HELP I NEED ADVICE

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Female Hispanic (senior)
I have a 3.4 GPA out of a 4 (i know its terrible, but it’s low because of the competitiveness of my high school and family problems my fathers health was bad etc…) ranked (160 out of 550)
4 out of 5 gpa on a 5 point scale
Sat Score: 2020
ACT: 32
Recommendation: Excellent
Essay: Amazing
AP classes that I have or am taking:
English 4
Physics I
Biology
US History
Economics
Government
Environmental Science
Statistics

Psychology
Clubs: FCA (position:Historian), German Club, Deca, Decathlon, Started first FRC team in city (Built A robot) was captain,

National Honor Societies: German National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society
Awards Science Fair: Regionals 1st and 4th place, ISWEEP semifinalist, ISEFH 4th place, Intel participant
Awards: Deca Regional Finalist
Volunteer:City hall, Alzheimers Place, Teaching 3rd graders on Sundays in Church
Volunteer Hours: 200+
Internships: Vaccine Development, Biomolecular Internship, Blogger at a Blogging site,
Extra: Published a Paper, selected for a leadership program, certified in word, powerpoint, excel and Access,top 30% for national german test, leadership camp, written grants that got me $12,000, Lived in 3 continents
Codes I know (taught myself): matlabs, C++, Python
Took classes from schools like harvard, yale, rice etc…(MOOC) (took 6)
Languages: 5
Jobs: Business Consultant at a Company, Teacher
I really want to do biomedical engineering at:
Georgia tech
Ut austin
NYU
Johns Hopkins
North Western
University Michigan Ann Arbor
Columbia University
or any other good college

I don’t know what to do, my GPA is terrible. I am taking 6 AP classes for senior year 1 PE and one pre-ap. I have been getting all A’s but I don’t know if that will raise my GPA at all, colleges will only be able to see up till my senior year 1st semester. Will getting A’s in my AP classes (5 AP), 1 Pre Ap and 1 PE class raise my gpa if only the first semester of senior year is counted towards my GPA? Does telling colleges about my circumstances (family problems) change their views on my gpa at all? What are the chances I will even get into an engineering college? Is there any hope for me at all?

2

Have your counselor explain your family circumstance on her recco letter. Columbia NW, and Hopkins will be reaches because of the ACT. 32 is a great score, but low for those schools.
Maybe add Drexel, Bucknell, Case Western, Penn State, Syracuse to the list

3

What is your home state? You would not get financial aid from UT Austin or Georgia Tech if you are out of state. Your GPA and test scores are low for all the schools on your list. Even as a URM, I think a lot of them are out of reach. Run the net price calculator on the NYU website to see what you would have to pay, need based aid doesn’t always come in from them at the level you may need.

The good news is that there are tons more engineering colleges besides these, and as long as they are ABET accredited, you will get a solid, useful engineering degree.

You can ask your GC to address your dad’s health issue as a factor in your grades in their recommendation.

Just Google “biomedical engineering colleges”, and you can find a list of accredited schools. Then cross reference that with Googling “colleges that meet need”. To figure out if a college is in range for you, you can Google the Common Data Set for the college, and check test score ranges. Google is your friend in this process. :slight_smile:

4

I live in Texas. So do you think I would even be able to get accepted into UT? Is it a reach school? If I don’t get in I think I will transfer.

5

In April 2014 you were a female Asian. Now you’re hispanic. Curious