Chances (with a new major)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I posted here earlier, but i'm now seriously considering doing an undergrad in engineering and want to see if that changes my chances.</p>

<p>Maryland-College Park
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia (engineering school)
Lehigh
Cornell
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins
If you know any other schools you think I should look at, please share them too. Assume i ED at either Columbia or CMU or Cornell, if they have it, idk.</p>

<p>About Me:</p>

<p>My plan is to major in mechancial engineering and take pre-med classes in case I decide to be a doctor (I'm really unsure now). So here are my stats. BTW, I live in Maryland, I am an over-represented minority, Male, not poor or rich (My parents saved up enough, so money's not a problem) and am a junior at a competitive public school.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2300 (760M, 740V, 800W(10E))
SAT II:
Chemistry: 800
Math 2c: 790
World History: 680
GPA: Unweighted 3.95/4.00 (Got a B in english this year)
Weighted: idk, more than unweighted...i took mostly G/T and AP classes.
Rank: top 10ish/435
AP: (10th grade) US gov and pol (5)
(11th grade) chem (5), calc ab (5), world history (4), and english language (4)
(12th grade) physics (both of the C ones), english literature, and calc bc
EC's: (Not great)
-National Honor Society (did my community service requirements for this)
-Maryland Technology Honor Society (didn't do much)
-Future Business Leaders of America (didn't do much)
-Piano (umm...yea)
-Tae kwon do (black belt, demo team)
-An internship at NASA last summer
-Will Volunteer a ton at a hospital this summer (like 132 hours)
-Enrolled in a tech-magnet program at my school where i go to an applications and research laboratory and have a 2-period class there (we built an electrathon vehicle, its like a battery-powered racer that we can drive around in); will do a different project next year, maybe a robot
Teacher Recs: Pretty average (i dont do anything class) not bad, but average
Essay: Will be okay, im not really great at writting, i only got an 800 on the SAT cuz i aced the MC (I'll probably talk about my experience building an electrathon car with my class)
Other: Perfect attendence throughout high school, (that's all i can think of now)</p>

<p>Yea, i know my EC's are weak, but im kinda a lazy person.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance, for any replies.</p>

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<p>Bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>Wow, no replies sucks...</p>

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<p>your probably good for all except hopkins, cmu, and uva. not that you wont get in, but its no guarantee either way</p>

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<p>umm...wouldn't cornell and columbia be a lot bigger reaches...</p>

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<p>columbia engineering isnt the hardest to get into because people serious about engineering wouldnt go to columbia because of the cost, core curriculum, and its not MIT/Caltech. also, your grades and socres should put you in good shape to get into cornell</p>

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<p>Columbia is not that good for engineering as Cornell/CMU. Visit both of the latter schools and see which you like.</p>

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<p>I thought statistically the scores for columbia engineering were higher than the other two; does that mean there's less emphasis on EC's or how else is it more selective?</p>

<p>Yea, I planned to do all my visits this summer...but it never happened...darn senioritis...o well i still got over a month.</p>

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<p>uhhh...so can someone rank these in order if difficulty (the engineering schools):
columbia, cornell, jhu, cmu</p>