What are my chances?

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Hey guys,

I’ve been looking around on this website to decide whether or not I should decide whether or not to apply early decision to Tech. I’m a junior in high school and my stats are mostly above average for VT, but I’m still scared my GPA is a bit too low because I’ve looked around and seen people with higher GPAs than me get waitlisted, deferred, and even rejected.

Here are my stats:

IB Diploma Candidate
GPA: 3.75 Weighted (I know :P)
SAT: 1520 (November 2016: New SAT) Math: 770, English: 750
Classes: Full diploma- IB Business SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas, IB Physics SL 1, IB English lit HL 1, IB Math HL 1, IB French HL 1
STEM classes are mostly As

EC:
4 Seasons XC and track
Over 100 hours of community service
2 years of peer tutoring, president and founder of mechanics and machinery club
Have a summer internship at a mechanics shop
Science National Honor Society
Math National Honor Society

I want to apply for engineering but that requires a really good GPA so I might also apply for Business Info Tech and switch to engineering if I get into the STEP program.

So in summary what I want to know:
What are my chances of getting into engineering ED and RD?
What are my chances of getting into BIT ED and RD?

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What is your unweighted? The SAT scores are good and it looks like you have a good course load. Like you said, people with better stats have been rejected, but at the same time people with lower can get accepted. Engineering is fickle about admissions sometimes. I think you have a decent chance.