chances on aerospace engineering or physics

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Im a Korean student attending a private school in Colorado. I would like to know if my chances are higher if I apply for a physics or engineering major. Here are my numbers

3.81 UW
4.01 W
NHS since sophomore

ACT com 31
R: 26
W: 28
S:33
M: 35
superscore: 32 (S 35, R 29)

SAT (practice test) : 1380 (R 630 M 750)

SAT subject test Math2 : 800
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Chemistry: 3
TOEFL: 105

Planning to take 2 more ACTs and 2 Sats so hoping for a better grade.

Currently taking Calc 2 in a state college (UCCS)

Major courses taken (including this year’s):

  • Calc AB : A- / B+
  • Calc 2 : currently taking
  • Chemistry 1&2 : A / A
  • Physics : currently taking
  • Biology : A / A
  • Honors American Lit : A / A
  • Honors British Lit : currently taking
  • Spanish1 : A / A-
  • Spanish2 : currently taking

EC:

  • JV soccer : 9,10,11
  • Debate team : 11,12 (won 3rd place in a novice tournament in Public Forum)
  • Chapel band : 10,11,12

Community Service:

  • Hospital ER since this January
  • Church band since 2013
  • Springs Rescue Mission (for the homeless)
  • Angel House (house for mentally ill people)

Awards:

  • 2015 Business Black Box in Korea - our team got in the top 5th among 25 teams and presented in front of CEO and co- founders of companies in Korea.
  • 1st place in school Art Competition (Freshmen)

Im planning to apply for

  • UCLA
  • BU (maybe early decision)
  • GA Tech
  • UIUC
  • U of Michigan
  • NYU
  • UT Austin
  • U of Wisconsin Madison

Thanks for reading :slight_smile:

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UCLA- Reach
BU- Match
Ga Tech- High Match
UIUC- not really sure how engineering admissions here works. Probably a match or high match I would guess but I’m not too sure.
Michigan- Reach
NYU- Match (I would think twice about engineering here. It’s not on the main campus and relatively new)
UT austin- Texas is notoriously unpredictable unless your top 7 percent instate. I would say low reach.
Wisconsin- Match

You have a good list of schools but you need safeties. Your instate for CU Boulder and they have some great engineering/physics. Might wanna apply there as a safety.

3

Thank you :slight_smile: I was going to apply a few instates for safety including school of mines and boulder

4

At many state flagship type of schools and some private school, admissions may be done by division or major, and engineering majors tend to be more popular than physics relative to departmental capacity. So engineering applicants are likely to face a higher bar to get admitted.

Of course, if one enrolls not in the desired engineering major, attempting to change into an oversubscribed engineering major at such a school can be difficult and require a high college GPA and/or competitive admission process.