Chances for Engineering Colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a student at an early college program, so I take community college classes in conjunction with my high school courses both as a supplement and to satisfy general ed requirements at UCs and CSUs. </p>

<p>-Unweighted 4.0 GPA (from college and high school classes)
-Top 2% of a 51 student graduating class (so... top 1 I guess?)
-Almost half of my courses were (junior, soph, and fresh year) or are (this year) taken at the community college level (Orange Coast College and Coastline Community College) including: Humanities 100, Poli Sci 100, Calc 180, Speech 100, Music History, Spanish 180 A and B, Math 120 (Trig), Math 170 (Pre-Calc), and I will be taking Geology 100 and Anthropology 100
-Only 2 AP course, Literature and Language, but they were the only AP courses my school offered
-2010 SAT (highest was math at 690)
-31 ACT (highest of the scores was a 33 Math)
-Didn't do so well on my Lit and USH SAT subject tests (560 and 650ish respectively), 760 on the Math II. I'm retaking the Lit and maybe USH, and taking the Physics in a week because I know I need a science subject test and I'm really annoyed that I didn't take note and take it the last time I was doing subject tests.
-3 credits of engineering coursework from Johns Hopkins University with an A grade in their "What is Engineering" course, taken over the summer through the Engineering Innovations program</p>

<p>-ECs include MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) since 10th grade, VP in 10th and 11th, now president; took the American Chemistry Society Level 1 Chem test, scored decently, 86%;
-Student Council president this year
-Yearbook staffer</p>

<p>-Our school has no sports program, but I've taken a year and a half of self-defense classes through the community college to fulfill phys ed requirements. </p>

<p>I'm applying to U Michigan-Ann Arbor, MIT, Rennselaer, Embry-Riddle Daytona, Air Force Aca, CSU San Luis Obispo, CSULB, any UC (see note) but UCSD in particular and maybe UC Davis too, Georgia Tech, maybe Naval Aca. </p>

<p>Was thinking about CalTech, but I can't afford it or make it in. </p>

<p>Note: I have an ELC (Elgibility in the Local Context) number for my UC app which guarantees me admission to "a" UC campus, but not necessarily the one I choose.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I should mention, I’m thinking about aero/astro engineering and I’m Asian.</p>

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<p>Your SAT I math score has to be >750 if you ever want to stand a chance at Caltech. Perhaps you should send your ACT score instead of your SAT score. Anyway, you should really try applying to Caltech, since you’ll get only one shot at it, and I’m sure you know that Caltech is one of the best engineering colleges in the world. Who knows, if you write great essays, you might get in.</p>

<p>Oh and don’t worry if you can’t afford the tuition fees, because Caltech does offer great financial aid. If you get in, the committee will make sure that you can afford to attend. :)</p>

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<p>Hmm… well, I’m still thinking about it and I do have some time still. It’s just I’m applying to so many other places already and it’s driving me nuts. Anyway, what about the other colleges?</p>

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<p>Anybody? Please? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>You’re in for all CSUs, and all UC’s with the exception of UCLA and Cal, both of which you still have a fairly good shot of getting in.</p>