I apologize in advance for another of those stupid chance me threads but… here I go
Senior at a Public High School
School Location: Southern California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 30-40k
Hooks: none, at least I don’t think so.
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.64
Class Rank: 1/~460
SAT: C1450 E700 M750
SATII: Math 2: 750 Physics: 610 (lmao don’t know what happened here, def won’t submit)
ACT: C31 E33 M32 R26 S33 Essay: 29 (Superscore: 32)
PSAT: 1400/1520
AP: APUSH 4, English Comp 4, APCS 2 (8 APs total in 2 years)
Interact Club
Debate Club
Multi-Ethnic Club
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Student Senate
Volunteer at CMH (Community Memorial Health)
Tutoring Middle School Students (more of a job since I get paid)
Almost Eagle Scout (paperwork left)
I think this is all I got right now, please tell me if I need to include anything else in order to help with your response!!
I think you have a solid chance. Out of state might make it a bit harder for you. For EA, last year, in state students were accepted at a rate of 45% while out of state students were at a rate of 28%. You can see the difference. What is your intended major?
I don’t do chance threads but want to make sure you are aware that GT gives lousy financial aid to OOS, basically all loans. There are a few good merit scholarships like provost or stamps, but all the whole financial aid at GT for OOS is not very good. Still apply but with the understanding that unless you get one of the big scholarships, GT will probably be affordable for you. Apply to the big private scholarships like the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship.
As an aside, don’t forget to look at Questbridge. With you income level you would be eligible to apply to that scholarship. Also this past year the UC’s were really terrible for financial aid for my low-income students; they required my students to take between $8K to $11K out in loans with an EFC of zero. Focus on private schools that give good financial aid. If your major is the sciences, Pitzer College has given my students great aid.
@indy101 As of right now, I am looking at either pre-med major or engineering major (lower chance because competition in engineering major is even more fierce).
@itsv I forgot to mention that while my parents’ yearly income is low, they have a significant amount of assets that deprive us from acquiring a hearty financial aid package from most private schools. That’s why our family is gearing my college search more towards public schools. And also thank you for your advices/suggestions in your last paragraph! I’ll definitely look into Pitzer College as I plan to major either premed or engineering…
