Objective: Some form of engineering
Gender: Male (I’m going into senior year)
Race: Caucasian
SAT score: 2100/1440 (composite) (superscore: 750 CR, 690 M, 660 W)
SAT 2 scores: Math 2- 800 and Biology/E-430 (estimated) (I bombed biology lol but if I want to send math 2, I have to send biology because I took them on the same day)
My school is ranked #28 for public schools in the U.S.
Average: 96 (this isn’t impressive in my school as a lot of kids have 100+ averages)
Class Rank: My school doesn’t rank.
Classes taken and Senior Class load:
Freshman- Bio, Geometry, English, Pre-Engineering, Global History, Russian.
Sophomore- Chemistry, Algebra 2/Trig, AP World, Russian, English, SERP (Scientific and Engineering Research Program- this was voluntary and pretty hard to get into (14 out of 200 kids made it- I quit next year lol).
Junior- AP Environmental, AP Russian, AP U.S., Pre-Calc, English.
Senior- AP Physics, AP Pol Science, Calc, English.
Academic downfalls: I messed up freshman and sophomore year in my math/science classes. I had 2 C’s in geometry, 1 C and 1 B in algebra 2/trig, and 2 Bs in chemistry. However, I picked up my act and got a 92 on the algebra 2/trig regent (required NYC test (its on my transcript) and 2 As in Pre-Calc Junior Year.
EC’s: Wrestling Freshman Year (I also wrestled for 3 years in middle school), Chess Team for 2 years, Key Club for 1 year, Over 180 hours volunteering at a pharmacy, Type 2 diabetes walk fund raiser, Took a psychology course at a college, UDACITY: Intro to Computer Science (Python) certificate, NHS, QOL research competition (this is a pretty big competition (all of NYC)) semi-finalist with creativity award, March of Dimes essay participant (Ethics in Medicine), Worked with a professor on a research paper called “The Effects of MI on Strength Gains”, and School Band for 4 years.
2 good teacher recommendations and I might be able to get a recommendation from an Active Duty Marine (I know him personally but Ill make sure to apply for other nominations as well)
Potential Concerns: My math/science grades and the fact that I didn’t do any sport consistently throughout my years in high school. The main reason that I stopped wrestling was to get stronger, and after 2 1/2 years I am planning to make a come back senior year. So… 2 years of sports on my resume…
So assuming if I achieve competitive CFA scores, what are my chances? I don’t want to waste my time applying if there’s barely any chance I’m going to get in, is it even worth it for me to apply? Thanks in advance…