Please Match Hispanic Female for STEM [rural WV resident, 4.0 UW, 36 ACT, 1590 SAT, NMSF, Electrical Engineering]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • US domestic (US citizen or permanent resident) or international student
  • State/Location of residency: (state is important if you apply to any state universities)
  • Type of high school (current college for transfers):
  • Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional):
  • Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.):
    US Citizen
    very rural wv
    medium, public, and barely competitive high school
    Hispanic Female, ESL, speak both languages fluently

Intended Major(s)
Electrical Engineering

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.7
  • College GPA (for transfers):
  • Class Rank: 5
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 36 first time freshman/1590 first time

Coursework
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))
10 AP total, not many more offered at school
APUSH-4
AP ENGLISH LANG-4
AP CALC-5
AP SPANISH-5
AP PSYCH-5
taking
AP CALC BC
AP STATS
AP COMPSCI
AP PHYSICS C
AP GOV

Awards
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Rural and Small Town Scholar
Jrotc Leadership and Academic Bowl National Finalist
NHS Member
two awards, 1st & 2nd at state Science Olympiad
2nd in regional Math Competition

Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)
Intern at electrical engineering company
intern at civil engineer/structural assessment company
lifeguard for three summers
varsity swim, state team all years, broke school record, team capt
ran Red Cross blood drives locally, personal experience with importance of blood
couple school clubs
club swim team, states, etc

Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)
wrote about personal growth bc of being bicultural and bilingual, as well as unique perspective due to culture shock and language barriers, deep enjoyment in designing solutions and curiosity after interning w/engineers
LORs should be extremely good personal connection to recommenders

Cost Constraints / Budget
(High school students: please get a budget from your parents and use the Net Price Calculators on the web sites of colleges of interest.)
none

Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if a scholarship is necessary for affordability, indicate that you are aiming for a scholarship and use the scholarship chance to estimate it into the appropriate group below)

  • Safety (certain admission and affordability)
  • Likely (would be possible, but very unlikely or surprising, for it not to admit or be affordable)
  • Match
  • Reach
    Looking for strongest engineering schools
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You didn’t list any colleges. Have you applied anywhere?

Have you identified a safety - a school you have a high chance of admission, one you can afford, and one you would be happy attending?

That’s a lot of APs for a school that you describe as “barely competitive.” Did you self study for those tests or was the class offered at your HS?

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Did you get the National Hispanic Recognition Program award? You would include that along with the Rural and Small Town award.

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Although the OP likely gets CBNRP for both rural and Hispanic/Latino, advancing to NMF (which most NMSFs do) tends to unlock a much larger set of scholarships than CBNRP status.

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Right. I was just thinking that she may wish to signal her URM status, even though it sounds like her essays might mention.

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No, I did not. I’m unsure as to why because I did apply.

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Go to your Big Futures profile on the College Board site and scroll all the way to the bottom to see if you have a certificate there.

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Yeah, nothing. :frowning:

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After the Supreme Court decision, I’m not sure what URM adds in admissions consideration for an apparently wealthy “Cost Constraints / Budget … none” super high achieving student.

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Wait, really? I know it doesn’t on paper but it has really shaped a lot of my life especially where I live.

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Some colleges seem to be begging for URM status to be disclosed. I guess we’ll find out this admission season.

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That is within the bounds of the Supreme Court decision. Go ahead and discuss in your essays.

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Consider following up on that by calling or emailing the CBRP office.

If you have further questions about the National Recognition Programs, please call (855) 283-3815 or email recognition@collegeboard.org.

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Thank you. Does being from a rural part of the country affect admissions chances?

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I don’t know the answer to that one. Problem is that about half the high schools in the US have the rural designation and many are actually large suburban schools.

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FWIW, you seem to be a very strong applicant, regardless of any other personal factors. Where have you applied so far?

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Got it. Any schools on the eastern half of the country that you think match my profile?

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What kind of school are you interested in? Large, small, urban, rural?

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Duke ED, Northeastern, Clemson
Plan to apply to Vandy, MIT, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Virginia Tech, and NC State

I’m not too picky, as long as its not a massive school, or smaller than about 4-5,000
Preferably in a small city, but as seen by my choices it is not a dealbreaker.

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That’s a super broad question.

If you want to throw in some schools with significant NM scholarships to lower the price (your parents may appreciate this no matter how large your budget), the highest ranked ones in the east would be BU and Northeastern.

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