Chances at Engineering Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What I'm looking for: An Engineering school (biochem, chemical engineering, applied sciences, possible business degree)</p>

<p>Schools I'm interested in:
-MIT (big reach)
-UC Berkeley
-Wash. U. in ST. Louis
-Carnegie Mellon
-Harvey Mudd
-Harvard</p>

<p>-UMass, Amherst (Safety)
-NC State U. (Safety)</p>

<p>PERSONAL
Me: Sri Lankan, Male</p>

<p>NUMBERS
Unweighted GPA: 3.83 (My school does not give weighted GPAs)
Rank: My school is a hippy, PC place in Western Mass and so there is no ranking. (top 10% est.)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 660CR, 710M, 720W (10 essay)
SAT Subjects: 710 Chemistry, 760 Math Level 2
AP Scores Pending...
-I plan to retake the SAT to boost my CR score, it wasn't my best math test so hopefully i'll improve there.</p>

<p>SCHOOLWORK
Courses: All Honors, doubled up in math sophmore year, took one of the most rigorous courseloads offered.</p>

<p>APs: European History, Latin Literature, Calculus BC (My school does not offer many APs, and we are not allowed to take them until junior year)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
ECs & Activities: Boy Scouts (since 1st grade), Varsity Cross Country Captain, Captain Varsity Indoor Track (12th in Class A mile in state), Outdoor Track, Junior Engineering and Tech. Soc. Comp (Team placed 1st in state), NHS, Student Government (FR), Class Co-President (SO-SR), own a lawnmowing company, Instructor/Asst. Senior Patrol Leader for the National Youth Leadership Training Conference (2004-2006)(Week of community service)</p>

<p>-I regularly volunteer time as a Boy Scout, NHS and other means (organized for my class to raise $3500 for Tsunami Relief)</p>

<p>Experience: Internship at Hampshire College Microbiology - science fair proj (1st in district, 2nd in state), Harvard School of Public Health - my current summer intership working on developing methods of sterilizing aircraft, and killing anthrax spores in HVAC systems.</p>

<p>AWARDS AND HONORS
-Awards for Excellence in Math, Biology, Engineering, English, Computer Sciences from my high school
-Book Award for Business Arts
-Summa cum laude (Gold Medal) National Latin Exam twice, Magna Cum Laude (twice)
- Eagle Scout, Scouting's highest rank
-1st in district Sci. Fair, 2nd in state</p>

<p>-Sorry if it's too much info, but what are my chances? What can i do to improve them? Any other schools i should look at?</p>

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<p>runningSriLankan:</p>

<p>UCB: Reach (out of state, Engineering)</p>

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<p>I think you'll get into these colleges:</p>

<p>Wash. U. in ST. Louis
Carnegie Mellon
Harvey Mudd (maybe)</p>

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<p>You might want to check out Cornell, which sometimes gets the moniker of Best Ivy League Engineering. If it weren't for the cost (even after substantial aid), I might have picked it over Berkeley's engineering program.</p>

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<p>MIT- super reach
Harvard- super reach
UCB- reach
WashU- slight reach
CMU- match</p>

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<p>I agree, if you're interested in engineering and are considering Harvard, I'd definately consider Cornell. Arguably the best ivy in engineering, easier to get into.</p>

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<p>I'm rather interested in Harvard's Public Health program, I'm completing an internship there, and my mom is faculty too - so I thought I'd at least try. But yes I'll look into Cornell. Overall, Carnegie Mellon and Wash. U. are the ones that seem most realistic for me - and they allow me to follow other pursuits such as athletics.</p>

<p>What should i do to become more competitive? Essays? How can i market myself as "different" from other asians?</p>

<p>Thanks all for your responses!</p>