Chances Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone, I'm a male senior at a private high school in Minnesota. I'm looking to apply for very difficult schools but I don't feel I will get accepted. I am looking at GREAT engineering shcools.Can someone help me with this. Here's my profile:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 wieghted, 3.86 wieghted
Top 8% school rank
Race: Caucasian (Mixed with Middle Eastern)
ACT: 28 w/o finishing, retaking looking for 30+
AP and Honors classes for 2 years, I goofed freshman year but have worked very hard to make up for it. Junior year weighted GPA: 4.27
3 B+'s Junior and Sophmore year, a few more Freshman year.
Taking college Freshman courses at the University of Minnesota this year as well as High School Courses not to be confused with AP) (AKA PSEO- Post Secondary Enrollment Options)</p>

<p>Activities:
Golf 3+ years
Math League 1 year
Quiz bowl 1 year
Basketball 1 year
Soccer 2 years
National Honr Society Member 2 years
80+ hours of volunteer work
Previous Work Experience (construction)
Planning on helping people with disablitites (volunteer)</p>

<p>1st Gen. College Student as well</p>

<p>Also I am going to apply early decision (Stanford if theres a decent chance of acceptance). Im looking at some good Engineering Schools (especially Civil). Can someone please give me a realistic view of which schools I will have a good chance at. Im hoping Univeristy of California- Berkeley or Stanford, but feel as those are too much of a reach. ANy suggestions on engineering schools that I will pretty much get accepted into for sure.</p>

<p>I've heard thus far:
John Hopkins
Harvey Mudd
U Illinios-Champaign Urbana
Yale???</p>

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<p>You look like a reject from stanford, berkeley (cuss ur OOS), Harvey mudd, yale, and JHU. Your test scores are too low, same as your gpa.</p>

<p>Can't chance UICU</p>

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<p>I'm sure you can bring your ACT up to a 30, if the 28 is from not finishing the test.</p>

<p>However, that 30 with the rest of your credentials isn't going to be enough to get you into Yale or Stanford.</p>

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<p>Yea I really didn't want Yale, I was wondering if someone was correct in saying they have good engineering. Thanks guys, any one else? Oh yea I do want Berkeley or UCLA, but I guess those are out too. Haha, oh well.</p>

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<p>Here how about a list:
UW- Madison:
UChicago:
Cornell:
NYU:
BU:
Northwestern:
Stevens:</p>

<p>Or any other suggestions for a godd match for schools with good engineering (mainly civil and chemical). Thanks</p>

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<p>bump... Please!</p>

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<p>gpa seems alright to me, actually</p>

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<p>Is money an issue?</p>

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<p>no Chicago! It doesn't offer engineering!</p>

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<p>I think you will be rejected at most of the schools you have mentioned. In addition, I have never heard anybody say Northwestern or NYU are engineering schools. Chicago doesn't even have engineering that I know of... I think you should do some more research.</p>

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<p>northwestern has a great engineering program...</p>

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<p>4.0 Weighted and 3.86 Weighted?
Which one is the unweighted? I'm assuming it's the second one.</p>

<p>Your 'activities' are weak.</p>

<p>Yale engineering isn't particularly strong. Don't apply there if you want to have that major.</p>

<p>UC Berkeley: Unlikely
Stanford: REJECT
John Hopkins: Maybe
Harvey Mudd: Maybe
U Illinios-Champaign Urbana: In
Yale???: REJECT</p>

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<p>Yea I do want engineering, but UC is pretty much good for everything. Can some one chance my secind list please, thanks. Also I'm hoping to improve my ACT score by at least 2... so yea. Thanks a lot thus far</p>

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<p>Oh yea money is sort of an issue too.</p>

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<p>No at Cornell and Northwestern. NYU maybe but they won't give you money. BU probably.</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley: slight reach (out of state)
Stanford: huge reach
John Hopkins: slight reach
Harvey Mudd: reach
U Illinios-Champaign Urbana: low match
Yale: huge reach
Cornell: reach
NWU: slight reach
NYU: high match</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley: high match
Stanford: huge reach
John Hopkins: slight reach
Harvey Mudd: reach
U Illinios-Champaign Urbana: low match
Yale: huge reach
Cornell: reach
NU: reach
NYU: match</p>

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<p>John Hopkins: reject
Harvey Mudd: reject
U Illinios-Champaign Urbana: reach
Yale???: reject
UW- Madison: reject
UChicago: reject
Cornell: reject
NYU: reject
BU: reach
Northwestern: reject
Stevens: match/slight reach
Berkeley: reject
Stanford: reject</p>

<p>ok, now don't get too upset with my responses, because you need to understand a few things first: You WILL get into a good school.The only problem is that you are asking about the most competitive major in the country at the most competitive schools in the country. I can almost garentee that you will not get into Berkeley and Stanford with your ACT score, especially OOS. There are too many well-qualified URMs in-state. Also, for those engineering schools, you need a perfect/near perfect SAT score, because every smart kid in the country wants to go there. Do you have a list of "safety" schools? Surely there are some good ones that would fit you well. Keep your head up, and best of luck.</p>

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<p>ok, how is Berkeley a "slight reach?" It has one of the top 5 engineering programs in the country, and is ranked only one below Stanford. How is Stanford a "huge reach" and Berkeley a "high match"?</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone thus far. Any other thoughts? That would be great too, thanks.</p>