Chances for NCSU, UVA, Georgia Tech, Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Basic Info:
-Male
-Asian Indian
-North Carolina resident
-Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering or Comp Science

Stats:
-GPA: 3.72UW, 4.38W
-ACT: 34 (twice), superscore 35
-SAT Subject: Math Level 2 (770), taking Physics in August
-Rank: Not sure, but definitely top 10%.

AP Classes:
-AP Calc AB: 5
-AP Calc BC: 5
-AP Macroeconomics: 4
-AP Env. Science: 4
-AP Lang: 3
-AP Seminar: 4
-AP Stat: (taking in senior year)
-AP GovPol: (taking in senior year)
-AP Psych: (taking senior year)

AP Scholar with Distinction

ECs:

  • Member of teen group at local science museum that organizes science talks and presentations, interaction with numerous scientists
  • Teen forum member at local science museum
  • Key club member, over 100 service hours
  • 4 years on FRC robotics team, numerous awards and distinctions through team
  • Marketing Lead on FRC Robotics team
  • Led several robotics camps for elementary schoolers through FRC team
  • Playing piano for 10+ years
  • Volunteered at local science museum over the summer for 30+ hours

Strong essay writer, strong teacher recs

Schools I’m applying to:
NCSU, UNC, UVA, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Maryland, MIT, VTech, Clemson, Purdue, UCLA, Cornell, Duke, Vanderbilt

Wondering my chances on these schools, any help is appreciated. Thx!

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Cornell, UCLA, Duke, Vandy, MIT High reaches–unlikely
UCB, GT, UNC, UVA high matches

Rest you should be fine. Is your HS well known among all these schools? I’m surprised your 3.72 puts you in the top 10%. DSs 3.93 puts him just below 10% at his school.

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Thanks for the tip!

School is well known, but ranks GPA based on weighted GPA. Class size is about 700

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Bump

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I don’t know that much about a lot of the schools on your list, but wanted to point out to the others that I believe your GPA is on a 5 point scale since you’re in NC, making it very competitive. You should get into NCSU, UNC, Purdue and VT. I really don’t know enough about the rest. Good luck!

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I would say “UCB, GT, UNC, UVA” are reaches for you too, considering your unweighted GPA and being “Male
-Asian Indian”.