any chance of me getting into there engineering school?

nnz1204
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:02 +0000

i figure my chances of admission are pretty low because Lehigh has become highly competitive but it is worth a try.

What I think will probably keep me from getting in is my sat score which was an 1190. I plan on taking the acts once i plan on getting a 30 from all the practice tests i have taken. is that a good score? what is the avg. act score lehigh accepts?

Otherwise, i think i am in decent shape:
GPA: 3.76
Rank: somewhere around 25/250
all accelerated classes with 7 ap classes (ap us history, ap chemistry, ap biology, ap physics, ap english, ap stats, ap calculus bc) i’m also taking psychology but it isn’t an ap class because it is a half year class.

in school clubs + extra curricular:
national honors society for 1 year
key club 2 years
amnesty international 2 years
mock trials 1 year
tennis 2 years

out of school + community:
help out in religious events
started a rec sports club for my community
played for rec soccer league
over 200 hours of volunteer service for local hospitals (one of which offered a job in their tech department at the end of the summer because i was a was able to do a lot of field work for them)

my recommendation will be coming from my chemistry teacher (also head of national honors society) my physics teacher and calc teacher. my counselor for 3 yrs retired but he says he will fill out a recommendation because the new guy doesn’t know me at all (retired counselor was also the head of the department and point lehigh out for me)

more importantly i want to know what i can do do help my chances of getting in, i plan on early decision because it is my top school. i have also visited twice now which i hear slightly boosts your chances, but i’m doubtful of this is true, can anyone confirm?