goldandblue92

Gender: Female
GPA:4.0
Class Rank: 1st so far
Class Size: 220ish
ACT: 31 (english 35, math 31, reading 32, science 27)
intended major: some type of engineering

ECs:
*math competitions (placed at county, region, state)
*science competions (placed at region, competed at states)
*Future Problem Solving Program International, aka FPSPI (went to states 6 times, placed 5 times, went to internationals 4 times, placed in top 10 once)
*marching band (brass choir in 9th grade, solo in 10th grade, solo in 11th grade)

Leadership positions:
*9th grade president
*10th grade president
*11th grade president

Sports:
*played basketball since 1st grade. have played for high school team for three years. now on varsity.
*this will be my 3rd year on the track team.

Volunteer/Service Work:
*Several of my friends and I started a project dealing with childhood obestiy. So far we have given four presentations to local 1st through 3rd grade students, with more presentaions planned.

Honors and Awards:
*I have received an award given in my county to students who have straight A's every year since 5th grade.

College Summer programs:
*This past summer I attended an engineering camp at Marshall University. 36 students from across th country attended.
*attended music camp at UNCG twice

Colleges interested in:
*carnegie mellon
*west virginia university
*cornell
*university of pennsylvania
*mit
*virginia tech
*dartmouth
*olin
*columbia

I am only a junior so i know i have time to improve. What do you think my chances are? what would you reccomend i improve?

yankees10

That's a pretty impressive resume, especially for a junior. I'd say just keep up the grades and the ec's. Possibly pull up the ACT (esp. math), run for president/some officer position of a club or honor society to really solidify the whole leadership thing.


That being said:
Ivies + MIT: I think you have a good shot at all of them but its hard to make a full chance until you've finished all your stuff
CM: match
Rest: definite matches

Chance me back?
UPS... What can Brown do for you? (I'll chance back)

polaris12

I would say that you have good chances of getting into Cornell and Columbia. By the way, I've been looking for some more math and science competitions, can you post me the links please?

XCGirl23

I'd say everything looks pretty solid. You're in at WVU, VA Tech, and Olin for sure. I'd say yes for Dartmouth, too. Sometimes it's kind of tricky to say for sure about the Ivies and MIT, though you definitely seem to be on track. You should be good for CMU (:

I would suggest you go and check out the campuses though. You have some schools that are very different from one another, for instance, some of the schools you mentioned are so rigorous that students say it is hard to find time to have a social life. I guess I would try to narrow it down a little before you actually apply. Application fees definitely add up and the apps can be time consuming. Like I said, you have time so you should be fine!

P.S. I'd try to get the math and science scores up just a little for some of the more elite schools and maybe try to do some research/internship or whatever is available to you, otherwise I can't see why you shouldn't get in!

MissPickwickian

Carnegie Mellon - match
West Virginia University - safety?
Cornell - low reach unless your SAT score is catastrophically bad
University of Pennsylvania - mid reach
MIT - reach (for everyone)
Virginia Tech - safety
Dartmouth - see Cornell
Olin - match
Columbia - reach (for everyone)

Thanks for chancing me!

goldandblue92

thanks to all of you! to yankees10, i agree about the act i plan on taking it again i think i can bring up my math score its the science im worried about... i am also taking the sat in march. to polaris10, ill see if i can find some links but one of those competitions is only done in my state. but ill post some links for you. to xcgirl23, i agree i want to see some of these campuses before i apply. ive already seen cmu and wvu so theres two down! some of the others id really like to visit but they are farther away so that could b hard. to misspickwickian, no problem!

goldandblue92

are we allowed to post links to other websites on here? i was about to post those links but i wasnt sure if that was ok...

polaris12

you can just private message me the links, if you know how. if not, just post them.

steelrealdeal

Carnegie Mellon - high safety
West Virginia University - super safety
Cornell - reachy
University of Pennsylvania - reach
MIT - reachadelic
Virginia Tech - safety
Dartmouth - reachy
Olin - safetyy
Columbia - reachahigh

FutureENTSurgeon

thanks for the chance

MIT and the IVY League are slight reaches because of your ACT score. Try to raise it 1-2more pts.

the rest are matches

Thispakistanigir

your resume is almost spotless, though I'd really stack up on the EC's if I were you. Though you have a few key projects that you are involved in, the upper crust colleges that you're looking at expect excellent, if not impossible, standards. Maybe you could volunteer a bit more.

carnegie mellon Low Reach/High Match
west virginia university Definitely In
cornell Reach
university of pennsylvania Reach
mit High Reach
virginia tech In
dartmouth Reach
olin ?
columbia Reach

Have you taken your SAT yet?

Endicott

You're a very solid candidate for any of these schools. Though I agree that MIT is reachadelic.

skyhighceo

I think you can get in. with the stats that i have i am supposed to able to into CMU and yours are better than mine so you should be fine.

goldandblue92

lol thanks steelrealdeal. i agree about "reachaledic" lol but hey i got time. and thanks to everyone else too! to thispakistanigir, im taking the sat in march.

XCGirl23

As far as some of those schools being reachy... They're reaches for just about everyone but if you really want to go there definitely give it shot... You never know!