Chances? live in FL

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am a junior in high school and I am about to be a senior. I want to do civil engineering there. I have a 5.8 weighted gpa (but florida does it weirdly) and a 3.8 unweighted gpa.(unweighed might go down slightly after this semester, but next semester i should get straight A's) I have a 2020 SAT on my first try without serious studying. I think I can bring it up to a 2250 or so. I am ranked 5 out of a class of 455 in a really competitive school.</p>

<p>my extracurriculars are </p>

<p>Red cross executive board 2011-2012
Red Cross youth council - 2010-2014
Volunteer at MOSI(museum)- 2010 to 2013
Thorn Ministries (feeding homeless)- 2010-2011 </p>

<p>Involved in Indian Cultural events writing articles, speeches, etc.
USF (University of South Florida) Intro to C internship 2012-2013- summer and afterschool<br>
High school Tennis 2011-2014 and captain next year<br>
Mayor's youth corps 2013-2014<br>
Volunteer at YMCA<br>
FBLA district champion 2012 (webdesign)
FBLA 2nd place in district (Desktop Publishing)
Mu Alpha Theta 1st team Calculus 2012-2014<br>
Staff writer newspaper -2012-2014<br>
News Editor newspaper -2012-2013<br>
Founding member of Engineering club (competitions etc)
National Honors society
Ekal Vidyala- volunteer for organization that helps fund schooling in India
Frisbee Team -founding member. Player, etc<br>
Piano player for 9 years, played in concerts at the performing arts center, churches, etc. </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>My teachers love me so I will probably have good teacher/ counselor recs
Am a really good writer so i will have good essays</p>

<p>I am probably doing a summer camp at Columbia and UT. </p>

<p>Ap scores- Human-3 World-3 Environmental Science- 4
Sat subject test- World 630 </p>

<p>I didn't try at all freshmen year so my gpa is lower than it should be. I have AP chem, lang, us, Calc ab, and psych this year along with newspaper and physics honors. Next year I have AP physics, Calc BC, stat, lit, Gov/comp, Micro/macro along with newspaper . I didnt study for any of my ap exams, or sat 2 so they are low. I am taking sat 2 for math1, 2, lit, us, chem. I also was selected from my school to go to Washington DC as a part of the Close Up and Blue Cross Blue Shield social action project. I am also the vice president of my school's FBLA Chapter.</p>

<p>What are my chances for these schools:
MIT
Vanderbilt
Penn State - University Park
Stanford
Washington U St. Louis
University of Florida Miami
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UNC
Purdue
UVA
University of Southern Florida
University of Maryland College Park
Florida State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Columbia
Rice</p>

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<p>Numbers wise you are good. Keep increasing that GPA as much as possible.</p>

<p>Your SAT is on the low side, so try to get it to 2150+ (1450+) for a stronger chance. Cornell’s average SAT is ~1410 (CR+M), so you want to be above that.</p>

<p>As for ECs you obviously have a lot. Make sure you somehow combine them into a theme and write about it well in your essays, tying it to your intended major if applicable (these are incredibly important).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>I am also going to ED Columbia</p>

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<p>Can you and your family afford out-of-state list price?</p>

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<p>Yeah i think my theme is leadership. And i only took the SAT once withought studying. With studying I can definatly bring it up.</p>

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<p>Also my cousin went there. I dont know if this will help that much. I can use it in my essays, etc.</p>

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<p>Honestly, coming from someone who’s seen it both from the freshman end and the transfer end(I was recently accepted to Cornell as a transfer student). It’s truly about creating a theme in your application. </p>

<p>Yes your list of extracurriculars may be impressive, but does it say anything about you? Who you are? What kind of person you want to be? What are your dreams, your passions? Your application must bleed passion.</p>

<p>It doesn’t have to be concentrated on one subject, but it should have a common thread. You simply cannot be passionate about everything. </p>

<p>Your numbers are decent, but that’s not what a school like Cornell really even deliberates(everyone must be up to par in this category), you need to show you are someone with legitimate thoughts and desires.</p>

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<p>I agree with all that MistaSuggs said. Your numbers get your foot through the door. How you portray yourself is what gives you the acceptance (or rejection).</p>

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<p>alright that helps, I think taht i can communicate that through my essays.</p>

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<p>Not that it really matters- the only way I see you getting rejected is if you lie on your application or you murder someone or something- but you will want to recalculate your GPA to how FSU does it. A 5.8 GPA (I’m guessing you’re from Hillsborough County in FL? They’re notorious for this crap) is physically impossible under the way FSU does things. </p>

<p>To recalculate your GPA, you can use the info [here](<a href=“FSU Admissions | Error 404 page not found”>http://admissions.fsu.edu/freshman/admissions/gpa.cfm&lt;/a&gt;) and the Worksheet found [here](<a href=“http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf”>http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) to do it. The worksheet is a bit outdated now but still pretty good. Just remember to use your semester grades and not your final grade, (unless you don’t get semester grades). </p>

<p>You’ll have a much better idea what your FSU GPA is, although if your unweighted at a 3.8 is accurate, your FSU GPA would probably fall into the 4.5 to 4.7 range, which is stellar.</p>

<p>But the bottom line is, you didn’t have to waste your time posting here. You apply to FSU and you’re pretty much in no matter what.</p>

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<p>Yeah i’m in hillsborough county haha and will do thanks.</p>

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<p>Yes, I have been saving for college since i was a child, and my parents have as well. For a school like Cal, money is no issue.</p>

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Uhhhhhh…</p>

<p>(You sure you’re posting on the right school board?)</p>

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<p>I know they have the joint program with the University of Missouri. I also like how they are very flexible, and dual majors are possible because although i am high about civil engineering, im not set on it, or engineering itself.</p>

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<p>You’re fine. You could have a good chance at getting into the honors college</p>

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<p>I think you’re guaranteed admission. XD I doubt you’d even really have to write an essay. (I didn’t.) </p>

<p>Recalculate your weighted GPA to see what USF will count it as. With it recalculated you’ll be able to see which scholarships and programs you qualify for.</p>

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<p>Chances are very good for admission to USF with your credentials. Get serious about studying for your SAT retake…aim for at least a 2150 SAT score to get some even more serious USF scholarship award money! Good luck.</p>

<p><a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/admissions/pdf/freshman-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/admissions/pdf/freshman-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I certainly can’t speak for UVA, but since you’ve posted this in many top engineering college’s forums I can provide an overall opinion. </p>

<p>While your unweighted gpa, class rank, schedule strength and ECs all look strong, I would be most worried about your test scores, especially the APs. Just taking an AP class and getting a good grade simply compares you to the other 454 students in your own school. The measure of your success in a subject, as compared to the other 30,000 applying at a school, is how well you do on the AP exam. Getting 3s won’t cut it there. SAT IIs are similar in that a score in the high 700s on the math/physics side is important. Your overall SAT will probably be good enough if you get it into the 2250 range you’re shooting for. But work hard on those AP tests. You have a lot going for you.</p>

<p>One other thing, for UVA I believe the essays are also quite important. Be sure to spend the effort to write good essays during the application process.</p>

<p>Lastly, make sure you correct that resume typo: it’s “National Honor Society” not “Honors”. I’ve seen more kids do that… The little details do count.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you this year!</p>

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<p>Civil engineering? You might wanna reconsider…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin/depts/appl.html[/url]”>http://www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin/depts/appl.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m not a fan of ‘chance me’ threads for reasons stated many times in this forum. I do want to point something out to the OP. You have similar ‘chance me’ threads for UT Austin, MIT, UCLA, UCB, UMDCP, Purdue, Ga Tech, FSU, UNC, WUSL, Miami, FL State, Cornell, Columbia (ED), U of FL, Vandy, & U Penn. Seventeen schools that really don’t have much in common at all. Some of these schools approach teaching engineering in different ways, UVa is one of them. You need to know which is more comfortable for you. The same as determining preference for rural vs college town vs urban, large vs smaller, colder/distinct seasons vs year round sun. I’m not even sure if all of these schools offer civil engineering, do you? My point is beyond being name brand schools you need to dig deeper into each school, and yourself, to determine which of these are good matches for you personally. A list this wide and disconnected suggests you haven’t done that yet. Best of luck to you.</p>