Chances at several top notch Engineering schools...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Area of Major: Engineering/Computer Science
High School: Public School, Ranked #1 in Ohio by US News or Time, whoever did a big article on public schools last year
Rank: No rank, 3.8 weighted GPA probably about 3.5 unweighted, had a poor freshman year 3.3 weighted but since then probably have about .3 or .4 higher every year after
AP Classes: Comp Sci A / AB (Both 5s), Calc AB (5), Physics B (4), US History (3 ouch), Calc BC (taking now), Biology (taking now), Gov (taking now)
Honors Classes: Honors English 9th, 10th, 12th Grade, Honors Algebra 2 9th Grade, German 5 12th Grade
SAT: 1430 (790 m/640 v)
ACT: Taking next week Im guessing 32-34 range
SAT II: Taking next month (I know down to the wire but Im guessing 750 Math II, 700 Physics)</p>

<p>Extras:
German Club 9th-12th Grade (Co-President 11th/12th)
JV Golf 9th-10th
Job ~7 hours a week for 3 years, includes store manager position
Job ~10 hours a week for 2 years
Online Business: Started with a friend, turned into a weekly commitment of about 10 hours a week 9th-11th grade</p>

<p>Recs:
Very Very Strong/well written rec from Computer Science teacher
Strong-Very Strong/maybe not so well written rec, but from Physics teacher so what can you necessarily expect?</p>

<p>I really feel like if I cant get into any of these schools, then theres really no school that fits me very well. I visited Northwestern and Michigan and didnt really like either, but these are all reach schools for me. I cant find anything thats below these schools as far as engineering is concerned besides big public universities. Id like to do interviews at all 3 because I feel like Im probably more personable and socially capable than a lot of potential applicants at these schools. I know my ECs are my weakest point but I hope that work experience will help me to make up for my lack of in school ECs. Im a white male by the way. </p>

<p>I dont know of anyone else from our school that has gone to any of these schools, but one of my best buds has me beat on nearly everything other than recommendations and he is applying to Cornell and Rice, but he really wants to go to Rice. I dont know if this hurts my chances at getting into Cornell or Rice.</p>

<p>Colleges:
Reaches: Rice, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon
Safe/Match: Ohio State Honors, Virginia Tech</p>

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<p>bump any ideas please........</p>

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<p>Ahhh yes and I plan to go ED at Johns Hopkins if I like it after I visit.</p>

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<p>No ED on Johns Hopkins now... REPLY PLEASE...</p>

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<p>which high school do you go to?(im from around cleveland) and aren't you going to take the new SAT? online business sounds interesting if its any good..</p>

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<p>I did. I got a 630 writing, but most schools I guess arent looking at that anyways. Im from Chagrin Falls High School. The problem with the online business is that it fell in on itself a year ago cause the record label we sold stuff for got big enough that basically it didnt want to deal with us unless we sold x amount, way more than was feasable. Ive been told before to write my essays on it though.</p>

<p>My counselor told me today that she thinks I should not go ED, and Ill get into Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Vanderbilt most likely, and Virginia Tech and OSU Honors definitely. She said Rice would definitely be a reach though. Im not so confident, but she told me she has seen plenty of people with little in school extracurriculars but solid, dedicated jobs get into highly selective schools like the ones Im applying to.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>buuuuuuuuuuuuump</p>

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<p>i think your verbal score might hurt you at cornell and rice... and jhu's ed acceptance rate isn't much higher than their rd, so yeah, i can see why your counselor discouraged you from applying ed.</p>

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<p>Yeah I was worried about that, but still its not like 640 is too far down its right around 25th percentile at most of those schools. I mean obviously thats not where you want to be, but Im hoping my ACTs will be atleast 30 in all parts.</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>2/12 posts are mine please any thoughts?</p>

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<p>wow why no help for me??</p>

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<p>why do my topics never get posts??</p>