avg. Grade: 91.09
Honors I've Taken: Honors Geometry, Honors English, Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors Spanish III, Honors Algebra II
Honors Currently Taking: Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Spanish IV
APs I'm Taking: AP Chem, AP Bio
Next Year's Honors/AP: AP Calc BC, Ap Physics C: Mech, AP Statistics
my grades have definitely improved a LOT since freshman/sophmore year. 1st semester this year got all As and 1 B.
SAT: 800-M/640-R (yuck)/740-W (10 on essay)
ACT: 30 overall :/
PSAT: 206 overall
EC: Member of Model United Nations, member of 30+ Club, member of the high school bowling team. I have been bowling since 2000 and have won numerous citywide and statewide competitions and also a scholarship. I also play tennis and raquetball recreationally. I'm planning to get a lot of service hours this summer once I'm done studying for my AP exams, and also I'm going to 2 engineering-related summer camps.
Other: 2nd statewide in the National Spanish Exam, 2007, National Hispanic Scholar, National Commended Student
Intended Major: Materials Science/Enginnering or Chemical Engineering. I'm very interested in nanotechnology.</p>
<p>Your GPA is low, but your class rank will hurt you the most. Raise that up.
Try to raise your ACT up to 31 or 32 if possible. Engineering average is 30-33.</p>
<p>As you currently stand, your chances are fairly low. Your ethnicity will help you, and you seem to have a pretty solid dossier of ECs.</p>
<p>Can't I just send my SAT instead? I did much better on that than my ACT.</p>
<p>Also I am pretty sure I'm going to get straight A's this semester, hopefully that will help me.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are fine. No need to retake anything. It would help if you could raise your class rank, and do well on your AP exams this year. I'm not sure going to a "top 5 public school in Tennessee" would help much, since state schools generally don't have the time to keep track of high schools from out of state, but affirmative action would give you a slight boost.</p>
<p>My stats have increased a bit.</p>
<p>GPA is now 3.42 on a 7-point scale
My average grade is now a 91.68
Any other chances? People on the chances forum are saying I'm a lock-in but I don't believe them, lol.</p>
<p>bump.......</p>