chances for UMICHIGAN, UWISCONSIN, PURDUE, UIUC, MIAMI

Chance Me / Match Me!
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What are my chances for Umich, Purdue, U Illinois (Urbana), U Wisconsin Madison, Penn State- University Park and Miami (OH)?
(Btw both of my parents went to MIAMI OH)
Umich: EA
Purdue: EA
UIUC: EA
UWisconsin: EA
Penn State: EA
Miami: EA

Intended major: Meteorology/ Atmospheric sciences and/or Environmental Sciences
*for most of the schools I’m looking at it is in the College of Engineering or Science

I am out of State from AZ, I go to a small (only 55 kids in my grade) liberal arts charter school, one of the best in the area.
Also lol I know for all of these schools tuition will be very expensive because I am out of state but it is okay!

GPA: unweighted 3.91 (out of 4.0) weighted: 4.81 (out of 5.0)
Rank: N/A but probably top 15/20 % of 55 kids in my grade
*Idk if this matters but the public schools in my area are very poorly rated, and not many students are very high achievers

Classes: (btw my school does NOT offer any AP or IB classes only honors! & these are all the hardest classes I could take)
Freshman year:
Honors Latin IV-
Honors Geometry
Honors English/ language arts
Honors Biology
Honors Music-
Honors Poetry
Honors history

Sophomore year:
Honors Latin V ( I took 3 years of Latin in middle school, so this year was the last year i could take it)
Honors Precalculus
Honors Chemistry
Honors English/ language arts
Honors history
Honors Music (my school required 2 years of music)
Honors Economics

Junior year:
Honors Greek
Honors Physics
Honors Calculus
Honors Art
Honors Drama
Honors history
Honors English/language arts

Senior year:
Honors Greek II
Honors Physics II
Honors Calculus II
Honors Art ( my school requires 2 years of art and drama)
Honors Drama
Honors history
Honors English/language arts

ECs:
-Varsity tennis & team captain all 4 years
-Student council all 4 years
-3 years in local volunteer organization
-3 week People to People trip to Europe
-1 week volunteer mission trip to Navajo land with my church
-sophmore year: part of my schools program to mentor kids with disabilities (only could be apart of it for 1 year)
-3 years tutoring middle schoolers

  • 20 hours of volunteer work aside from the other volunteer organization Im in
  • junior year: part time job working 10 hours a week
    -summer before senior year: Marketing Internship @ Real state Brokerage
  • astronomy club ( my school doesnt have leaders or presidents of clubs, or very many clubs at all)
  • Arizona Girls State

Awards: (there are very few awards given at my school, none for clubs, only for leadership/excellence in sports/academics)

  • 2 National Latin Exam awards my freshman & sophomore year
    -freshman year- Leadership/ excellence award (only 1 person in whole grade gets it)
    -Honor Roll/ society every year
    -Leadership award for tennis every year

ACT: 30
SAT: 1400- I know both of these are low for Michigan, i’m going to retake them in the fall

Thank you all very much in advance!!!

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As the mom of an incoming Miami freshman S engineering student, I think you have an excellent chance for Miami. This is based on your own merit and not your Miami merger status. You took the most rigorous classes you could, and I bet learned much of the same curriculum taught in APs. Your GPA and test scores are in line too.

You (or your guidance counselor) may want to reach out to the various colleges admissions departments and ask more specific questions regarding if a lack of AP courses would affect your chances. I don’t think it would, but for peace of mind, ask the questions.

You are a girl interested in STEM, so I hope you have fully explored summer engineering camp opportunities offered for girls at some of the top engineering schools.

Remember to show real interest in every school, including official visits when possible. This includes Miami, btw. Just because your parents can show you around, you want that real official visit as part of your application package.

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For CoE at UMich, it would be a reach for you. For LSA, it would be a lower reach but still a reach. For UIUC engineering majors, it is also a reach for you. Try to bring up your test scores for these schools. Purdue and UWI should be high matches to matches.

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@Materof2 thank you so much! Actually I have visited Miami and I loved it! Such a pretty campus!

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@billcsho thank you!

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Im not certain about the other schools since I don’t know about their academics, but I know you will easily get into UW Madison with that high GPA and a solid ACT. Penn State is also a pretty easy acceptance letter for you.

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Purdue does RA, not EA

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Not only Purdue does EA, it is required for merit aid. The deadline for that is Nov 1.
https://admissions.purdue.edu/apply/deadlines.php