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1390 SAT (680/710 eng/math)
85 average unweighted, 93 weighted, first two years
Honors classes first two years (highest courses available)
I moved to Florida, from NJ, and now attend an IB school, and take all IB courses
Now have almost all A's (with 96 pre-calc, 97 physics)

BETA club (community service, fund-raising)
Quizbowl Team (state-wide competition)
US FIRST Robotics Team (well-known national competition)
Winter and Spring Track fresh/soph years (made varsity, nothing special)


My question is, with great grades for the next two years, can I counter-act my bad grades fresh/soph years?

In other words, while I've basically given up hope for CalTech/MIT, what are my chances at the other top engineering schools in the country, and if possible, which are match/reach?

By Culovv (Culovv) on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 10:57 pm: Edit

Its amazing how someone can get a 1390 on their sat and make a quadruple post. Shows that the sat really doesnt measure intelligence.

By Dylan (Dylan) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 02:55 am: Edit

I dunno man. You should start checking out DeVry, your local CC, and maybe University of Phoeniz (Online, of course).

By Chrisd (Chrisd) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 12:51 pm: Edit

Have you looked at RPI? I think you'd have a good chance there.

By Leejwwc (Leejwwc) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 07:11 pm: Edit

RPI, Georgia Tech, UF engineering is good- a safety though for your stats

By Trackstr777 (Trackstr777) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 07:12 am: Edit

I apologize for the quadruple post, I hit the post message button, and about 5 minutes later, on a cable connection, it hadn't changed at all, so I assumed it hadn't gotten through.

Ok, so UF is a safety.What are my chances at Georgia Tech, and do I have any chance at any of the UC schools?

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 01:33 pm: Edit

I wouldn't waste your time with the UC schools - they've capped admissions and raised tuition for out of state students significantly. You could go to a really good private university for close to what you'll pay to attend a UC in the next few years (if you got in). One Calif. public school worth looking at for engineering, however, is Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo (not a UC but almost as good). If you really want to be in California, look at USC and Santa Clara University for engineering.

I'd suggest you also look at Rose-Hulman, Olin and Stevens Institute if you're sure you want engineering. Other possibilties that would be close matches for your stats: Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Boston U, Union College, Drexel, Northeastern, Purdue, U of Pittsburg, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, Illinois Inst. of Technology, U of Illinois at Urbana, U of Rochester, etc. I;m sure other people will have more ideas.

By Trackstr777 (Trackstr777) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 02:57 pm: Edit

Thank you, I'll look into all these schools, and toss the UC idea out the window