Engineering Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basic Info:
Gender: M
Race: White
State: NY
Average public school
Major: BME or ChemE</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT I - 2060 total - 1340 M+CR
W: 720
M: 680
CR: 660</p>

<p>ACT - 28 total - E: 34 M: 31 S: 25 R: 21 (Retaking in September and aiming for 31/32)</p>

<p>SAT II US History - 700
SAT II Physics - 660
Possibly taking Math II in October for hopefully mid-high 700's</p>

<p>GPA:
UW: 3.5
W: 3.75
Rank: Top 25% (class of 400)
Upward trend after a bad freshman year - GPA goes 3.3ish (9th) --> 3.5ish (10th) --> 3.6ish (11th)</p>

<p>Class Rigor:
All honors for 9th and 10th
2 APs and 2 honors for junior year (Physics B and US History)
3 APs and 2 honors for senior year (Calc AB, Stats, Bio)</p>

<p>ECs: Bad. My school doesn't offer many clubs and I stopped sports after middle school. I have around 100 hours of volunteering at a nursing home, I'll have around 50 or so at a hospital, and 30-50 at a local shelter. I've also done other charity walks for various organizations, and I'll be in NHS for senior year.</p>

<p>Schools:
Reaches:
1) Lehigh (Possible ED)
2) University of Michigan
3) Northeastern
4) Boston University
5) University of Maryland - College Park</p>

<p>Matches:
6) WPI
7) SUNY Stony Brook
8) Rutgers
9) SUNY Binghamton
10) Penn State</p>

<p>Safeties:
11) Drexel
12) University of Delaware
13) SUNY Buffalo</p>

<p>Is this a good list? I want opinions on whether I should move stuff around or add/remove schools.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Anyone…?</p>

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<p>I think you should move UMCP to a match! As well as UDel. If you were in NJ, I’d say you would be in at Rutgers without question so move it to a safety. But you’re not, so definitely keep that as a match. Move all the SUNYs to safeties! And just make sure you can explain your lack of EC’s.</p>

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<p>I’d love to, but I’ve heard multiple people say that UMD Engineering is more competitive than the other schools, and that a 1340 M+CR is just average. (they don’t consider writing) </p>

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The same thing I said about UMD applies to Stony Brook. I think the Engineering and other STEM departments at Stony Brook are a lot more competitive than people think, making it just a match for me. And I feel my GPA/Class Rank/ECs are too sub-par to consider Binghamton a safety. But if other people agree with you, maybe I’ll switch them. </p>

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How/where would I go about doing that?</p>

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<p>Bing doesn’t offer CE :p</p>

<p>And Bing’s BME isn’t top notch either, at least compared to other schools on your list.</p>

<p>Just wondering, what high school do you go to? I have a feeling that we might live really close to each other</p>

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<p>I know, just like Northeastern doesn’t offer BME undergrad. I’m not really set on either so it’s not much of a problem if a school doesn’t have one. And I had Bing as a financial safety, in case I don’t get enough FA at any other school I apply to. But I also have Buffalo and Stony Brook, so maybe I’ll take it off my list.</p>

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<p>I PM’d you, haha.</p>