<p>Hey all, I've just about finalized my college list and I'm doing a lot of wondering. I will gladly accept suggestions for schools. I am especially interested in aerospace. I think Caltech is my 1st choice right now because of its size, teacher-student ratio, and connections with JPL/NASA. What do you think?</p>
<p>Major: Aerospace Engineering (or Mechanical where AE is unavailable)
Schools: Stanford, Caltech, UPenn, Cornell, Rice, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Cal Poly SLO, UC Davis, Purdue (13 total)</p>
<p>State: CA
School Type: Public charter (will be 6 years old when I graduate)
Race: Latina (Brazil)
Gender: F
Income: $90k
Hooks: minority, female in engineering, school is in low income neighborhood, 2nd generation American, 2nd generation college (not sure if that counts for anything)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.47 W
Rank: 3 of 134
SAT: 2120 - 680 M, 730 CR, 710 W
SAT II: Taking Math II and Physics in October (pray for me lol)
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>I've taken the most difficult classes my school has to offer, which ultimately doesn't amount to much since we're so small.</p>
<p>*Transcript:<a href="%20indicates%20college%20credit">/b</a>
Honors English 9: A
Composition: A
Introduction to Engineering Design: A
Physics: A
Honors Geometry: A
Honors Spanish 1: A
Electives: Mock Trial, Speech & Debate, Tech Team</p>
<p>English 10: A (Honors 2nd semester)
Principles of Engineering<em>: A
Chemistry: A- (Honors 2nd semester)
Algebra 2: A (Honors 2nd semester)
Honors Spanish 2: A
World History: A
Electives: Mock Trial, Robotics</em>, Yearbook</p>
<p>Honors English 11: A
Art & Design 1: A
Honors Biology: A
Pre-Calculus: A
Spanish 4<em>: A
United States History</em>: 1st semester A-, 2nd semester A
Electives: Robotics, Yearbook</p>
<p>Senior course load:
Calculus*
Political Science*
Anatomy, Physiology, & Disease
English Literature*
College Writing
Engineering Design and Development*
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, likely National Hispanic Recognition
Work Experience: Boeing Internship June-August 2014; did lots of cool engineering stuff
Other: I really, really, really like space and I'm an astronaut in my wildest dreams. I want to be an engineer and I'm working towards my pilot's license. I love space.</p>
<p>Feel free to ask me anything about my ECs. I'm nothing extraordinary, but just wondering where I should realistically apply or expect to get in. Lots of essays.</p>