What are my chances for MIT, Georgia Tech, and RPI?

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<p>I was wondering what my chances are for MIT, Georgia Tech, University of Minnesota, and RPI. (I'm hoping to major in Aerospace/ Astronautical Engineering.)</p>

<p>Race: African- American, both my parents are from Ethiopia.
( My parents speak Amharic which I understand but can't speak.)
GPA: Unweighted 3.8
Class Rank: 60 out of 462 ( Top 14%)
ACT: 28 ( I'm going to retake it in september, hoping for a 32-34.)
Honors/AP classes:
9th grade- Honors Geometry and Honors Earth Science
10th Grade- Honors Biology, Honors Algebra II, and AP Statistics.( I got a 4)
11th Grade- Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalculus, and AP Euro.( I got a 3)
12th Grade ( Classes I am going to take) - Honors Physics, AP Calculus BC, and AP Macroeconomics.</p>

<p>Academic Electives:
9th grade- Precollege Engineering and Concert Band.
11th grade- Metals 1, Arcitecture 1, French 1, Business Management 1&2.
12th grade- Mentor Program, French 2, and Keyboarding 1.</p>

<p>EC's:
I have been in Rocket Club for 3 years now, and I will have been the team captain for 2 years. I have been on the Junior Varsity Tennis team for 2 years now. I have played the Trumpet for 6 years, and was in Concert Band in the 9th grade. I played in my city's 4th of July Parade in 2012. I volunteer as a telephone screener for an animal shelter.( I screen people who are interested in adopting dogs.) I enjoy collecting comic books and rare/collectible model airplanes.I also enjoy building model rockets. My friends and I are planning on building a 4 foot tall scale model of the Saturn V this summer and launching it.</p>

<p>Awards:
- I have been on the A Honor Roll for the past 3 years.
- Lettered in academics in the 9th grade.
- Lettered in Band in 9th grade.
- Lettered in Rocket Club in the 11th grade.</p>

<p>Thank you for responding.</p>

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<p>With your current ACT score:</p>

<p>MIT: high reach
Minnesota; high match
GA Tech: reach</p>

<p>You may also want to check the foreign language requirements for these schools as you only show 2 year of French on the list.</p>

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<p>I checked, they require 2 years of a foreign language.</p>

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<p>^ Good. Many schools requires or recommend 3 or even 4 years of foreign languages these days.</p>

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<p>Yeah… I would say MIT chances are slim to none. I believe they require 1 Math SAT subject test and 1 science subject test.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on taking the SAT Subject Exams this fall. I’m predicting that my SAT II Math level 2 score will be 750+, and my SAT II Chemistry will be 720+.</p>

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<p>For MIT, aim for 800 in Math2 and 770 for Chem in SAT2 which are around the median of their admission stat. Anyway, your current ACT score is too low for MIT. The admit rate for ACT 28-30 was 4%, but most of them have better SAT scores and/or spectacular EC. Just with ACT 28 (disregarding the SAT2 scores), it is very unlikely to be admitted.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on increasing my ACT score to a 32-34, I’ve taken practice tests and that’s the range of scores I get, I just need to work on timing.</p>

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<p>Please also chance me for the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, University of Southern California, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Thank you.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is just below average for UMich, and your ACT is below 25%. For CoE, you evening need higher scores. Aim for 32 which is the average for UMich CoE.</p>

<p>UMich: low reach
USC: low reach
UIUC: high match</p>

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<p>What are my chances for RPI?
Thanks</p>