I Choose You, Chance-y!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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<p>^ My attempt at being punny and having a unique title for a chance thread.</p>

<p>Anyway, I just submitted my Common App for RPI today, so I wanted to see my chances of actually getting in. I have a great rec from my yearbook adviser (technically the teacher of the yearbook class). Going in undecided.</p>

<p>Stats:
W GPA 3.6865
Rank: 82/432
SATs: 640 Reading 640 Math 590 Writing
Female Asian
IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>IB Computer Science SL: 6
IB Math Studies: 6
AP Spanish: 4
AP Psych: 4
AP Computer Science: 3
AP Gov't: 3</p>

<p>Taking English HL, Spanish B HL, History of Europe HL, and Biology HL exams this year. As well as AP Stat, AP Environmental Science, and AP Biology exams. Lots of IB and AP Courses and was in IB MYP from 6th - 10th grade.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
AP Scholar 11, 12
National Honor Society 11, 12
National Spanish Honor Society 11, 12
Mu Theta Alpha (National Math Honor Society) 11, 12
National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention 9, 10, 11
Cavalier Award for Scholarship and Leadership 9, 11
7 out of 7 on IB MYP Personal Project
Completion of the IB Middle Years Programme</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Yearbook 9, 11, 12 (Editor-in-Chief 12)
Class of 2011 Reporter 12 (Was previously treasurer for 10 and 9)
Student Cooperative Association (SCA) Executive Council 11, 12 (Committee Chair 12)
PAHS Leadership Workshop Delegate 9, 10, 11 (Staff Member 12)
IB Newsletter Graphic Designer 9, 10, 11, 12
3 Cups of Tea: Pennies for Peace Committee Chair 11, 12
Run 2 Remember Charity 11, 12 (Historian 12)
CavPALs Mentor Program 12
IB Student Organization 9, 10, 11, 12
Gifted Advisory Board 11, 12
Young Life 11, 12
Thinkquest Team 10
SCA Senate 10
Asian Experience Culture Club 9, 10</p>

<p>Community Service:
Virginia Beach City-Wide SCA 11, 12 (Historian/Reporter 12) (This might be a EC, depends on how you look at it)
Plaza Middle School Leadership Workshop 12 (Co-Coordinator)
Virginia Beach City-Wide Elementary SCA Leadership Workshop 11, 12
Virginia High School League Student Leaders' Conference Ambassador 12
PAHS Love Run/Walk 9, 10, 11, 12
VBCPS Summer Enrichment Camp Volunteer 9
PA West Building Christmas Party 9, 11
PA Center Baby Shower 9
Shamrock Festival 9, 10
Neptune Festival 11</p>

<p>I know my GPA is a little on the low side and my SAT scores aren't great. But I just want to know my chances at RPI. I did focus my essay on leadership, specifically how losing an election and the events following that loss changed me as a leader.</p>

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<p>Your rank is okayish, but your SAT Math might be a bit of an issue. Besides the management school (and I guess the exceedingly-small humanities/social sciences dept), the departments here are going to want students scoring at least in the high 600s in the SAT math.</p>

<p>Annoyingly, being Asian can’t help your chances. I don’t see why colleges care about race (there are better forms of affirmative action), but they do :|.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response! </p>

<p>I was actually looking at the EMAC Major, but my parents want me to go into Computer Science, which I’m okay at, but obviously I’m not great at the math aspect of it. </p>

<p>And yeah, I’m unaware of my unhelpful minority. I know colleges don’t work this way, but do you think being female may help in anyway? I know RPI’s a pretty male-dominated school.</p>