Can I get into a good school?

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<p>I go to a private school in Cincinnati, Ohio and right now I have a 3.19 weighted gpa, mostly because I messed around freshman year. I’m going into my Junior year and I’m taking AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP World History, Honors Spanish 3, CP1 Algebra 2 & Trig, CP1 Religion 3, and CP1 English 3. I have a good upward trend grades-wise and kick serious butt at standardized testing, so I’m predicting a good SAT score.</p>

<p>I want to become an engineer, then after I graduate and get some work experience, go to a good business school (Norte Dame, Chicago, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford) and get an MBA, depending on my situation.</p>

<p>I am pretty involved, I’m on the admissions team, which is a hand - picked group that specializes in people skills and things like that, and we run all of the camps for incoming freshmen, the HSPT Prep camp (seventh graders taking the hspt), open houses, etc.</p>

<p>I also do a lot with pastoral ministry. I go down to Over the Rhine (In cincinnati, very, very poor neighborhood) once a week with a group of friends and we hangout with the students at an elementary school for a few hours. I also went to Peru for two weeks on a mission trip this summer, and am planning on going to Africa for a mission trip next summer as well. I was told I will be home room captain my senior year (trying not to rely on things that aren’t guaranteed) and possibly house captain senior year (We use a house system at my school, a lot like Hogwarts haha). I am also going to be put on the Pastoral Ministry Executive Board my senior year. There are a lot of other service activities I do for Pastoral Ministry, but I doubt you’ll want to hear it all.</p>

<p>Recommendation-wise, My dad graduated from The University of Cincinnati’s Engineering program (Very good Engineering school) in the top 5% of his class, and he is still very involved in the program, then seven years later got his MBA from the University of Chicago. He said he can get me an internship at DOW Chemical Company, so that may help as well. I can also get a recommendation from a graduate of Harvard’s business school. </p>

<p>I know my Freshman year is going to come back to haunt me, but I’m more focused this year than I ever have been, and My plan is to work my butt of during my undergrad in order to get into a good business school.</p>

<p>My ideal college plan is to go to a good engineering school (University of Cincinnati, UC Berkeley, etc.) and then work for a couple years before going to business school. </p>

<p>Please let me know how you think do getting into any of these colleges, and also any tips you may have that would help me pursue my goals. I would absolutely love to go to UC Berkeley, that’s my top choice, so if you can let me know my chances of getting in, and if they’re low, what I can do to raise them, it would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>The good thing about you having a dismal freshmen year is that your gpa for UC schools are only Soph/Junior year’s grades. So, that might help you! :slight_smile: (same thing happened to me haha)</p>

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<p>If you get into Cal, and you decide to go, it’s likely going to run you up a high tab. If money is any concern to you at all, just don’t. California is broke, and tuition is sky-high as a result. What’s your perception of Ohio State? Is that a school you can see yourself going to?</p>

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<p>Yeah I’ve looked at OSU but its not one of my top picks. And no, money is not an issue at all. In fact, my parents could probably make a donation if it would help me get in.</p>