<p>I'm a junior girl attending a VERY difficult private High School.</p>
<p>As a result, my GPA is 3.28. I'm positive it would be higher if I attended a public HS</p>
<p>My ACT was 31. My SAT was not quite as good, coming in at 1970.</p>
<p>I love Math and Science and would love to attend Rose-Hulman.</p>
<p>I know that all situations are different, and you are not the admissions committee, but I just wondered if anyone had knowledge or experience with a similar situation in regards to this school.</p>
<p>Thanks, and congrats to all who got in. I'll be applying for the class of 2015.</p>
<p>Well, Rose-Hulman looks a lot at whether or not you took the most challenging classes you could. However, performance in them is also a big thing. They are not going to know if you went to a “VERY difficult private High School” or not. I could say that my public school was a very difficult public school, because I personally think it was. Also, you couldn’t be positive it would be higher had you attended a public high school if you never actually experienced the public high school. Does your school rank? This really helps to give an idea of where you are among your peers. I mean, if you were in the top 25% or something, then maybe your high school isn’t as difficult as you think since there are a pretty solid amount of kids that received a higher GPA. RHIT likes to put a lot of emphasis on rank rather than GPA, because they know that the difficulty and weighting systems of schools are different. So rank tends to give a better indication of your academic ability for this reason (usually). Also, a 31 ACT is good. That is actually what I got the first two times I took it (I managed a 33 though the third time). But the thing with RHIT is, they only look at your English and Math scores on the ACT. So if these were solid scores, then that is a plus. So really, it would be hard to say your chances by just the info that you have given. If you can could you include your class rank (if your school ranks) and what you got individually on the Math and English portion of the ACT. I’m just trying to be honest like you asked. I applied to RHIT this past year for the Class of 2014, was accepted, but ultimately chose to attend a different school. I have, however, done a lot of research into this school since it was my top choice for most of my time searching for colleges.</p>
<p>I checked my individual ACT scores in English:32, in Math: 31</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my school does NOT rank. We’ve got some monster brains there, and the best I could say is I’m probably in the top HALF of my class. The GPA was dragged down by foreign language studies. (although I know what “Salve!” means. LOL) UGH.</p>
<p>Again, if you have any more insight, I’d love it. I’ll apply in any case.</p>
<p>If they don’t let you in at first try doing a year at another college, posting a 4.0gpa and then transferring in. I also can’t say about your chances of getting in. What I can tell you is that from my experience with the admissions staff is that they, unlike many big state engineering schools, will take the time to review your entire application rather than just your gpa. If you want to get a better idea give their admissions office a call. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>This is very very true. That was another thing that was nice about RHIT. They wanted well-rounded students. Not just the ones with the really high GPAs. However, since your school doesn’t rank, it is a little harder to determine what exactly that GPA means. Honestly, I would take the ACT again though and look over math concepts especially. RHIT really likes to see a high math score. But, just try and keep up a very good record in other areas than just your GPA. Make sure you try and be a well-rounded student with clubs, sports, etc. They do look at your whole application, as quoted above, rather than just your GPA or ACT. </p>
<p>Something important to note though is that when RHIT makes their financial packages they look a lot to your ACT and GPA for merit scholarships. I was fortunate enough to be given the maximum amount they give ($17,000), but I had a 36 in Math and a 35 in English on the ACT with a 3.9 GPA. So this might help to just give an indication of how they go about their aid. If money, however, is not much of an issue than you don’t even have to worry about it.</p>
<p>But really, the only thing that you can really do is apply and see what they think. Like you said, none of us are admissions people, so we don’t know exactly what they want. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Yes I was in a similar high school as yours. It’s an international school and it was VERY difficult too. My GPA was about 3.3 in my sophomore year, but I worked hard and I think it was 3.5 or 3.6 average by this year. My SAT score was 1920 (English is hard for me), and I took SAT II physics and math IIC. I know that my gpas and SAT scores aren’t that high, but I got accepted. </p>
<p>Try taking SAT II’s. I know that they are not required, but I think that if you ace those, you can prove that you are really good at whatever subject you took the test on, even if your grade for the same subject is low. I screwed up in school math (keeping IB deadlines were hard for me), but I did well in SAT II math IIc, and that let me get accepted from schools. </p>
<p>And don’t worry. Like dadinator said, just get in your applications as quick as possible. That REALLY helps.</p>