What are my chances? Engineering

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 4.44 (weighted)
GPA: 3.77 (unweighted)
SAT: 2100
reading: 630 math:770 writing: 700</p>

<p>AP Scores: AP Calc AB (5), AP Euro (3), AP Calculus BC (5), AP US History (3), AP Spanish Language (3),
AP English Language (3)</p>

<p>Intended major: civil engineering
Ethnicity: hispanic male
I am a California resident.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors Comp. and Lit. I
Honors Spanish I
Freshman Composition
Honors Biology
Pre-Calculus</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors Spanish II
AP Calculus AB
AP European History
Honors Chemistry
Honors Comp. and Lit. II</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP English Language
AP Spanish Language
AP U.S. History</p>

<p>ECs:
- CLC Vice President at my high school (Christian Leadership Council)
- JSA member for 3 years (Junior Statesmen of America)
- NHS member for 3 years (National Honors Society)
- CSF member for 3 years (California Scholarship Federation)
- math club
- 3 years of high school baseball
- 3 years of club team baseball
- over 100 hours of verified volunteer work
- class president freshman year, sophomore year, and junior year
- Student body President</p>

<p>Given these credentials, what do you think my chances are at:</p>

<p>MIT
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Cornell
U-Michigan Ann Arbor
U-Texas at Austin
Princeton
Northwestern
Texas A&M
Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>Thank you guys!</p>

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<p>You know the schools on your list are very competitive and are mostly reaches. You do need to have some matches and a couple safety. For these schools, you may need to bring up your GPA (e.g. average admission GPA for UMich is 3.9) and your SAT score (particularly the CR score).</p>

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<p>MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Northwestern, Princeton and JHU (imho Princeton and JHU arent the best choices for engineers) are definitely, definitely reaches, but its worth throwing in some applications. UT, Mich, and Berkeley are all very prestigious and difficult to get into, but you definitely have a shot. Chance back?</p>

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<p>Princeton is actually up there with Cornell as the strongest engineering Ivy. Johns Hopkins is strong in biomedical, but I haven’t heard of its reputation for the others.</p>