<p>So, i plan on going into the Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering field. I'm pretty good at math, but i'm not genius. The first 2 and a half years of my high school career were jokes. Once i actually started applying myself and stopped being a dirt-bag, i got a 90 average 4th quarter junior year, with a 93 Average in Trig, and a 95 average for 1st quarter Senior year, with an 89 in PreCalc. I had a 67 and a 72 in Algebra and geometry respectively in freshman and soph year.</p>
<p>My GPA from Freshman year through junior year is an 82.05 or a 2.7</p>
<p>I am also a Hispanic-American, and my parents never went to college.
My father works at Home Depot and my mother is a cashier at Joyce Leslie.</p>
<p>SAT I score (Super-scored) 640 CR, 630M and 640W ,,,1910</p>
<p>The only AP's i will have are AP Biology and AP Government for this senior year.</p>
<p>I want to apply to the following schools(in order of importance);
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Binghamton
R.I.T
SUNY University at Buffalo
NYU Polytechnic
Drexel University
NYIT</p>
<p>EC's
Soccer for 3 years
Track and Field for 3 years</p>
<p>Are there any schools i should consider, or is there anything i can do now to improve my chances?</p>
<p>I think you’re on the right track as far as schools go, but you’re on the border math score wise for a EE. EE is probably the most math-intense engineering degree and weak math skills have been the downfall of many a prospective electrical engineer. Computer engineering might be a little easier, it all depends on how much electromagnetic theory the degree requires, which back in the Stone Age was a two semester course that was the bane of many a EE student’s existence, including mine. (I did get my degree, but I recently looked at the textbook and it’s all just gibberish now. How I passed I’ll never know.)</p>
<p>I realize you’re just getting things together, but if you manage to get into a EE program, realize you will be going into Calculus with no high school experience, and will be up against kids who have all had it before. It will be intense and you cannot allow yourself to fall behind. Get tutoring from day one and take it very, very seriously or you will fail or at the very least, have to switch majors. You can make it with a lot of work, but know you will be going in at risk from the very beginning.</p>
<p>Technical university business schools are littered with ex-engineering majors that couldn’t hack the calculus. Engineering is all about math, so you’d better like it.</p>
<p>To hedge your bets, you may want to prioritize broad-based universities over technical colleges like RIT. That way, if you decide engineering isn’t for you, you can change majors without changing schools.</p>
<p>Luckily, Math isn’t the bane of my existence, and i actually find it quite interesting to an extent. I think Stony and Buffalo will suit me well if want to shift majors with little hassle, but still retain the prestige that the school offer. </p>
<p>If EE doesn’t work out, and CE is also a dud, my third choice would be Computer Science.</p>
<p>The biggest dilemma i have right now is that i also want to play Soccer and/or Run Track and Field, and practice piano and music theory. Thing is, i doubt i will have time for any of that if it is as overwhelming as you say it may be. </p>
<p>Is it possible that i can teach my self the fundamentals of college level Calculus now, or over the summer, or both? So far in PreCalc, i have learned very little new material. I’m not sure if it’s later in the year that the class gets more difficult, but so far it’s just over-complicated word problems.</p>
<p>You might want to look at SUNYIT in Utica - I know a couple of kids who go there - I think you’d get in and wouldn’t have issues with the calc, etc. It’s small, but they seem to have lots of sports.</p>
<p>I think you’ve got a better handle on things than a lot of kids - you know your limitations and that’s half the battle. But yes, keep your eye on the ball and don’t let ECs divert your attention too much. You need an outlet, yes, but establishing a good baseline once you get to school is essential. Far better students have gone down in flames not because they lacked the talent, but rather, they lacked the discipline that an engineering degree requires.</p>
<p>Agreed, you look to be in pretty good shape. You have a nice list of options for schools, too. Just don’t let yourself fall behind, ask for help as soon as you need it! Don’t wait for someone else to notice if you’re struggling.</p>