<p>what are my chances at wash u or any top schools? Wash u is my top choice right now. i plan to major in physics and maybe minor in engineering. I want to go to the best school i can because i want a challenging and rewarding college experience.
4.0 GPA
Ranked 1 out of 499
All AP classes senior year
ACT Composite 30
-Math 35
-English 32
-Reading 23
-Science 30
-Writing 8</p>
<p>EC's
Orchestra
Jazz band
debate team
newspaper reporter
musician's club
GCE: Ambassador to exchange students
play in a local indie rock band
pep club
work at local grocery store 15 hrs/wk
community service: playing free music concerts within community</p>
<p>awards
invited to and attended Boys State
best features story on newspaper staff (conference/regional)
illinois state scholar
annual school scholar program</p>
<p>i thought my essay was pretty good and so did my english teacher. it was about a foreign exchange student who i became great friends with, and i talked about how he opened my mind to other cultures and taught me lessons about appreciating people with different backgrounds.</p>
<p>I can’t tell you about Wash U but the reading score is a bit low for one of the extremely selective schools. You might want to look at the some of the smaller hppt://theaitu.org schools. They usually have very good physics programs and a lot of opportunities to take engineering courses as well (maybe an applied physics program). Plus, they are all pretty challenging!</p>
<p>If your goal is to go to graduate school in physics after your B.S., look for a research university with a track record for strong preparation for Ph.D. programs. You don’t have to go to a top 1 program in physics for your B.S. to get into a top graduate school. The curriculum is the same in all physics programs and if you get good grades, get involved in research and have strong letters of reference from faculty who know you well, you can get into just about anywhere. Last year, our physics graduates from [Illinois</a> Institute of Technology](<a href=“http://www.iit.edu%5DIllinois”>http://www.iit.edu) got into MIT, UC Berkeley, Cal Tech, Univ. of Wisconsin Ph.D. physics programs.</p>
<p>Really? Wow, that completely changes how I should look at colleges. Are you a professor at Illinois Institute of Technology?</p>
<p>what is your wage in grocery store?</p>
<p>I get $8.25/hour. Does that have anything to do with what colleges I can get into?</p>