<p>I am a sophomore in high school at one of the top 100 schools in Texas. I am number 14 out of 400 (top 3.5%) in my class with a 4.0unweighted and 3.87weighted GPA. I am an active member of ITS (international thespian society/ plan on becoming an officer my junior and/or senior year), have been a lead in 5 plays and 1 musical, I am also part of my high school's varsity theatre program as a sophomore, I am becoming a member of NHS, have at least 100 hours of community service (plan to do a lot more), and take part in my school's science academic competition team. My classes for junior year: AP chem, AP physics 1, PreAP precalculus, PreAP computer science 1, AP US History, AP english III, and two theatre classes. My classes this year were AP biology (90), PreAP chem (93- teacher recruited me for AP chem), AP world history (90), PreAP algebra II (93), PreAP english (90), Spanish III (98- not taking 4), Principals of business (98), theatre production I/varsity theatre (100). And just had a senior friend who got into Stanford and Northwestern. And I went through Duke TIP talent search program and got a 1300 in 7th grade but other than that no. I plan on at least trying to get a 2100-2200 on that and a 30-33 on my ACT. I have shown, I feel, a strong interest in science and math. What are my chances at the top technical school/ biological engineering school (Georgia tech, Emory[sent me emails of interest], MIT, UT[will get in if I stay in top 7%], John's Hopkins, CalTech, and Stanford]?</p>
<p>GA Tech: Aim for 31+/2100+
Emory: Aim for 31+/2100+
JHU: Aim for 33+/2200+ (or 31+/2100+ if you ED’ed)
Caltech: Reach
Stanford: Reach
MIT: Reach
UT-Austin: Aim for 29+/2000+ (that’s if you stay in top-7%)</p>
<p>MIT, Stanford, and Caltech are reaches for everyone. You’re in at the rest if you can crack at least the mid-2200s on your SAT. </p>
<p>It looks like UT Austin engineering requires that you meet the calculus-readiness requirement as well as the usual top 7% automatic admission criterion.
<a href=“Undergraduate Admissions”>Undergraduate Admissions;
<a href=“Calculus Readiness Requirement”>Calculus Readiness Requirement;
<p>Emory does not have engineering natively (it only has a 3+2 program).</p>
<p>Don’t forget that your chances include your chance of being able to afford to attend each school. See point 1 of <a href=“Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1621234-before-you-ask-which-colleges-to-apply-to-please-consider.html</a> .</p>
<p>Thank you to ucbalumnus. I did not know that. Now I have some work and research to do. Thank you so much!!!</p>
<p>You definitely need to check out the affordability of these schools before looking further. UT Austin would be your best best and perhaps the cheapest option. Even with the top range of your target scores (2200/33), MIT, CalTech, and Stanford are still reach while JHU would be a low reach.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech does a co-op 3+2 program with Emory if you are interested in a liberal arts education paired with engineering. Previous posters have already talked about the selectivity of MIT, CalTech, and Stanford, but with high scores and good “extras” (essays, recs, ECs, etc.) it is up to you to decide if it is worth applying. Keep up your dedication to acting community service as well as grades, and you will have good chances at some top schools.
Chance me back:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1642228-chance-for-vanderbilt-and-gatech-will-ed-help-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1642228-chance-for-vanderbilt-and-gatech-will-ed-help-will-chance-back.html#latest</a></p>