Chances for college of engineering

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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Hello all, I’m applying to the college of engineering. I was deferred from UPenn and would really like to stay close to home for college, so I’m very interested in Villanova. I was wondering if in the admissions process there was any difference in which major you apply to? Are certain ones easier, etc. Also, how can you express interest in the school? The essay isn’t very specific to Villanova. I’m worried because I’ve seen some applicants with high stats get waitlisted or rejected. Thank you! These are my stats:

half Indian, half Caucasian female; I live in Pennsylvania
GPA: 4.17/4.33 UW (unweighted; all As and A+s)
Class Rank: 4/330ish
SAT I: 2230 (Math 800, Writing 760, CR 670), took twice- first time I got 2170
SAT II: Math II - 780, Spanish 630, Biology M 630 (I am going to take this again; I didn’t study for it)
ACT: 34 (English 34, Math 34, Reading 32, Science 36), took once
AP: Lang and Comp - 3, Statistics - 5, Microeconomics - 5
APs for Senior year: APUSH, Spanish, BC Calc, Physics C, Pyschology (self study)
other classes for senior year: level 1 Sociology, level 1 World Writers, level 1 Creative Writing, level 1 Humanities (my school does levels 1-3–1 is the highest)

Awards:
-Springfield College Book Award
-Other school awards for academic achievement (honor roll, top 10, etc…)
-Language district contest awards (3rd place Latin I and Spanish III Honorable Mention Spanish IV)
-Silver Medal (“Plata”) in National Spanish Exam (Spanish III)

ECs:
-Dance (every year; ~10 hours a week plus several hours at competitions and conventions for a studio outside of school; I am on a competition team; this is year-round)
-Science Olympiad (9th and 10th grade only; I unfortunately was forced to quit because I had to miss three months of school the beginning of 11th grade for medical reasons)
-Physics Olympics (10th grade and I will participate senior year as well)
-National World Language Honors Club (11th and 12th)
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society; 11th and 12th)
-Pi Lambda Sigma (English Honors Society; 11th and 12th)
-National Honors Society (NHS; 11th and 12th)
-Optimist Club (a community service club; 9th grade)
next year I plan on doing Interact Club (a different community service club) and possibly an Economics Academic Competition team.

Community Service: miscellaneous projects through the school, tutoring for clubs at school, volunteering at Cradles to Crayons
Work Experience: worked at dad’s office summer and into senior year.

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please someone help me out!

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Hi!

I know the School of Buisness looks at SATs the hardest. I don’t know much about the engineering school, but i think my friend said it goes Liberal Arts -> nursing / engineering -> VSB in terms of flexibility & how critical sats are.

I too am from PA & missed 3 months of school my jr yr because of medical reasons!!! I applied liberal arts & because i visited campus a bunch of times i figured out a way to relate the essay to Villanova.

If you want PM me :slight_smile:

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your stats are good. your lack of leadership skills is a bit concerning.

Also, villanova is a pretty big service oriented school. I don’t know if admissions takes that into account, but having a good set of community service experiences will definitely be a plus.

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OP: your stats and EC’s are on par with my D who was accepted into engineering (early action) for the fall of 2015. We Here’s a link to the common data set. Look at C7 to see what’s impt for admission.

http://www1.villanova.edu/content/villanova/enroll/statreports/_jcr_content/pagecontent/download_7/file.res/CDS_2014-2015_v2.pdf

Best wishes to you.

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You’re stats are very good, so you don’t need to place emphasis on academics in your supplemental essays. You should focus on leadership and service (if possible incorporate diversity) since that is the focus after academics. I’m not sure how the current supplemental essays are phrased but for me there were two: Augustinian values -> service and community/inclusiveness, and what are you passionate about -> leadership.

I’m a senior engineer so pm if you like. Good luck, I think you’ll get in.