What are my chances at Engineering?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi I am currently a Junior in HS a public school and looking at pursuing civil or mechanical engineering.
race: white
location: Colorado</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.6 W 3.8 projected by end of junior<br>
ACT: 24 E 30 M 26 R 28 S
SAT: projected 650+ on math 550+ on CR and writing (just took it)
SAT ll: taking math 2 and chem this year and physics next year. projected around 680 on all of those
APs taken/taking: AP Euro AP USH AP Lang AP Chem AP Lit AP Physics c AP calc ab AP MacroEcon
Honors: H Bio H Eng H algebra 2/trig</p>

<p>Sports: Lacrosse 4 years, Football 3 years, wrestling 2 years. At least one varsity letter in each. Possible college prospect in lacrosse for D2 or D3. </p>

<p>ECs:
Treasurer of Veterans Heritage Project
President of Science and Engineering club
Boy scouts (ill end up a star scout by end of senior year)
Civil Air Patrol Cadet
Junior Regatta Sailing, last years I got 2nd 3rd 3rd
STEM club
Might start a TARS (Teenage Republicans) and be President</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Varies volunteer activities in Boy Scouts and Civil Air Patrol. Around 100 right now. Trying to get to 250 through local library.</p>

<p>Work:
Can not work during the school year, way to busy.
Over the summer I will run a small lawn care business, not sure about the details yet.</p>

<p>Father attended Air Force Academy and got a Civil and Environmental Engineering degree even though he is a airline pilot for Southwest.
Mother went to Colorado State and became an Artist</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at</p>

<p>*Air Force Academy and Naval Academy are my first choices.</p>

<p>All the UC's
Cal poly
Colorado school of mines
Colorado University
Georgia Tech
Any other schools that I should look at?
I can afford basically any college because my dad has the GI bill.</p>

<p>Note: I moved right after my sophomore year of high school into my junior year when my dad retired my the air force to be closer to DIA, so my grades haven't been to great this semester, lots of Bs in AP classes</p>

<p>thanks guys so much, sorry about all the projects on my grades, just trying to see what my chances will be when I actually apply.</p>

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<p>I don’t know much about Air Force Academy and Naval Academy, but I think I have heard that they are hard to get into, so maybe bringing up your GPA and SAT/ACT scores will help. Also, if you are a recruited athlete, you have a very nice hook going for you, so I am in a real pickle here. It would really come down to how good you are at the sport, and/or if you can raise some of your academics such as your GPA and your SAT or ACT scores. Until now, though, I would say that UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, Cal Poly SLO, and Georgia Tech are reaches to high reaches, and I am not too familiar with some of the other ones you mentioned. However, I would be willing to say that you could be a match for UCI if you bring your GPA (main), and your SAT/ACT scores (these scores are weighed lower than the GPA in the admissions process, but very slightly, so they are still a major, major factor.)</p>

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<p>1) Will you be able to afford the OOS costs for Cal Poly ($30K/year) or UC’s ($55K/year) with little to no financial or merit aid?
2) I agree with above poster, that for Cal Poly/UCLA/UCB/UCSD/UCD/UCI/UCSB, you need a higher GPA and ACT score. Aim for a weighted GPA of 4.0+ and ACT of around 30+ along with writing outstanding essays. If you are recruited athlete, that will definitely help with costs and admission. </p>

<p>I suggest you pursue the recruited athlete hook, along with retaking for the ACT and repost your Stats at the end of Junior year. Here is the UC GPA calculator link (you can only use AP classes 10-11th grade for you extra Honors points in the calculation) and also make sure you meet the a-g required courses for the UC’s.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/agguide/a-g-requirements/index.html”>http://www.ucop.edu/agguide/a-g-requirements/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys on the response. I’ll be sure to get my ACT score and GPA much higher, or at least, as high as I can get it to. </p>

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<p>According to Roger Hub my current UC GPA is 3.86</p>

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<p>Whats a Gi bill?</p>

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<p>Gi bill Is for people that served in the military. It’s pays for 4 years of college. Since my dad isn’t going to be using it, he is using it for me. </p>