Help! What bare my chances?? Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys thanks so much for helping me! I really appreciate it. </p>

<p>Schools: UVA engineering, Carnegie Mellon engineering, and cornel engineering . </p>

<p>White male from competitive public school in northern Virginia. </p>

<p>GPA:(WEIGHTED) 4.31 with all A's and one B in calculus AB. Number 10 out of a class of 277. I'm strong at math and taking multivariable calculus senior year. </p>

<p>The tests scores: ACT 33. -35 math, 35 English, 31 science, and 29 reading. I got a nine on the essay for a combined English writing of 32. I have a 32 for reading on a different date if that counts.
I also have a 770 math II and 690 US history.</p>

<p>Extra circulars : soon to be eagle scouts, Co founder of non profit organization dedicated to helping kids and underprivileged teens, board of governor for youth advisory council, vice president of model UN, Latin club, varsity chess on team that took third at states and second at regionals, varsity tennis number one seed with three time mvp and captain, winner of numerous tennis tournaments in the region, nhs member, magnum cum laude on national Latin 4 exam, placed second in biochemistry at the regional science and engineering fair, 4h member and took second in sheep at county fair, over 500+ service hours and awarded gold presidential medal sophomore year and silver junior.</p>

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<p>UVA: Match
Carnegie Mellon: High match
Cornell: Reach</p>

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<p>Cool just wondering why is cmu not a match? My act score is 75th percentile and math and English are like 90…</p>

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<p>Math and english are like 90 what?</p>

<p>CMU rejects plenty of qualified applicants- they accept less than 30%. Match means you have a 50% chance.</p>

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<p>If you look at their average composite it’s 75 percentile. My math and English (the two they put most emphasis on) are 90 percentile. If I’m a “high match” what’s my chances of getting in</p>

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<p>Nobody really looks at your scores in separate sections. No one super scores the ACT.</p>

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<p>Yes engineering schools definitely put emphasis on your math section. No question.</p>

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<p>Right?? Surely engineering schools put more emphasis on the math section than others</p>

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<p>How many APs did you take?</p>

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<p>And yes engineering schools put more emphasis on math. This might be only on te SAT but I doubt it. I think cornell is a low reach for you considering your ECs. Because you’re instate, UVA is maybe a match. Answer mine? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1530373-these-extracurriculars.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1530373-these-extracurriculars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Without AP’s its hard to tell but I think you have a good chance at everywhere except Cornell. (They love AP and IB students).
Chance me for just one school!
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<p>I’m also in northern va what school r u? I know at least for my school living in va makes it harder to get into UVA because so many va kids want to go there. So for that reason I think UVA might be a low reach. Cornell I think a match a couple of my friends got in there last year and were not as qualified as you. Same for cmu. Are you taking any aps? Please chance back! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1528664-questions-about-plme-hpme-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1528664-questions-about-plme-hpme-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Over my whole high school time I will have taken 10</p>

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<p>That’s good. Not amazing, but definitely competitive. If you consider your GPA, you’re doing very well.</p>

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<p>Chances:</p>

<p>UVA - Match
CMU - Match
Cornell - Low Reach</p>

<p>Top 3 Weakness in your application:</p>

<p>**- Low US history SAT II

  • Not sure if you have challenging coursework
  • No real engineering ECs
    **</p>
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<p>^thank you. Yeah I do a lot of math tutoring but nothing real engineering related.</p>

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<p>Do ap exam scores impact admissions? I did poorly (3’s and a 2 on a AB-got sick)</p>

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<p>You can choose not to report them, which you should probably do. They generally don’t matter, but a 2 on Calculus would not sit well with engineering schools.</p>

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<p>So just don’t report it and I should be alright?</p>

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<p>Jtrap what’s your school?</p>