Stanford, Tufts, Berkeley, College Park

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a middle-eastern male rising senior who plans to major in engineering or possibly business.(maybe double major) If I choose to major in engineering I am thinking of going into computer science, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering.</p>

<p>State of Residence: MD</p>

<p>(I am from one of the top public school systems in the nation)</p>

<p>GPA:</p>

<p>3.57 UW
4.2 W</p>

<p>Class Rank:
hasnt been released but could be anywhere from 20% to 35% my school is extremely competitive</p>

<p>AP's (Junior Year: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AB English Lang. Senior Year: AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP Calc BC, and I will be self studying for AP Gov, AP Comparative Gov, and AP US History)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:</p>

<p>SAT: 2040 I plan on taking it again to get 2150+</p>

<p>math-690
writing-720 (11 essay)
reading- 630</p>

<p>ACT I plan on taking to get a 32+</p>

<p>I plan on taking SAT II's in</p>

<p>Math II
US History
Physics -------> I dont expect a high score on this because I will be taking it without finishing an ap physics course. Maybe cornell will understand maybe they wont.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>12 time Honor Roll Recipient
Student of the Month 2011 May/June
AP Scholar
4th Place in FBLA Regional Business Law Competition
2nd Place in FBLA Regional Business Procedure Competition
10th Place in FBLA State Business Procedure Competition
Part of FRC team that won the Chesapeake Regional Award for Innovation in Control and Design</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>4 years of FIRST Robotics, 2 years as head of business department (treasurer), wrote a business plan that outlined the team's finances for the upcoming 5 years and managed the team's finances for the 2 years
4 years of FBLA
3 years of Key Club, treasurer during initial year, participated in various charitable fundraisers and community service projects
4 years of SGA, 2 years of Class Board, 2 years of Executive Board, Treasurer of Executive board
2 years of NHS
2 years of NSHS (science)
2 years of NTHS (technical)
1 year of NMHS (math)
2 years of peer tutoring
1 year of public speaking club, founder and president
1 summer of community service as First Tee volunteer coach</p>

<p>Leadership (some previously stated):</p>

<p>1 year as key club treasurer
1 year as executive board sga treasurer (regular sga is for the class, exec. board is for the school)
1 year as public speaking club, founder & president
2 years as head of business on frc team</p>

<p>Experience:
Internship at UMDCP in the field of electrical engineering (summer)
Internship at JHUAPL in the field of computer science (senior year)</p>

<p>both internships were engineering related internships</p>

<p>please chance me! much appreciated</p>

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<p>Your GPA is a bit on the lower side, especially for schools like Stanford. I don’t know much about College Park or Tufts to comment so I won’t.</p>

<p>I have to warn you, engineering at UCB is HUGE HUGE competition to get into directly. I have friends this year who had 4.0 GPA and didn’t get into engineering and is trying to get in now indirectly (not sure how though). The GPA and possibly the SAT I may be holding you back.</p>

<p>However, since you did say your school is REALLY competitive, UCB and Stanford may be more understanding to your lower GPA and lower class rank but don’t quote me on that.</p>

<p>Make sure your SAT II’s are pretty good especially for the engineering field :)</p>

<p>For EC’s/awards, I would say not bad, but make sure you don’t make it sound like a grocery list of just EC’s to the colleges. They want to see EC’s you’re PASSIONATE about not necessarily the ones you did for a short period of time and stopped. </p>

<p>WORK ON YOUR ESSAYS AND EDIT LIKE CRAZY :D</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>thankkkkkkkyouuuu and bump</p>

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<p>I’m sorry but you class rank and your GPA (and coupled with your lower end SAT) will most likely add up to rejection at Stanford. Still give it a try, but it is HIGHLY unlikely. For Cal, what’s your UC GPA? You’re in at UMD, and you have a decent-ish shot at tufts (probably a high match). Your GPA and rank is killing you right now.</p>