Looking for Engineering Schools that fits my stats in the Mid West

College Search & Selection
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<p>3.7 is the weighted GPA. Unweighted GPA should be around 3.5.</p>

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<p>are you sure extreme power? That makes a ton of sense because i don’t see those state schools that prestigious. UIUC, to uofiapplicant, ive been told will be hard to get into for COE with my stats.</p>

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<p>anything i can do to improve my chances besides increases my grades and act score. Like my counselor suggested i should go meet with the admittance counselors.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s the weighted GPA.
You have a 31 ACT which is on the 75th percentile. Being in-state helps a lot. You are definitely in at Urbana Champaign.</p>

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<p>Xtreme, The GPA shown in the CDS is not SUPPOSED to be weighted (the CDS directions state it’s supposed to be from a 4.0 max) but some colleges do fudge the numbers. I don’t know how you can explicitly state the GPA is weighted unless you’ve contacted them. Also, unless the OP is in the top 10% of his class I don’t think you can say he is definitely in a UIUC. GPA and rigor are more important than scores there.</p>

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<p>i am in top ten percent. my brother graduated from U OF I. But i dont really care for U of I, other than its a great school for Engineering. But who should i contact erin’s dad?</p>

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<p>Contact the admissions office to ask. Usually there is a link to E-Mail on the web site. Otherwise you can call.</p>

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<p>Will do tomorrow or over the weekend, in the meantime can someone help me understand how state schools like wisconsin, or purdue, or U of I have about 70 percent of their student body have GPA’s above a 3.75, yet only have about 30% in the top ten of their class. I am in the top ten, but don’t have a 3.75. I just feel a 3.75+ is pretty selective, I am an A,B student. Do i really just have a low GPA? Granted my weighted is a 4.2</p>

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<p>UIUC and Wisconsin have something like 55-60% in the top ten percent.</p>

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<p>We should put more emphasis on how many were in the top 10% and 25%, average SAT and ACT scores rather than the reported GPA. GPA’s are sometimes recalculated by colleges. </p>

<p>UIUC has an average ACT of 29 and
54% were in the top 10%.
88% were in the top 25%.</p>

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<p>Anyone know where i can find stats for the avg. engineering student.</p>