<p>I made a similar chance thread to this before, but some of my data was wrong and I've made some school changes.</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>Illinois Institute of Technology
Purdue University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan (I'd kill to get in here)
Northwestern (big big reach)</p>
<p>*Location: Chicago, IL
*Gender: Male
*Ethnicity: African American
*School: #3 High School in Illinois. Magnet school.
*Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>*UW GPA: 3.3 (It hurts just typing it. But it was not gotten from laziness...I work really hard :()
*W GPA: 4.1
*Class Rank: School doesn't tell us our rank (I think to prevent students from sabotaging one another).
*ACT: 30 (E:31 R:32 M:29 S:27)
*APs: European History (3), United States History (4)
*Senior APs: Physics B, Human Geography, Spanish</p>
<p>*Schedules: (students take 6 courses a year, including required graduation stuff like art, music, and gym)
*Freshman Schedule: 1 honors course, no APs (all I was allowed to take)
*Sophomore Schedule: 3 honors courses, no APs (again, all that was allowed for me to take)
*Junior Schedule: 4 honors courses, 2 APs
*Senior Schedule: 3 APs, 2 Honors courses</p>
<p>AP Physics B
AP Human Geography
AP Spanish
Honors Calculus (had to take Precalculus over summer, so school will not let me take AP)
Honors World Literature
Band (required music credit for graduation)</p>
<p>*Extra-Curriculars:</p>
<p>unior Varsity Baseball: 9,10 (Yep that's it. Although I've been playing since I was 4, the game just wasn't fun anymore and I chose not to try out the next year. I would've made it too.)</p>
<p>*Volunteering, Programs, Etc.:</p>
<p>-Worked for school program called "Freshman Connection", where incoming Freshmen take classes in the summer to prepare for High School. Paid position.
-Volunteer work for Le Penseur Youth & Family Services, which helps inner city youths and adults get education, find work, etc.
-Applied and accepted into the University of Michigan Summer College Engineering Exposure Program. 10 day program which lets students live on campus and work with actual Michigan faculty. And it's free :D</p>
<p>*Essays/Recs: I think it's a bit pointless to list whether my essay will be "good" or not because I think everyone is going to say their essay is good. I really like auto racing though, and will likely write about that. My grandfather and I attend NHRA drag races and NASCAR races annually. And last summer we went to Quebec to see the Grand Prix Du Canada Formula One race. My grandfather loves Lewis Hamilton (because he's black lol). It was the best thing ever.</p>
<p>As you can see, my unweighted GPA kills me. I take the toughest classes that my school will allow me to and although I try my best, I wind up with a lot of B's. Plus my school is very stingy with the A's. In most classes 93 and up is an A but some teachers make it 95 and up. I just wish it could be 90 and up like grade school...that'd be so nice. Also my ECs are pretty weak. A lot of the clubs at my school are just uninteresting, and I'd rather not join them to pad my app and be miserable. I qualified for NHS but didn't want any part in it. </p>
<p>Also, do public schools even consider race? I read somewhere that publics aren't legally allowed to base admissions on race. But then again, Illinois has that huge clout scandal going on so who knows what factors go into admission...</p>
<p>I'll try chance you back if you put a link in the thread, although I don't know very much about the whole college admissions process myself, so my information might not be very valuable.</p>
It’s only 6 schools.</p>