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Old 06-25-2008, 09:06 PM   #1
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help please... what are MY CHANCES?

these are my stats:
male, ecuadorian, OUT OF STATE
act: 32 (i'm gonna retake)
SAT’S im planning to take are: math 2, chem., and spanish
unweighed: 3.63 weighed: 6.4 (because of all the ap's and college courses), im probably 2nd or 3rd out of my graduating class

(my excuse for having such a low gpa is going to a really hard school during my sophomore year, (like the nerdiest kids had 3.5-3.7 gpas),

have taken the most rigorous courses in the high schools i have attended (either all honors ,ap's, or dual enrollment)

freshman:
ap world= B

sophomore:
ap chem= A

summer:
cal1 (at Florida international University)=B
latin american history (at Florida international University)=A

Junior:
italian 1 ( at miami dade college)=A
italian 2 (at mdc)=A
italian 3 (at mdc) =A
fitness & wellness (at mdc)= A
human sexuality (at mdc)=A
college algebra (at mdc)=A
trigonometry (at mdc)=A
cal 2 (at mdc)=A
cal 3 (at mdc)=A
psychology (at mdc) =A
Ap Lit=B
AP cal BC= A

Summer: (currently taking)
differential equations (at mdc)
statistics (at mdc)
astronomy (at mdc)

Senior: (planning to take...) ---- both fall/spring semesters
ap language
ap us history
(fall)
principles of biology (at mdc)
geology (at mdc)
basic physics (at mdc)
discrete mathematics (at mdc)
advanced calculus (at florida international university)
(spring)
physics with cal 1 (at mdc)
advanced differential equations (at fiu)
stellar astronomy (at fiu)
2 other social science courses

... (i only listed the most notable courses i have taken) the courses i took during my freshman years were either pre-ib, pre-aice, or honors and were accordingly weighed...

swimming team
track & field team
soccer club (junior, and next year)
I skateboard since 7th grade, I wakeboard, and play tennis (don’t play for my school cause it does not offer it)

Helped in my local church, have done like 200 hours there
Helped in an animal shelter, 300 hours
Planning (with a group of friends) to help out in the community …

I have lots of work experience in this aircraft company for which I have been working for quite a while

Planning to apply to engineering …..
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Old 06-26-2008, 01:48 AM   #2
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goodness...you've done more than I could've done if I'd repeated each grade twice. You're pretty damn impressive so I'd go with yes.
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Old 06-26-2008, 03:21 AM   #3
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lol thanks.... i hope i can make somewhere...
last year i almost didn't sleep trying to pass all the classes i was taking while maintaining my social life
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:34 PM   #4
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Everything looks good. Just make sure you write good personal essays and finish strong.
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Old 07-08-2008, 01:52 AM   #5
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what do you mean by finish strong??? with good grades in my senior year???
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Old 07-25-2008, 12:51 AM   #6
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^ yes. While senioritis does hit, try not to slack off too much. Otherwise, you'll be fine.
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Old 07-25-2008, 04:28 PM   #7
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if you want to go safe,do something aside from engineering. im sure you can get into cls
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Old 07-26-2008, 02:43 AM   #8
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Wow my application looks like **** compared to yours and I got in.
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:50 PM   #9
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and how hard is it to change majors once you are in>>>?????

thanks
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:13 PM   #10
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Everyone goes in undeclared so changing majors WITHIN your college is no hassle, since you're undeclared from the start.

If you want another major in a different college (ie College of Natural Resources, Letters and Science) you'll have to fill out paperwork. It's easy to go from College of Engineering to most other colleges at Cal. Not so true for the other way around.
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:19 PM   #11
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was wondering since "bitterxaurum" mentioned that i could get into cls...


lol and what is cls anyways?
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:44 PM   #12
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College of Letters & Science
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