I am currently a sophomore at a public high school in New Jersey, I know it is very early but would like to know my chances at admission to the Rutgers if I continue with the plan I have made:
Current Weighted GPA: 4.89 (6.5 scale)
Non-Weighted: 3.56
Rank:61/510
Legacy:No
Extra Curricular: Freshmen Boys Soccer(9) Robotics(9,10,11,12) NHS(10,11,12)Mu Alpha Theta(10,11,12)
Freshmen Grades: English 1 Honors-92,Algebra 1 Honors-88,Environmental Science Honors-93,World History Honors-92,Spanish 1-97,PLTW(Engineering Course(Honors)) Year One-94,
Sophomore Grades:Geometry Honors-92, Biology Honors-86, US History 1 Honors-93, Currently Enrolled in Algebra 2 Honors, Spanish 2, English 2 Honors, PLTW Year 2
Junior Plans: I am scheduled to be taking Honors English 3, APUSH, AP Statistics, Honors Chemistry, Honors PreCalc, PLTW Year 3
Senior Plans: I plan to take AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C:Mechanics and AP Physics C; Electromagnetism, AP English Lit and Comp, Spanish 3 Honors, PLTW Year 4
Any Input Is Much Appreciated
It’s never too early. Keep your grades up. Schools like to see an increasing trend in grades. Standardized test scores are important. Maybe do some more service and you should be good.
But it depends on which school in Rutgers you want to get into. Because some are more selective than others. But regardless aim for your best. Good luck!
I think you are in track. Your strength of schedule is excellent I am assuming that you want to be a Mechanical or Electrical Engineer of some sort? 6 years of Math, 3 engineering courses and the two Physics seems great! SAT or ACT seems to be very important in Rutgers formulas. Get on Kahn academy and do some prep work. If you can add a strong score, you are good to go. Also, not sure how your school defines an A for GPA purposes. Rutgers has you input all of the grades. Those 92’s and are probably B’s in your school GPA but are high B’s. I personally do not think EC’s are a high priority for Rutgers and Robotics can be a time consuming one so that is good. The honor societies are great for awards but are not really much for EC. If you want to bump up the EC’s, fine something you like and will enjoy. If that is service, great. Personally, I think so many schools require service that, unless you do something meaningful and/or very consistent, I doubt it has much impact. FYI Rutgers has a scholarship for Robotics FIRST participants.
You’re getting in lol chill