Long Shot Chance Please - Electrical Engineering -2018

<p>Currently he has taken the ACT & SAT once and scored accordingly with no prep in either.</p>

<p>ACT: (Will take this again…flu hurt!)
Composiet: 28
English - 31
Math - 26 (took a practice exam this week and got a 29 in this section)</p>

<p>SAT: (self prep now, class starting soon - current practice M 680 to 700 & R 600 to 620)
Math - 640
Writing - 630
Reading - 540 (OUCH!!) </p>

<p>Sports (2): 7 letters by next year.
Community service : 200 hours plus
Employment: 2 jobs…one in a science lab another at a beach
GPA: 3.86
Top 18% of class (Smart class and there are also several that don’t take as tough of a class load)
NHS - To be inducted this spring
AP / honors: Physica, pre- Cal, Cal, US History, chem, yea more but enough listed to get the idea.
Award: Several in sports and one academic in science
Certified: Soccer ref. & Hunter Safety Licence</p>

<p>I didn’t know Babson had electrical engineering? But overall from what I know, you are plenty qualified. I would retake the SAT/ACT just to be safe!</p>

<p>I feel as though you wrote this thread in the wrong college.
However, first SAT was 680M, 650CR, 500W.
After a total of three SATS, my superscore is now 770M, 780Cr, and 700W. Granted, my biggest weakeness was endurance and taking a ton of practice tests definitely helped that, but the SATs aren’t too difficult to improve upon.</p>

<p>Writing:Even if you do poorly on the essays, the rest of the section is just grammar. Anyone who puts enough time and effort in should be able to score 700+ just by learning grammar and practicing. I recommend getting a few specific SAT writing books. Those helped me with SAT grammar quite a bit.</p>

<p>Math: Eh, requires some luck (getting a test that you find easier). But there are a lot of tricks like working backwards. With some work I think anyone who starts in the 600s and improve to the 700s.</p>

<p>CR: Same as math, but studying vocab is an easy way to get extra points.</p>

<p>Also, I did all my sat prep after my first disappointing sat solo. Just did a ton of pratice tests, some vocab review, and grammar. Did not use a class or tutor, just grinding out tests.</p>