<p>Hi, I'm looking to go into chemical engineering or mechanical or computer, and perhaps something along the lines of applied mathematics or mathematical economics.
I am a junior at a pretty competitive school in Illinois and am interested in Harvey mudd, Virginia, rice, Emory, Michigan, pitzer, Carnegie Mellon, and trinity college. What are my chances at these schools, what should I do to increase my chances, and what are some other good schools that match my interests? Any help I'd appreciated.
Here are my credentials:
GPA: 3.6 / 4.1
ACT: 31 composite. (34 math and 33 science) plan on raising to a 32/33.
Class rank: top 31%
A honor roll
EC's (probably my weekest point):
-will have 4 years school volleyball by end of senior year and 5 years of club volleyball. Already have 2 MVP awards for school teams.
-work at Northwest special recreation association where I supervise and work with kids and adults with mental disabilities.
-4 years of some volunteer work through church. Not too much though, honestly.
Ap's and course work:
ap euro history sophomore year. 3 on exam
ap us history, ap psychology, ap calc a junior year.
Will take ap Econ, ap gov, ap computer science, ap calc bc, ap Spanish senior year.
Other than that mostly honors classes and some normal classes. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance. Don't be afraid to be harsh.</p>
<p>Pitzer, trinity, and virginia you’d stand a fair chance of getting into/match.
The rest are reaches. The EC’s are scattered, the academics aren’t superb either.</p>
<p>Your out of state so Michigan becomes significantly harder at that point. Since your math and science ACT scores are great, I’m gonna assume that your reading and english are in the mid to high twenties, which Michigan doesn’t really want.</p>
<p>^ Also remember that Michigan went to the common ap this year, causing an explosion in the number of applications - and likely an increase in their selectivity (lower admit rate, higher ACT scores, etc).</p>
<p>I would rate your chances of a posiive admission outcome as follows:</p>
<p>10% Harvey Mudd College
10% Rice University
18% Emory University
26% Carnegie Mellon University
34% University of Virginia
50% University of Michigan Ann Arbor
58% Trinity College (Connecticut) </p>
<p>I think you’ll probably need to get your GPA a lot higher to have a good shot at some of those schools. Also, I’m not sure if you know this or not, but Harvey Mudd only has a general engineering program, so you can’t really major in chemical, mechanical, or computer engineering.</p>
<p>Do a fair better for pitzer or Harvey mudd? I would think pitzer but Harvey might like my science and math especially if I would major in engineering?</p>
<p>class rank coupled with gpa will probably diminish/almost kill your chances everywhere. Consider applying to more match schools. Rice, Emory, UVA, Harvey Mudd are all high reaches for you. UMich is a mid-reach. Hopefully your gpa/rank go up with jr. year 2nd semester grades.</p>