Question and Chance me Please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cooper Union
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<p>Question: Does the Major you pic affect your admissions?!?!</p>

<p>Intended Major: Civil Engineering!
Family Income:$10,000
Ethnicity:Latino (Peruvian)
From New York City (Queens)
First Generation going to College
GPA: 3.61 (90.49%)
SAT CR: 670 (took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 540)
SAT M: 680 (took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 640)
SAT W: 640 (again took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 600)
SATII Physics: 610
SATII Math 1: 620
APs: AP Computer Science A (I got a 4)
AP World History (I got a 4)
AP Spanish (Didn't take the test yet)
AP Statistics (Didn't take the test yet)</p>

<p>Curriculum: All honors courses and APs since freshman year. I am also a year a head in math and science (I took two regents in middle school). I am also in a bridge year program with Queens College that is allowing me to take 2 Queens college classes per semester this year. At Queens College I am currently taking Freshman Humanities Seminar (HTH101) and The Physics of Sound (PHYS007). I am also doing a Robotics independent study</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities: US FIRST Robotics team member (I'm the captain of our teams programming division, been on since the second year the team started, 2 years counting this year), I amateur box (yes box), American Computer Science League (3 years), 200 hours community service with New Immigrant Community Empowerment, 50 Hours Community Service under Former Senator John Sabini (He left for another position in Albany and I lost my job with him), WPI FRONTIERS Robotics Summer Program Participant, Manhattan College Summer Program For Women and Minority Students Interested in Engineering Participant (yes that's the long name the program has), ACE Mentor Program (This year)</p>

<p>Recognitions: National Honor Society, National Society for High School Scholars, National Latin Examination I: Magna Cum Laude Silver Medal. My school's Deans/Principal's List</p>

<p>Recommendations: 1 from my Calculus Teacher (She's had me for Sophomore and Junior Year, knows me quite well) and 1 from my Physics/Robotics teacher who is also my Robotics independent study mentor AND my US FIRST ROBOTICS team coach (Definitely a good rec. He's gotten one of my friends into Dartmouth and another into Columbia(the kid who got into Dartmouth has my GPA but 1410 SAT M+CR).</p>

<p>Essays: Working intently on them (since September)! Multiple reads will be reviewing them as well!</p>

<p>Misc: I have a rare autoimmune Disease called Still's Disease, which attacks my skin and joints, that effects my everyday life. I wrote about it in my Columbia Essay as a significant adversity I have had to face. I also come from a single parent home, my father abandoned my mom and I when I was 4.</p>

<p>Please I need to know what people think. I have some safeties and some Ivies (which I know are reaches). I would really like to attend Cooper Union because I love NYC and it is a great school right here. What are my chances? Will chance back!</p>

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<p>I’m not overly familiar with the admissions for the engineering department but i do know that admissions for the engineering department are highly number oriented. In this instance your SAT scores are kind of low. You should try to at least be in the 700s for SATI Math and SATII Math and Physics. Also, since you have taken a more difficult course load (which is a plus), you should clearly indicate your placement/rank in your class or year group.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above poster. Your scores in general are sort of low but you have a compelling story but I’m not sure how much that would help you.</p>

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<p>the major does matter… engineers tend to have much higher numbers than artist and architects. Civil engineering was historically the easiest to get into but I’m not sure if that’s true anymore… Civil engineers also get less respect from the other majors but have the best grades…</p>

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<p>Hey, what FIRST team were you on? Did your team go to Atlanta either of the years you were on the team?</p>