Chances...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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<p>I am a high school student from North Carolina planning to apply EA. Can you please rate my chances.</p>

<p>4.48 - Weighted GPA
3.87 - Unweighted
36/360 - Class Rank</p>

<p>ACT: 27 (I Know it's low. Took June of Sophomore Year, will retake in June and one more time in September)</p>

<p>APs Taken:
US History
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
Psychology
Statistics
US Government</p>

<p>ECs:
Editor-in-Chief, School Newspaper (3 years)
Student Body President (Freshman year)
National Honor Society (2 years)
Key Club (3 years)
North Carolina Scholastic Media Association President (State Office)
-North Carolina Scholastic Media Association Editor of the Year
Debate Team Captain
National French Honor Society
-Studied Abroad in France for a summer
Varsity Football (3 years)
-Team Captain
-All Conference (2 years)
-All-Academic State
Varsity Baseball (4 years)
-Team Captain
-All Conference (4 years)
North Carolina Regional Science Fair
Special Olympics Volunteer (100 hours/year)
Global Young Leaders Conference
National Institute of Health Internship over Summer of 2007
-Published Research
Junior Statesmen of America Summer School </p>

<p>Work 30+ hours per week
Volunteer Bi-Weekly with Meals on Wheels</p>

<p>Am certain I will have great recommendations and essays.</p>

<p>Any help on how I can improve my chances, or other colleges that I could get into would be great!</p>

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<p>Um yeah, you'll get in. The only iffy thing is the ACT. Bring that up. </p>

<p>WPI isn't horribly selective.</p>

3

<p>your golden</p>

<p>and don't worry about bringing your test scores up because wpi is test optional</p>

4

<p>I thought WPI is test optional IF you submit other supporting material -- like a project or something. Am I not remembering that correctly from my son's info session & tour this past spring?</p>

5

<p>If you want to look at other colleges try:
Union
RPI
MIT (you have the average stats)</p>

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<p>MIT seems quite unlikely for you, although it's worth a shot IMO. </p>

<p>RPI and Union are also good choices. May I recommend looking into: </p>

<p>University of Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology</p>

<p>When applying to WPI, just send in your test scores, even if you send in projects too. It'll probably just be a lot easier.</p>

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<p>Take a look at GA Tech
especially for mechanical/aerospace/electrical engineering.</p>