Chances for engineering?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am interested in engineering schools. Chances and suggestions are both appreciated... I am a sophomore.</p>

<p>Stats...
GPA, weighted: 4.53
GPA, unweighted: 4.0
Rank: 1/62</p>

<p>SAT 1 Math: 780
SAT 1 Writing: 790
SAT 1 Verbal: 800</p>

<p>SAT 2 Math 2c: Scores pending, expect 800
SAT 2 Spanish: Scores pending, expect low 700's
SAT 2 Physics: Scores pending, no clue</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
9 FLL robotics
* Team founder, captain, and research director (9)
10-12 FIRST robotics
10-12 Varsity soccer
9-12 Science bowl
* Team's top scorer (10)
9-12 Mock trial
* Opener + 1 lawyer role (9)
* Opener + 2 lawyer roles (10)
9-12 School play
* "My Fair Lady" chorus and queen (9)
* "Grease" chorus (10)
9-12 Girl Scout
9-12 Temple youth group </p>

<p>150+ community service hours:
- Teacher in Honduras (six weeks, in Spanish), 95 hours
- School ambassador (tour prospective students, speak at open houses, etc.), 17 hours
- Robotics camp counselor, 23 hours
- Miscellaneous, 20 - 30 hours</p>

<p>"Occupations":
- Babysitting
- Soccer refereeing
- Math tutor</p>

<p>Awards:
- "Spirit of Riverdale" award (4 per grade for community service, independent work habits, and academic achievement) - school
- 1st place - FLL Robotics research project - regional
- MESD Academic All-Stars all-around category - 3rd place ($1,000 scholarship) - regional; very competitive
- Girl Scout Silver Award
- ESCO robotics competition 2nd place (7 teams competed; all but ours included professional engineers)
- FIRST robotics team awards: Wilsonville "Raging Rookie" award and Scalawag "Coolest Rookie Team" award - regional (in this case larger than state)
- FIRST robotics individual awards: "Star of the Day" (given for safety awareness; only two given out of over 500 people) - regional (once again larger then state)</p>

<p>Misc.
- I am fluent in Spanish and Japanese
- I know a little Hebrew
- I am 13 (and will be 15 when I graduate)</p>

<p>I have taken as many honors as was possible (I am only a sophomore and I already have more honors classes than any seniors in the past have graduated with). No AP classes are offered, but I took the Calc AB exam this year and may take more AP exams in the future. I will also take college courses, including Spanish 301, Spanish 321, Spanish 380, Spanish 390, Math 132 (Calc 2), Math 235 (Differential equations), Math 251 (Calc 3), Math 252 (Calc 4), and Writing 121.</p>

<p>I am interested in:
- Olin college of engineering
- Duke
- MIT
- Harvey Mudd
- Columbia
- USC (University of Southern California)
- Caltech
- Oregon State (safety)
- University of Washington (Safety)</p>

<p>All comments are appreciated.</p>

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<p>bump... bump... bump...
Anyone?</p>

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<p>Olin- It's incredibly selective so I don't know
Duke- match
MIT- it's MIT so you never know
Harvey Mudd- match
Columbia-match
Caltech-slight reach
Oregon State-safety
University of Washington-safety</p>

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<p>actually i checked olins admission rate and it 23% and your stats fit the average admitted student so i think you'll have a decent chance there</p>

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<p>you're a sophomore so I don't think you can necessarily predict that you'll be in all the clubs you're in now for the next two years. Also, how do you know the classes won't get harder and you're GPA may slip. give it time before you starting thinking about colleges, it'll only complicate your life. Just keep concentrating on your schoolwork.</p>

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actually i checked olins admission rate and it 23% and your stats fit the average admitted student so i think you'll have a decent chance there

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<p>That's 2 years ago. This year, 100 out of 1054 applicants were accepted, making it 9.5% acceptance rate (probably the toughest school to get into in the country, consider the pool is more self-selecting and essay topics aren't easy compared to those of Harvard and Yale).</p>

<p>It could be different 2 years from now, but if not much changes, Olin is pretty much a reach for everyone.</p>

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<p>How many people do you know have stats like that at the age of 13?????? He is in wherever he wants..He's a child prodigy..If he isn't lieing...</p>

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<p>"lieing"</p>

<p>pistons fans... LOL</p>

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<p>Sheed30: haha Agreed. I'm only 14 and a soph and definitely don't have stats like his. The only thing that is believable is the fluence of languages. If I tried hard enough, I could have been fluent in Spanish, but our spanish teacher sucked, so I'm only really fluent in English and Russian.</p>

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<p>Lol, 3-1 pistons are still up...Chicago got lucky since sheed had a bad shooting night...</p>

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<p>its because of people like sishu7 that I'm most likely not going to apply to colleges as an engineering major. My college counselor says that engineering is the toughest field right now... I think I'll stick with a Japanese major...</p>

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<p>Something is definitely wrong with this picture.</p>

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<p>what the heck... who gets a 2370 as a sophmore SIIIICK</p>

<p>Olin- match
Duke- match
MIT- it's MIT so you never know
Harvey Mudd- match
Columbia-match
Caltech-slight match
Oregon State-safety
University of Washington-safety</p>

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<p>
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Olin- match
Duke- match
MIT- it's MIT so you never know
Harvey Mudd- match
Columbia-match
Caltech-slight match
Oregon State-safety
University of Washington-safety

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<p>With the MIT reasoning, you could say this:</p>

<p>Olin- it's Olin so you never know
Duke- it's Duke so you never know
MIT- it's MIT so you never know
Harvey Mudd- it's Harvey Mudd so you never know
Columbia-it's Columbia so you never know
Caltech-it's Caltech so you never know</p>

<p>Why is MIT so special? It's admission is just like that of the other top schools'.</p>

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<p>I am NOT lying... if I couldn't pull this off I wouldn't have skipped so many grades.</p>

<p>But honestly - do you think my age will help me? Because it might be the opposite, raising all sorts of concerns. I know Duke would be worried (I talked to an adcom about it), although MIT is pretty used to young students...</p>

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<p>yes, your age will help you....</p>