Please chance me for engineering? (RD)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Major: Aerospace Engineering</p>

<p>State: CA
School Type: Public charter
Race: Latina (Brazil)
Gender: F
Income: $90k
Hooks: minority, female in engineering, school is in low income neighborhood, 2nd generation American, 2nd generation college</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.47 W
Rank: 3 of 134
SAT: 2120 - 680 M, 730 CR, 710 W
SAT II: Took Math II and Physics, expecting 550-650 for both :(
ACT: 35 - 35 E, 34 M, 35 R, 36 S, 10 essay
APs, etc.: School doesn't offer, instead offers dual enrollment with local community college and 2 universities</p>

<p>Transcript: All As, took most challenging classes offered; electives include: Mock Trial, Speech & Debate, Tech Team, Robotics, Yearbook</p>

<p>Senior course load:
Calculus (dual enroll)
Political Science/Economics (dual enroll)
Anatomy, Physiology, & Disease
English Literature (dual enroll)
College Writing
Engineering Design and Development (dual enroll)
Electives: American Popular Culture, Flight School</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- FIRST Robotics Competition (10-12) Head of Strategy (11), Safety Captain (11), Team Captain (12): 300+ hours/year
- Mock Trial (10-12) Founding Member, Defendant and Arresting Officer (10), Opening & Closing Attorney (11-12) 100 hours/year
- Interact Club (10-12): ~100 hours of community service
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (11-12) Founding Member, President (11-12): 30 hours/year
- Society of Women Engineers (10-12) Founding Member: monthly 30-minute meetings + 20 hours activities/service
- CrossFit (June 2014-present): 3 hours/week
- Yearbook (10-11) Assistant Editor (10), Chief Editor (11): 200 hours/year
- VEX Robotics (11) Founding Member: 50 hours
- Ambassador Team (11-12): about 20 hours total
- Church Audio & Visual Technician (7-12): 50 hours/year
Honor clubs: California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society
Awards: FIRST Dean's List Award Semifinalist, National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Recognition
Work Experience: Boeing Internship June-August 2014; did lots of cool engineering stuff</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>You look good, but the odds go down significantly for RD.</p>

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<p>I encourage you to contact Kevin Gonzalez the person in the admissions office responsible for recruitment of Hispanic students. He was great last year with my daughter and her friends. She is now a 1st year at Tech. Write to him in an email introducing yourself; ask to be put on any invitation list for events at Tech or locally if he or another tech admission rep comes to your area. Tech normally holds a special admission event for Latino applicants in September. Since you didn’t go to it you want to make contact with Kevin so he knows who you are when he reads your application. </p>

<p>I agree you should have applied early decision since your odds are better. Try to get your application in right away. </p>

<p>I don’t do chance threads but you look like a strong applicant. Keep up your grades and make sure to get good recommendations. Good luck. </p>