Aerospace Engineering

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<p>Hi, I am very interested in the Aerospace field and am wondering where I would place in terms of what colleges I should be looking into and be a match for.</p>

<p>9th Grade 7B’s 5 A’s … 3 Honors Classes
10th Grade 6B’s 6 A’s … 3 Honors 1 Ap Classes
11th Grade 1 B 5 A’s (in the first semester) … 2 honors 2 Ap Classes
12th Grade … 2 Ap Classes </p>

<p>Top 10% of the class… should be top 7% or so by the time I apply (at a competitive highschool, ranked around 20 in the state)</p>

<p>As of now (end of 1st semested of 11th grade) Unweighted GPA of 3.544 and Weighted of 4.182.</p>

<p>ACT — (will be taking again and am aiming for 32-33)

  • 29 English
  • 32 Math
  • 34 Reading
  • 29 Science
    — 31 Composite</p>

<p>PSAT
PSAT
80 Math
63 CR
53 WS (OUCH)
= 196 total</p>

<p>Some Good EC’s but this I wont waste your time with any of that.</p>

<p>So my question is with my grades and course-load/scores as is, what colleges should I be looking into for this field? Will I be completely unprepared for the coursework?</p>

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<p>Those are very impressive stats especially if you can up your ACT a couple points you should have little trouble getting into a good aero school like GA Tech or Purdue. As for now make sure you get a calculus class preferably AP calc BC and an advanced physics class (AP if available). Chem wouldn’t hurt either. You shouldn’t be too unprepared because freshman year is calc and physics 1 so you would have an advantage over those who didn’t take those class in HS.</p>

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<p>^^^ Thanks, Yeah I am taking AP Calc BC and AP Physics as well as Engineering Physics next year. Thank you for the feedback</p>

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<p>Check out Iowa State. With a 33 ACT, my son recieved merit aid making it a much cheaper option than our state flagship, Univ of Colorado. But he has chosen Boulder over Ames.</p>

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<p>I also recommend Iowa State for aerospace engineering, but be forewarned…it’s a very rigorous program. Attrition rate is fairly high.</p>