Cooper ED, Princeton, Duke, Stanford, Cornell chances? PLEASE!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have a pretty low GPA, which is a great concern of mine. Please let me know what you think!!</p>

<p>I'm going to apply for a Chemical Engineering department.</p>

<p>SATI; 2200 Total 800M 660CR 7400W</p>

<p>SATII: Korean 800 Math 2 800, Chem 770.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 out of 4.0.
Rank: 30th out of 470. Top 6.5%</p>

<p>Course Load:
AP AB Calculus - 5</p>

<p>The others are not impressive to even share.</p>

<p>I will skip freshman and sophomore year(I Had European History AP).
Junior Year:
AP US Hist.
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calc AB.
Honors Band.
chem, marketing principles</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Econ
AP Gov
AP Eng Literature
IB Math HL
IB Biology HL
Honors Band
Teacher Aide</p>

<p>EC's ( I had to take down all my weak clubs.)</p>

<p>Leadership
§ National Honor Society
§ National Spanish Honor Society
§ Mu Alpha Theta
§ Young Adult Worshipping Team Leader (Since 2008)
§ Adult Worshipping Team Guitarist (Since 2009)
§ Adult Worshipping Team Vocalist (Since 2009)
§ Marching Band Section Leader (2008-2009)
§ Honors Band 1st Clarinet
§ Bible Studying Teacher (2009-2010)
Awards
§ Deca State Competition 3rd Place
§ All-State District Band 8th 9th
§ Solo & Ensemble Medals 7th 8th 9th 10th
§ Troy University Band 8th 9th
Extracurricular and Volunteer Activities
§ Auburn University Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Project Internship
§ Young Adult Worshipping Team (Since 2008)
§ Adult Worshipping Team (Since 2009)
§ Marching Band (2008-2009)
§ Bible Studying Teacher (2009-2010)
§ Friday Church Service (5 hours every week) (Since 2009)
§ After School Tutoring Volunteer
§ Key Club
§ Guitar (Since 2005)
§ Piano (Since 1998)
§ Clarinet (Since 1998)
§ Numerous Singing and Guitar Performances (Since 2007)
Sports
§ Recreational Basketball (2005-2010)
§ Varsity Track and Field (2007-2008)
§ Varsity Cross Country (2007-2008)
Work Experience
§ Guitar Tutor (2010)
§ A Waiter for Japanese Restaurant called Naruto Café (2009)</p>

<p>Recommendation Letters:
One from Chemistry Teacher, Calculus Teacher and a Chemical Engineering Professor.
The first two will be great. The last one will be decent.</p>

<p>Essays:
They will be pretty good as well.</p>

<p>I know that my SAT and my GPA and my EC's are not that great. Just tell me what you think please!</p>

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<p>That’s Unweighted GPA by the way. THANKS!</p>

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<p>I’m also Male and Asian.</p>

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<p>Then what about your application is good?</p>

<p>Like you said, your SAT Reasoning and ECs aren’t spectacular, but I’d say being in the Top 6.5% of your class is a good accomplishment. The real problem is that your an unhooked ORM.</p>

<p>Your stats are definitely good enough for Cooper Union and Cornell; it’ll come down to whether or not those adcoms can see through your laundry list of ECs and how well you write your essays. Princeton, Duke and Stanford will be significant reaches, though.</p>

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<p>what is an ORM?
and what is an URM?</p>

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<p>^Overrepresented minority i.e. asians
Underrepresented minority i.e. hispanics, american indians, african americans</p>

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<p>Oh okay. Well, I have a strong passion in music and I thought maybe people will be able to see that through my EC.
So…is my EC too weak?
Also, can I ask you how you can quote someone?</p>

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<p>"I know that my SAT and my GPA and my EC’s are not that great. Just tell me what you think please! "</p>

<p>They aren’t “not that great” …</p>

<p>Anyway, I’d say you have great chances at Cooper Union and will be surprised if you did not get in</p>

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<p>I think Cooper union might be the hardest. They have the acceptance rate of 7% and more and more people are applying early decision for it!!! :((((</p>

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<p>Take with a grain of salt what most kids here say, they don’t know what Cooper is. Cooper, Princeton and Stanford are reaches. 1460 CR plus math and less than 5% would mean the need for an unusual EC to be competitive. Duke and Cornell are more realistic reaches, but raise CR for a much better shot.</p>

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<p>Shoot…i’ll try my best. Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>^CU is not as selective as Redroses is implying. Maybe their freshmen statistics are deflated because of all the art majors, but the OP’s GPA and SAT are both well-within range. Cooper Union should not be considered along the same tier as Princeton and Stanford; putting its selectivity above Duke, too, is a little overcautious.</p>

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<p>Cooper Union does have ~7-8% acceptance rate for REGULAR decision</p>

<p>For EARLY its about 20%</p>

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<p>So how goo is Cooper union anyways? I thoughtbit was one of the best engineering schools out there…</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>That CR score hurts you a lot imo. All the schools listed in your title are reaches for you, though cornell and duke are the most realistic. I’m looking into chem eng too so perhaps I can give some advice. There are lots of extremely good small engineering schools for chem eng; rose hulman, cooper union (as you mentioned), and olin come to mind, though rose hulman is probably the best fit for you. I hope you know Duke has no chemical engineering major offered. Best of luck with admissions!</p>

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<p>The CR won’t kill you. Everything else balances it out.</p>

<p>And yes, Cooper Union is a great school. Small and intense</p>

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<p>To say that everything else balances out a sub 700 CR score shows a lack of understanding of the admissions process. Simply untrue and dangerous advice. Read common data sets to get facts, not posts by teenager.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your help! Ah I really want to get intothose schools!! Good luck for all of you!</p>