<p>Hello and thanks for reading. I attend a top ranked public high school that sends students to ivy league and other top schools each year. I am a white male without any legacy.
GPA: 3.75 uw, weighted - pretty damn high
SAT:M/V/W = 780/800/660 :(
SAT II: Physics: 780, Math II: 800
AP:Comp Sci A:4
Comp Sci AB:5
Gov't: 4
Calc BC:5
Physics C elec: 5
Physics C mech: 5
World History: 5
Stat: 5</p>
<p>All the rest of my classes are honors, including band :)</p>
<p>Varsity Crew 9,10,11,12 -- captain 2006, 2007 -- coxswain
JV Wrestling 9
Physics club, Math Honors Society, Science Honors Society, NHS
Green Schools, environmental club
Plenty of community service, will receive award for 240+ hours when I graduate.
Did Center for Talented Youth, a program run by Johns Hopkins where I took a programming course
Took intro to electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins -- got an A
Last summer I spent a month in the Virgin Islands doing community service work and building a playground at the school on the island
I am currently doing a SEAP internship at the Naval Research Lab</p>
<p>I am in a jazz quartet(drums) that gets pretty frequent gigs around the DC metro area. I am going to send in a recording of the group with my applications. I also play in the pit orchestra of my school's musicals.</p>
<p>I should get excellent rec's and write good essays.<br>
What are my chances at Cornell Engineering, Northwestern Engineering, U Chicago, Princeton eng, Stanford eng, Wash U eng, and MIT eng. </p>
<p>I am thinking about applying early to Cornell. I understand that it is impossible to guarantee admission to any top school, but I just want to know about what I can expect.</p>
<p>Thank you all,
Robert S, the nervous engineer</p>
<p>i wud say in at u chicago, nw, cornell, wash u. no one is a shoo in at princeton, mit, or stanford, but id say 7 out of 10 times u get into those schools. does that help? nice stats and good luck</p>
<p>Chicago has no engineering program. I assume you're interested in Chicago's physics major, but I don't think you'll like the lack of engineers if that's what you're going for.</p>
<p>Again, thanks to all who have posted.<br>
unalove, yes, for U Chicago, I am interested in the physics major. I am very torn right now between pursuing a physics or engineering major. I think that even if I go undergrad engineering, I will go for my masters and hopefully Phd in physics.
Castel, which school in California? I am definately looking at Stanford. I don't think I am going to apply to CalTech because of the social life. Do you mean UCLA or UC Berkley?</p>
<p>A bit of extra information would be helpful.</p>
<p>Can you tell us your GPA without your freshman year, and tell us how many honors/AP/IB courses you took (and which ones), and your GPA by year (so we can see the trend).</p>
<p>The reason I ask for this is that both Princeton and Stanford do not consider freshman year grades, while most of the other schools do. Also, many schools on your list do not count the SAT writing section (mostly, just the UC campuses count this), which means that you have much better odds at schools which are not UCs. </p>
<p>Thanks again. I don't have the exact answers for my year by year gpa, but I have a definite upwards trend. Except for one class (honors health my 1st semester junior year), I have received all A's since 2nd semester my sophmore year. My Freshman year GPA was around 3.4, and I guess my sophmore + junior year GPA is around 3.9
I took 8 AP tests, which is 7 AP classes, since the AP Physics class takes 2 tests.
Just about every non-AP class I took was honors except gym (required;no honors:2 semesters) and 1 semester of band (but still the highest band offered)
I also have taken 3 years of Spanish,but only my Spanish 3 grade will show up on the transcript since I took the first 2 years in middle school.
Thanks
Robert S.</p>
<p>My school doesn't rank, so I don't have a good number, top 10% for sure, maybe top 5%. My class is a bit over 500 kids and the "top tier" kids are super competitive.</p>
<p>MIT doesn't count writing so don't worry about the 660 too much. Princeton, Stanford, and MIT are reaches here but they are attainable. If you apply ED to Cornell Eng...you're basically in. Wash U, as you probably know, likes to waitlist kids so I don't know how to assess your chances. Northwestern is a high match and UChi depends on your essays, but they don't have enginneering. Might I suggest UCB, UIUC, and JHU? I think you'd get into those schools. Good luck!</p>