I’m a Duke alumni interviewer, and here are my impressions:
- Pratt is heavily focused on the numbers. Your ACT scores are < 25th percentile. You stand a fairly low chance unless you can get your scores above the 50th.
- Trinity has lower ACT medians, but then it would look very strange that you suddenly changed from Pratt to Trinity without a good reason.
- You are coming from an area of the country (NY) where SAT is the norm. Did you take the SAT and are not sharing scores because you did poorly on them? Why did you not take any SAT IIs? Perhaps if you had several high scores on SAT 2 subject test exams, this could offset a low ACT score.
- BME is the most popular major for new applicants to Pratt.
- The fact that your uncle is a faculty member will place your application in special status. There is a spot in the alumni interviewer website where special connections are noted (alumni, legacy, etc). So yours will be tagged. However your uncle’s pull will be limited if you don’t meet the scores. your grades and ECs look fine though.
If there is time, why not sit for an upcoming SAT I or SAT II test to show that your low ACTs are just a fluke?