<p>I’m a Junior who is a prospective engineering student looking at Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon, UPenn, RPI, etc. mostly as my reach schools. My safeties (hopefully) will be Penn State, Syracuse, etc.</p>
<p>SAT: 1540/2220, Math: 790, English: 750, Writing: 680
Chemistry: 730
(Will be taking more SATIIs and AP tests)</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: ~4ish
Unweighted: ~3.5ish
(will know for sure after this year ends)</p>
<p>Science Olympiad member (9th and 5th nationally so far, 1st in PA [one of the hardest states] for 15 years) (10+ hr/week)
Science Club
Physics Olympics (1st place medal regionally)</p>
<p>Have my own graphic design company, fairly successful</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are for the mentioned engineering programs? Also any other advice/tips/tricks are welcomed.</p>
<p>scores are good enough for your reaches, but know that some colleges weigh your gpa on their own scale. I have a 3.56 UW and a 4.3 W, but one college weighted it to 3.78. Your math is key for the engineering, and a 790 is pretty damn competitive. Cornell/UPenn will be the hardest to get in. You should also apply to Cal Poly, great engineering program, and for you it could be a safety. </p>
<p>Just curious, why aren’t cal tech and MIT on your list? you would be extremely competitive for those baring they take your weighted gpa.</p>
<p>Funny thing is im completely anti-nerd, like its really funny when I go to scioly and everyone there only cares about studying. But anyways, I don’t think I’d be competitive at all for MIT, maybe I should reconsider.</p>
<p>Have you considered University of Michigan. One of the top ten undergraduate engineering schools and has an acceptance rate over 60%. Looking at your awards and scores, you seem to have a very good chance at both RPI and Carnegie Mellon.</p>