Please chance for Pratt School of Engineering !

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<p>Personal:</p>

<p>Origin: Hispanic (Spain) and Filipino
Gender: Male
NY State resident</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA: (W 95.9082) (UW ~92.4) OR ~4.0 W 3.85 UW
Grade 9 GPA: 94.4 W
Grade 10 GPA: 98.5769 W
Grade 11 GPA: 96.9333 W
Rank: 20/202 Top 10%
AP: World History (4) U.S History (4) English Language (4) Physics B (5)
Taking this year: AP Micro and macro Economics,AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, and Self studying AP Physics C: Mechanics and PHysics C: Electricity and magnetism. Total: 11 AP's by the time i graduate</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>SAT: 2260 Composite, 1520 CR/M - 720 CR 800 M 740 W (74 MC 9 essay) taken 3rd time
ACT: 35 (one sitting) (35 English) (35 Math) (33 Reading) (35 Science) 31 English/Writing
SAT II's: (700 U.S) (780 Math II) (710 Physics) (660 WH) (560 Math I)
AP's: WH 4 U.S 4 Eng lang 4 Physics B 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Academic League 9-12 Captain 12
Math League 9-12 Captain 12
Concert Band 9-12
Jazz Band 11-12 Vice President 12
SOS 9-12 (Students opposing starvation)
English Honor Society 10-12
National honor Society 11-12
Italian club 12 Vice President 12
JV Baseball 9-10 Co-Captain 10
Volunteer at local church ~100hours community service</p>

<p>Paid Work:
Cashier at Shoprite (Supermarket) 10-12 (co-head cashier) ~13 Hours a week, sometimes more or less</p>

<p>Essays/Recommendations:</p>

<p>Common App Essay: Very interesting according to people who read it (english teachers, GC, etc) and very unique and insightful
Supplement: Almost done, turning out very well in my opinion
Recommendations: 1 from my English teacher who loved me and knew me very well. 1 from my ap physics teacher, should be pretty good, and 1 from my shoprite manager, who loves me and thinks highly of me as a cashier and person and personal attributes</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:</p>

<p>AMC 12 School Winner (Scored a 88.5, 1 question from AIME)
All County Band 2x
Rensselaer Medalist
Selected to county math team, made up of 12 students, that goes to the NYS math league tournament
AP Scholar with Honor
Voted "1 in a million" by high school senior class</p>

<p>Applying to Pratt School of Engineering RD. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Also- Since Duke allows score choice, I won’t be sending my Math I and WH SAT II, and the first time I took the SAT, so it will only show 2 sittings.</p>

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<p>I have a question…did you really put “voted 1 in a million by senior class” on your application? :)</p>

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<p>Yes, it is 1 of the “senior superlatives” that goes to the “most _____” and that one goes to the most unique/wittiest person in the grade :)</p>

<p>How do you think my chances are?</p>

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<p>bump please don’t view then exit :)</p>

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<p>Seeing as we have very similar stats and i’m giving myself a 50/50, i would give you somewhere around 70% because of the “origin” lol. As long as you have a solid essay and the such you should be fine. No use in worrying. </p>

<p>As a side note, please don’t put the “voted 1 in a million” thing on your app. No need to throw.</p>

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<p>wow thanks! I hope that is true- my dad’s a guidance counselor and said that based on his experience, my chance for pratt is fairly small. I hope everything works out for the both of us!</p>

<p>any other opinions? will chance back!</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a fairly good chance, 60%-70% of getting in. Remember that Pratt is more stats heavy than Trinity, and good test scores will go a long ways. In that case, your SAT/ACT is really good. More math and science is good though</p>