@RoundGenius That’s a bit of reach! I’m pretty sure about my GPA but not SAT/ACT
@intparent Forgot to add that on there. Will do.
unweight GPA(100%): one year in China: 94.2% two year in US: 94.5% and 97.83%.
GPA(4.00) China: 3.95 US: 4.00 4.00
Academic Classes:
Freshman: AP stats, AP micro econ, Chem, Physics, Pre-calc, Lit, Chinese Culture
Sophomore: APUSH, AP physics C Mechanics, AP Calc AB (took BC test), Honor English II
Junior: Multivarible Calc (Calc III), AP CS, AP Chem, AP Lit I, AP Physics C EM, Honor Economic&Society (took AP Macro Econ Test)
Thanks!
unweight GPA(100%): one year in China: 94.2% two year in US: 94.5% and 97.83%.
GPA(4.00) China: 3.95 US: 4.00 4.00
Academic Classes:
Freshman: AP stats, AP micro econ, Chem, Physics, Pre-calc, Lit, Chinese Culture
Sophomore: APUSH, AP physics C Mechanics, AP Calc AB (took BC test), Honor English II
Junior: Multivarible Calc (Calc III), AP CS, AP Chem, AP Lit I, AP Physics C EM, Honor Economic&Society (took AP Macro Econ Test)
@ucbalumnus I’m looking at chem emphasis on material too, any suggestion for Chem? Thanks
Do you want an engineering degree? If so, that will narrow down the options.
LACs with an available chemical physics major (Wooster, Hendrix, Centre, Hamilton, Bowdoin) may be comparatively strong in materials science.
@ColdinMinny I do not necessarily want a degree in engineering, I will be fine with going the route of fundamental science like chemistry and physic then engineering in mater degree or PHD. thx
@merc81 Thanks! I will check with my stats, classes and EC, which will be a better fit academically?
Would smaller non-LAC schools with somewhat of a focus on engineering be of interest?
Examples with materials engineering:
Case Western Reserve University
Colorado School of Mines
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lehigh University
Michigan Technological University
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of California, Merced
@ThemanX : The simplist format I’ve seen for comparing basic stats across schools is “The 610 Smartest Colleges,” Business Insider (online). That said, colleges with acceptance rates below ~25-30% can be difficult admits even in cases in which a student’s basic qualifications match the overall student profile.
@ucbalumnus those are great, thx!
@merc81 true depends on if one fits the school
@ThemanX : After looking at the concordance tables you referenced (#13), it does appear that some degree of inflation has crept into the new SAT scoring system. During this transitional period, you may want to compare your current percentiles to those that can be inferred from recent (but “old” SAT) school profiles.
@merc81 I’m at 98th-99th percentile which is about 2250 on the old one. But, would college use the percentile to evaluate? I doubt it will happen, they might just use the OFFICIAL conversion.
@merc81 I noticed a lot more girls around me goes to LAC than guys? Do you kinds know the reason? thx
@ThemanX : The female to male ratio at private colleges in general is 59/41%, so it would appear that LACs do not diverge substantially, if at all, from their larger academic peers. However, some historical trends seem to persist with respect to some LACs. For example, formerly all-female LACs will often enroll a proportionally greater number of women than LACs that were formerly male.
@ThemanX - while women form a small majority at private LACs, the real reason for your anecdata is simpler: small sample size.