Engineering Chances RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hi, I live in NJ and I am Indian. I would like to do some sort of engineering, right now automotive engineering. Penn’s SAE program really interests me. Since I also like biology, I will keep bioengineering as a fallback major. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT I:
630V 670M = 1300
670V 730M = 1400
GPA:
3.8/4</p>

<p>SAT II:
770 math iic
740 chem
writing in Nov</p>

<p>APs:
Chem-4</p>

<p>Schedule:
junior-
AP chem
PreAP calc hon
english III hon
adv physics hon (AP Physics B equivalent)
rest all honors</p>

<p>senior-
AP Physics C
AP Calc BC
english iv hon
robotics
hon band
PEER leadership
AP business/org</p>

<p>EC'c:
-Basically big on music, all bands, jazz, marching (section leader), wind ensemble etc...
-varsity tennis 3 years, freshman year was JV
-some clubs, TSA, FBLA
-went to Cornell and took Stat and programming had a blast
-went to India and visited an orphanage for two weeks, probably a good essay topic.....
-volunteering at local hospital maybe 150 hrs
-NHS
-Chem Olympiad junior year school got 1st in state
THE LIST:
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
U Michigan
Lehigh
Rutgers (Busch)
NC state
U Maryland College park
Rice U
U Penn ED
Cornell
So, what do you guys think?</p>

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<p>b u m p</p>

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<p>u'll probably get into lehigh, u maryland, ncstate, rutgers, u michigan</p>

<p>50% at CMU, NW, Rice</p>

<p>30/40% at cornell and penn... the sat's really hurt</p>

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<p>Yea I was ****ed at the math score... Anyone else?</p>

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<p>You did better than me... I got a 700 on the math, and a 690 on the math iic, and I got into both Cornell and CMU regular o_O. It's not all about the stats.. really get them with the essay</p>

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<p>Damn hopefuldoubts, your essay must have kicked ass, how did you get in with those SAT's. You must have had good rec's too and tough classes, or you just lucked out, nice job.</p>

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<p>wow thanks hopefuldoubts, I'll go crazy with my essays!</p>

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<p>ok first of all let's get the minority thing out of the way it doesn't matter if you're indian it only matters if you are an underpriviliged minority (hispanic, black, native american). Also cornel RD is much more difficult than ED because in RD you are competing with kids applying to harvard, mit, yale, etc so the acceptance rate is like half of what it is for ED. you will definitely get into lehigh and rutgers and i think ED at UPenn could work out because it's less competitive than RD. UPenn and Cornell are the easiest ivies to get into</p>

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<p>I never meant to imply that being Indian would improve my chances. I just thought it would be useful information for people evaluating me.</p>

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<p>um... nygirl... i'm pretty sure penn is harder to get into than dartmouth, brown, columbia... it's ranked 4th*</p>

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<p>cujoe, are you being facetious??</p>

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<p>no honest to god, penn is the hardest to get into out of the three... i'm sorry if it seems that i was trying to be a jerk... but if you consider the number of applicants... and the board scores of the people applying, it is clearly harder to get into penn</p>

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<p>no cornell and penn are the easiest</p>

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<p>umm...I think Dartmouth, Brown, and Columbia are a little bit harder to get into than Penn. Maybe not wharton, but certainly engineering and A&S.</p>

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<p>no... if u really look at the board scores of the applicants, and compare the breakdown of acceptees... it's really harder to get into penn, because they have a preference for kids in PA... so if ur not from pennsylvania, it's hella hard to get into... where as for brown, i know for a fact is easier to get into... i had a friend with a terrible essay a 3.3 UW and a 1300 sat get in, plus he was asian... that can't help... if penn was that easy to get into, i'd def apply there</p>

<p>cavalier302- columbia's seas program has acceptance of 29-30%? and that is why i applied there vs. penn's seas</p>

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<p>terrible essay defined as... i read it and laughed at his grammatical and spelling errors before he sealed the enveloped</p>

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<p>I have heard things like why would you apply early at Penn engineering, but I have decided. Could people rate my chance at the tougher schools, like Northwestern, CMU, Cornell, Rice and Penn ED?</p>

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<p>People have said that Cornell CMU and even Michigan have better engineering programs than Penn's.</p>

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<p>SAT's are fine, most people on this board think <1500 is bad, so I wouldnt worry about that.</p>

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<p>How much are senior grades considered? Also, does one of the recommendations for engineering have to be a math teacher? On the common app I didn't see anything like that.</p>