<p>Hi! i am a white male at a suburban public school outside of philly, who is going to be a senior next year! i spent grades 9-10 at a private catholic school. my weighted GPA is 3.95 (its risen every year) and my SATs are: Cum: 2060, Math: 700, CR: 700, Writing: 660</p>
<p>I am a soon to be eagle scout, have done community service (including a project i organized myself) and ran cross country, play rec soccer and baseball at the park, have toutored elementary school children. my senior year schedule includes one AP (calc) and 4 honors classes (physics, english, government, and economics) </p>
<p>i would like to enter into engineering</p>
<p>there is one catch however, i am only in the top 40% of my class. this could be due to the fact that my first school was much harsher on grading. </p>
<p>so what do you all think? can i get in?</p>
<p>The admissions people will be familiar with both of the schools you attended. My prediction is that you will be accepted.</p>
<p>Your GPA & SAT are definitely on par with SSOE. It’s doubtful you’ll get a full-tuition scholarship, but if you apply early enough you might be lucky to get half-tuition or some “book money” from SSOE!</p>
<p>oh wow thanks, so you guys don’t think the low class rank will hurt me?</p>
<p>Rank is not the best indicator when you attend a good high school. You can be a pretty good student and be near 50 percent in your class. Many prep schools and magnet schools do not rank for that reason.</p>
<p>According to the official stats (<a href=“http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf</a>) Class Rank is considered, but no where NEAR as important as rigor of classes, GPA and SAT scores for exactly the reasons MD Mom said.</p>