<p>I have 2 questions… first what is my chance of being a national achievement finalist with a 191?</p>
<p>Second is the biggie … what school will i likely get more aid from with these stats:
Black male; First Generation college student
SAT: 700 v 640 m 610 w (lamest test ever)
ACT: 28 eng. 27 math 30 reading 33 science 30 comp.
GPA: 3.2
AP’s: taken AP US and currently taking AP calc and AP Bio
Deca state finalist
2 time track regional finalist
most likely enrolling as chem. engineering major
Out of state for all these schools
These are the schools:
U of dayton
Purdue U
Ohio U-athens
Miami(OH)-if accepted</p>
<p>I think that what may hurt you is your gpa, particularly if you have some Cs. Most Achievement semifinalists make finalist. The exceptions either didn’t submit their paperwork, didn’t take or submit the SAT (which needs to be submitted to the Achievement organization so as to confirm that your PSAT score wasn’t a fluke) or had a sub par gpa. </p>
<p>One of my S’s had an SAT score in the top 2-3%, PSAT scores qualifying him for National Merit Commended, but an unweighted gpa of about 2.9, and did not make finalist. The letter he got from National Achievement said he didn’t make finalist because of his grades.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the schools that you requested info on. Do check their web pages. There’s a fair amount of money available from colleges for URMs planning to go into the hard sciences.Being a National Achievement finalist would add to your desireability. I do suggest, however, that you work on improving your math SAT score because to me, it seems low for someone who plans to major in chemical engineering. You might get accepted with that score, but I am concerned that you may have difficulty surviving in that major.</p>