Hello. We are starting to plan out visits for this summer.
S24 is US and OH resident, white middle class male interested in Computer Engineering (also interested but not currently considering majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, learning Mandarin)
Attends a small high school that does not offer AP classes. He will have some Sophomore and Junior year dual enrollment credits from Chinese language courses.
Unweighted GPA 4.0, school does not weight
Current class rank 1, only students tied for 1st will receive ranking
Probable NMSF
ACT 34, SAT 1550 (both of those scores were first test attempt, he doesn’t plan to retake, but maybe I should encourage Sept retesting?)
Volunteers for park district about 10 hours a year
Active in speedcubing competitions, community youth orchestra, Chinese club at school
Did an 80 hour internship with a computer focus
Will do summer engineering camp experiences at Univ Dayton, Univ of Cincinnati, and Purdue
Leadership is weak, but stage manager for a youth orchestra
Essays are going to be weakest part of application.
He would like to be in OH, IN, PA, MI, IL, KY region.
I am too new to this forum to understand how to assign Reach, Match, Safety designations. I just want to make sure we visit places that could be a good fit. Budget is still under discussion, depends on timing of some other purchases (new roof or vehicle). I will have him apply to CWRU but probably too expensive. I don’t know how to guess where merit is available. I know a student who wanted to attend Univ Cin but will attend Univ of Dayton because it has better financial offer which surprised me.
Thank you.