So am I totally screwed?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>The scores don't really standout (mainly referring to the SAT IIs, in light of your new ACT). But you might, depending on your essays and other subjective bits. I also don't really know how admissions is with homeschooling, so I could be way off.</p>

<p>Northwestern - don't know it well enough
RPI - Match
MIT - known for taking people who show uniqueness
Carnegie Mellon - reach
U of Illinois - Match/In
U of Maryland - In
Princeton - probably not
Cornell - reach
Columbia - probably not</p>

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<p>RPI, Georgia tech, UMD and UIL are only seeing my ACT of 32.</p>

<p>All the rest get my ACT of 32, plus my SAT report.
Are they gonna use my low SAT I and my high ACT for the reasoning test part, or will they just focus on my ACT? I heard a lot of schools convert the ACT to an SAT (2200 in my case) and use the higher of the two, is this right?</p>

<p>How are my chances now?</p>

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<p>Ok. Next person to chance me for ALL my schools gets a free PIN number for the-cloak</a> anonymous web surfing (anonymous proxy) via PM with 200MB and 11 days. (I don't need it, so heres some incentive)</p>

<p>Unless this is against the rules, but I couldn't find anything saying it was...</p>

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<p>No takers!?</p>

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<p>I think your fair game for Carnegie. You're defintely in for Maryland, in-state is an added bonus that's for sure. This is great stuff for Maryland. Don't stress! Apply to all the schools you want. Don't let people tell you not to apply. You never know what will happen!</p>

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<p>Orignal list:
(For electrical engineering, duh!)
Northwestern (My top choice, showed strong interest) - match
RPI - In
MIT - Don't think you have a chance; sorry
Carnegie Mellon - reach
U of Illinois - in
U of Maryland (My state school) - in
Princeton - again, don't think you have a chance with those SAT IIs
Cornell - High Reach
Columbia (3rd gen legacy) - Low reach (because of the legacy)</p>

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<p>Alright, hellflame666 wins the PIN number!</p>

<p>Now I've got a pretty good idea I can bet on RPI, Ga-Tech, UMD and UIL. I know I have a shot at NWU. I know everywhere else is a crapshoot of one degree or another, but hell, I might make one of those tough ones if they like my (killer) essays and look past my (mediocre) SAT-IIs.</p>

<p>Any more input is still welcome!</p>

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<p>And out of all the colleges I'm applying to, I should state that the following superscore the ACT:
Gerogia Tech
MIT
Princeton
Cornell</p>

<p>I had decently in-depth talks with people in admissions at each to confirm that they really do.</p>

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<p>i dont think u can call CMU an reach and NU a match, im not saying u dont have a chance, i just dont agree. CMU is easier than NWU.</p>

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<p>Still don't think superscore would make that much of a difference at MIT, Princeton, Cornell. Even if your ACT score slightly improves, there's nothing fantastic about your stats (SATIIs aren't impressive either). These colleges are going to expect something that makes you stronger. Your ECs are nice, but don't think they cover for your stats.</p>

<p>You're in at Georgia Tech, though.</p>

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<p>I know the 75th percentiles for ACTs at those four are as follows:
Cornell: 32
MIT: 34
Princeton: 34</p>

<p>And my ACT superscore is 33. So I guess I'd be somewhere from around the 60th to 80th percentile among their student bodies with that score...</p>

<p>And what about CMU superscoring the ACT, I heard it did but they told me they dont in admissions!</p>

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<p>I think that as long as you show your dedication and commitment to engineering as well as partaken in scholarly research (showing your passion) you have a good shot. Get your SAT up and you should be good. Legacy does help a lot.. I know Harvard admission rate was 40% for legacy soooo :D...
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>10charbump</p>

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<p>northwestern is a reach.
Here's the stat from the College Board:
SAT CR: 670 - 750 80%
SAT M: 680 - 770 80%
SAT W: 660 - 750 80%
ACT Sum: 30 - 34 56%</p>

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<p>Interestingly, I called up NWU... and they use either the SAT-I OR the ACT, which ever is higher.</p>

<p>I donno how common of a practice this is, but they said my 32 will be translated into an SAT-I (2200?) and that will be used in place of my actual SAT-I.</p>

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<p>11charbump2</p>

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<p>12charbump#3</p>

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<p>i can see you getting into RPI, and maybe Maryland, but not the others, your test scores just arent perfect enough, Your only chance is if you tell something really unique about yourself in the essays you write, maybe incorporate something about your research, but i doubt you have much of a chance at MIT
try RIT and WPI for decent engineering schools</p>

<p>chance me back at
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635725-chance-me-i-will-chance-back.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/635725-chance-me-i-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Well I've got some good news, I took the SAT today and missed ONE math question (grid in too)!!! I'm quite sure of this, I've been studying like hell, to the point where CB cant put one over on me.</p>

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<p>Well turns out I missed a few more on that last math section.</p>

<p>700M/740CR/620W</p>

<p>Also,</p>

<p>I JUST GOT INTO UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERGING!!! w00t!!! :D</p>

<p>Still accepting chances for the rest, until more decisions roll in.</p>