Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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White male, at a nationally ranked private school

GPA:
95.6 UW
98.6 W

All dual-college/AP/Honors classes through 4 years, taking 3 APs, 1 SUPA, and one dual-credit course senior year)

9th in class ranking

SAT/ACT:
1310
28/29 (Superscore a 31)
(Retaking these, I know I can do better)

EC:
Raised $15,000+ with school Varsity soccer team towards Making Strides for Breast Cancer Research
HOBY leadership conference Alumni (Took place at RPI, $5000 a year scholarship to RPI for attending)
National Honor Society
Elected high school student senate member 4 years
Youth mentoring program through school - 2 years
Tutoring younger students in my school through National Honor Society
2 year Varsity soccer, 2 year JV, 8 years travel (captain of Travel last 2 years)
4 Years varsity wrestling
1 year Varsity Lacrosse, 2 years JV
High school band
High school jazz band
Church Youth minister
Literature of the Word teacher (church)
RPI EcoEd project (did college-level research project and presented at RPI)
Hundreds of various community service activities
Went to a video game design summer camp for a week at RPI, Professor Ben Chang was the teacher.

Job and Work Experience:
Summer Work Cleaning at my high school - Summer 2014
Cashier and Produce Stocker at local grocery store - Summer 2015
Cut lawns/mulching with local yard care company - May-September 2016

I live in Troy, NY.

Thank you for reading!

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SATs a bit low (RPI places a lot of emphasis on those) but the rest might make up for it, plus if you retake them and get higher scores. Chances look good, I’d say. No need to kill yourself taking SAT + ACT though – choose one or the other.

3

Are you interested in playing any of those varsity sports in college ?
If so get in front of their coaches. If they like you , can help you get in.
Your scores are good enough for a recruited athlete, if you are one of their top choices.

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@bbartow14 I think you have a good chance of getting in. As blevine said, RPI does place emphasis on test scores. Also, RPI does not go out of its way to attract local students. I don’t know if you are looking for merit money, but they are not especially generous with applicants from their own back yard.

Best of luck to you!

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You’ll most likely get in honestly. Your scores are a bit low, but your ECs are really good. Be optimistic, wait to get your aid package and apply if you haven’t already. Good luck!!!