Chances for UMich, UIUC, etc.? **WILL CHANCE BACK**

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a junior from New Jersey with a rigorous schedule -- will have 9-10 APs completed by the end of senior year as well as Calc 3/4 through dual enrollment at my local community college. I want to do engineering, so chance me for UMich, UIUC, GTech, Purdue, and UTexas.</p>

<p>Stats:
UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 4.55
SAT: 2050 - 610 CR, 790 M, 650 W (first sitting, will retake in June hoping for a 2200+)
ACT: 28 - 33 E, 30 M, 24 R, 26 S, 7/12 W (first sitting without any preparation at all, will retake in Fall hoping for a 32+)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
I will be getting them from my math teacher who I'll have for 3 out of my 4 years at high school, my biology/anatomy teacher who I had for 2 years, and my physics teacher who I'll have for 2 out of my 4 years at high school. My math and physics teachers both have PhDs in their respective subjects, and my biology/anatomy teacher is a doctor as well as he is a former surgeon. I know I will get amazing recs. from them, so will their credibility help my application a lot?</p>

<p>ECs:
Math Club - (9-12, President) - active participation the past four years and attended a multitude of local/regional competitions
Physics Club - (9-12, Vice President) - active participation the past four years and attended a regional Physics Olympics this year
Academic Challenge - (9-12, Captain) - active participation the past four years
Key Club - (10-12) - active participation the past three years </p>

<p>Other activities:
Weightlifting (3-5 times a week)
Extended range guitar (play a 7 string, plan on getting an 8 string soon)
Collecting basketball cards
Miniature coin collection (still getting there)</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
2013 Central New Jersey Brain Bee Finalist
Certificate in 2014 New Jersey Science League Biology II Competition
National Honor Society
National English Honor Society
Math Honor Society
Science Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society </p>

<p>Volunteer work:
~30 hours right now, will volunteer at local hospital this summer and get my hours up to at least 100</p>

<p>Work experience/internships:
Calculus tutor
Paid researcher at Rutgers University for QuarkNet 2014 where 19 other students in the state and I will analyze data from the Large Haedron Collider in Switzerland for two weeks over the summer</p>

<p>Hooks: First generation college student, low income (<30,000 per year), parents never graduated high school </p>

<p>I am an extremely chill/social person, and I hope my essay shows that I am as such instead of as a no-life non-social kid who studies all the time as some aspects of my application may indicate. I know I don't have the best ECs, but what can I do to immensely improve my chances?</p>

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<p>You have a very good chance at both colleges. If you don’t get into either college, I would be very surprised. </p>

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<p>@DJFlash Thanks, but I’ve heard their engineering programs are tough to get into, hence why I’m worried. </p>

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<p>You’ve got some strong ECs and a nice course load, but you need to raise your standardized testing scores. According to the ACT-SAT Conversion Chart (<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html&lt;/a&gt;), your SAT score is significantly better, so I would focus on improving that (2150+ is good) and forget about the ACT.</p>

<p>If you can do that, then every college you list is a match/low match. Otherwise, I’d say UMich and UIUC are reaches while the other colleges are matches.</p>

<p>Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1652569-chances-and-college-list.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1652569-chances-and-college-list.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>95 percent no for UMich. I know people who did not get in with 4.0 and 33 ACT OOS. UIUC EngineeringI know people with a 5.3, 36 ACT did not get in yet I know others with a 4.0 and 33 that did. It must be specific programs. So not sure.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is good, but your test scores are weak for both. Purdue would be a match for now.
UMich CoE and UIUC have very similar admission stat. The mid 50 ACT are around 31-34 (UIUC depends on major). Your SAT is only at around the 25% for UMich over all (mainly LSA). If you can get 2200+ in the retake, it will be a high match.</p>