Northern California
Asian-Indian, Male
Major: Environmental Engineering
GPA: 3.8 (9 - 11)
SAT (March): 1460 / 1600 (760 M , 700 E)
Class Rigor:
Sophomore: Honors Chemistry
Junior: Honors Spanish 4, AP English Language, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Environemtal Science
Senior: N/A (Am a junior)
Work: 16 hours / week at a local restaurant
Considering Solar Internship for 20 hrs/week in summer
E/Cs: School Volleyball (JV and Captain Freshman year, Varsity Sophomore and Junior Year)
Science Alliance (Mentor)
YMCA Youth and Government (Elected position statewide Chief Sergeant at Arms)
Link Crew (Application process)
Boy Scouts
National Honor Society
MCA Score for Cal Poly: 4561.64
Schools:
Dream: Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, University of Michigan
Target: LeHigh
UC Davis
UC San Diego
Santa Clara University
Safety: SDSU
San Jose State
Alabama(Presidential Scholarship)
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Cal Poly SLO is my top school, however, competition seems to be rather competitive. Any feedback is much appreciated. Thanks!
Yeah, you’ve got a solid chance at a lot of these places. I think, in general, you don’t need that may safeties, and should apply to some more target/dream places. Also, I’d really encourage you do do an internship; mine convinced me I wanted to do engineering, and gave me something good to write about. Probably the biggest weakness I see is your lack of super hard courses, but that could just be a product of your school. Without further ado:
Umich: One of the harder 2 on your list, you have around a 35% chance as it stands. If you could bump your SAT to a 1500+ or do well in some competitions, something to make your application stand out more, you could up your chances.
Cal SLO - Don’t fully understand MCAs, but your otherwise profile roughly fits their engineering department. 40-50%
UCSB- I would consider a target or borderline safety, unless their environmental engineering department is way more selective than the general school.
Lehigh - 50%
UC Davis: 55% chance
UCSD: 40% chance
Santa Clara: 60% chance
SJ State: 90% chance
Alabama: 85% chance, scholarship is more questionable.
Oregon: 90% chance
UW: 90% chance
Overall, I think you could be applying to a few more reach-y places and a few less safeties. Throw your hat in the ring at Berkeley if you’re in state, UIUC has great environmental engineering, so do UT-Austin and Gtech, which I would all consider possible for you, and would have stronger EE programs than a lot of the places on your list. Good luck.
Would you mind chancing me back?
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1965690-chance-me-at-top-engineering-schools-ill-chance-back-everyone-who-wants-to-be.html#latest