<p>The 25% SAT score for RIT Engineering is 1750 ([RIT</a> Undergraduate Admissions - High School Students](<a href=“http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/high-school-students]RIT”>http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/high-school-students)), so you’re only a hair off. Also, schools may take into account the limitations of your high school while evaluating your application. That said, don’t count on merit aid. Have a back-up plan (community college), but certainly go ahead and apply at your other schools. The worst that can happen is “no” … but that’s not forever.
Remember that most CC kids are overachievers. I’m a parent of a 3.4 student, and follow the B student threads. Most parents report that their B students get accepted to many good, solid colleges, and the whole situation is less stressful than with their A children trying to get into “lottery” schools. I think I’ve read several threads regarding successful engineering students who did not take super advanced classes in high school. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Just a quick search and I found this thread …<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1239920-low-math-science-scores-can-i-still-successful.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1239920-low-math-science-scores-can-i-still-successful.html</a></p>
<p>Looks like his scores were similar to yours. He didn’t get into Perdue, but did get accepted to other engineering schools. He chose Minnesota in the end.</p>
<p>Suny buffalo is cheap and you have the grades for it. stop complaining before you even try to apply. High school means nothing once you get into college maybe take the sat or acts one more time if you have time I get a better scholarship. If you work hard in college don’t get stressed out now</p>
<p>Dude, you need an attitude adjustment. Your situation is not bad at all. The only way “it’s too late” is because you’ve adopted a defeatist position.</p>
<p>Apply to four-year schools. Also look into community colleges. Many, many successful engineers start out at CC.</p>
<p>There are no excuses buddy. Work hard and it will all turn out ok.
I suggest: Khan Academy, MIT Opencourseware, etc. I challenge you to watch every single video in the Khan Academy Calculus playlist if you want to learn Calculus.</p>
<p>You’re being way too hard on yourself. Spend a year or two at a community college and take the math and science courses (and the cheaper general education credits!) you need. Work hard and transfer. That’s it, no need to get upset when you haven’t even tried it yet. Have a little faith in your abilities. If it doesn’t work out, there are many different options out there (you don’t have to do a humanities major, you can simply do a trade school option or even simply try working your way up directly in the work force). Just remain positive and you’ll find what works best for you.</p>
<p>I’m not going to sugarcoat it: If you’ve “given up” on engineering as a junior in high school, then perhaps engineering is not for you. There have been many individuals in similar or worse circumstances, and have gone on to be successful engineers. You will face much greater challenges in college (and beyond) with engineering than you are facing now, and without hard work, determination and some confidence, you won’t last. Best of luck.</p>
<p>COMMUNITY COLLEGE!!! I cannot stress this enough. I did my first 2 years there and am now transferring to Drexel U. I was in a similar situation because I was homeschooled, didn’t have grades at ALL, and couldnt afford to take my science classes at a community college during high school. Oh and of course no AP classes. I am SO glad I started at a CC. I applied to 5 schools to transfer to for engineering, only ONE of which was a safety, and was accepted into ALL OF THEM!! At CC I was able to do all my weed-out courses in very small classes where the professors actually cared about the individual students (my friends and I actually went to see Avengers with my Differential Equations prof - lol). The best part was having all my engineering classes with the same people this last year, and we got really close with study groups as a result. it was VERY supportive when any of us started getting overwhelmed, and no one dropped out. think about it!!! best decision ever!!!</p>
<p>You are way too much of a downer. Do you truly love engineering? Can you imagine that being your dream career? If so, then screw all your pessimistic musings. Just DO IT. Go to whatever school is closest and cheapest for you. Take out loans. Hell, go into the army and then pay through the VA. Do whatever you can to get the degree. Sitting around and crying will only delay you and make you feel worse. Talk to a college adviser at your school or at the prospective college you want to go to. Just whatever you do, DON’T GIVE UP.</p>
<p>Hey, I never took Calc till I got into college, and I am an engineering junior with a GPA over 3.5.
Bro, it does not matter if you took 1 million AP/Honors Calc, or physics classes before going into college. Although this has to do with admission. Your best bet is to join a communicty college and get your foot on the ground, then transfer to a 4-Yr uni.</p>
<p>I know “work hard” nowadays is a word too overused. But, not many people actualy do it. If you want something so bad like getting an A in all your eng classes, you can. I was pretty close. I was plain dumb in high school, another reason why I left without graduating and went straight into a community college. They only asked me to take placement tests, which I did, and started out taking college algebra, and I have gotten A’s in all my required eng. math courses, now I take 500 level math courses as electives. I really does not matter, as long as when you get into college, you restrain you social activites, and most of my friends fall into the pitfall of too much gaming…</p>
<p>Does any of my situation change if I got a 29 on my ACT? I just got my retake scores and I got a 32 E, 27 M, 26 R, 32 S and writing isn’t up yet.</p>
<p>Chill out. </p>
<p>I got a 2.0ish gpa in high school (highest math was algebra 2, never took physics), never took the SAT or ACT, and after a few years away from the education system then doing well at a community college I transferred to Georgia Tech and am doing engineering.</p>
<p>I barely showed up for high school and pretty sure one year I had straight Fs in every class</p>
<p>Then I went to CC, scored into the highest placement brackets, got an A in every class, and was accepted by 4 of the top UCs.</p>
<p>I don’t recommend everyone take that route, and I don’t think people should just stop taking high school seriously altogether, but the impact of high school grades on your adult life is extremely exaggerated… It’s very, very easy to catch up.</p>
<p>As far as the calculusI-III/differential equations/linear algebra sequence: Summer/winter classes at CC and max units during fall/spring, problem solved. You can actually end up AHEAD of people at impacted universities by year 2 if you do this correctly. Oh, and save 20 grand.</p>
<p>I’m not sure who’s been advising you at home (or are you merely reading College Confidential, which has a disproportionately high percentage of high achievers, and getting scared because of every kid seems to have 2250 on his or her SAT’s?), but you have strong chance at getting into many engineering schools. Colleges don’t necessarily absolutely require that you take what you have defined in your mind as honors classes (and what HONORS means varies school-to-school). </p>
<p>Take a look at the college web sites - they publish their test scores (29 ACT is a very good score, by the way). You say your grades are good – that means a lot. You can also get some type of gauge of accepted and rejected applicants by looking at CAPPEX and My Chances (Parchment). Just be careful with Parchment’s projected admissions percentage – these are often way off (my nephew is about to go to a school at which Parchment projected he had a 4% chance of getting into, and he was rejected at a school at which they projected he had a 100% chance of getting into), but they do show actual students’ results, along with their grades and test scores.</p>
<p>If you’re really concerned about your chances, go meet with a couple of admissions officers this summer, and bring your transcript. I think you’ll be surprised at how encouraging they’ll be. The average engineering applicant at RIT scores in the 27 to 32 range on the ACT, by the way, and it sounds like that is a school within commuting range for you. The RIT admissions officers are there all summer, and very willing to meet with prospective students.</p>
<p>Apply to the 4-year schools you mentioned, including Monroe Community College. See if your parents will let you further away, and if so, consider adding Alfred University, SUNY/IT and Clarkson, all of which are likely to accept you. Consider other schools if you are allowed to range further. Then see what kind of financial aid and scholarship awards you get. You’ll probably be surprised.</p>
<p>A friend of mine went to a high school that only offered 1 science class, no chem or physics. He spent a year at a CC catching up, then went to RPI. He graduated with a 3.9, then a 4.0 in his graduate programs. He is now a college professor after he sold his chip design business.</p>
<p>Engineering is more about attitude than aptitude. Adjust your attitude and you will change your outcome.</p>