This are my stats that I’ll be sending probably
I am from small country in Europe, only few students go to US. I am attending science high school( after elementary school you get in based on your GPA and results from competitions. My school is the best one in the county, and accepts 28 people a year)
We don’t get to choose subjects.Grading is on 1-5 scale. I have about 14 subjects, some of them once a week like Logic, but Math 6 times a week.
First year: 4.7( 2 4s and one 3)
Second year: 4.9( one 4)
Third year:5.0
This year: 5.0 again probably
ACT:34
ECs:
-Children mayor of my town for one mandate ( elected by children from my town after being a president of the local children council)
-Drama group( Acting in the theater since the age of 6, performed at couple of International festivals too)
-Representative for my class at Student Council
-Math group at school, won first place in the county several times so I have direct admission to engineering school in my country
-Third place in the world at the Annual StatLtd math online competition
-Member of the European Youth Parliament( I’m delegate and also working in finances and fundraising group of my national committee)
-Several projects with elective entry( One held in Italy & Croatia about EU citizenship, one in Germany about refugees and the third one was an International Philosophy Symposium)
There are no research opportunities in my area, so I’m doing research online( Looking at pictures and counting cancer cells on them)
-Language:Learning Spanish in language school
-Volunteering in a kids society and tutoring as well
For good merit scholarship possibilities, consider looking at small liberal arts colleges in the midwest and south. For example, we met an Eastern European student on a tour at Earlham College in Indiana last year. She was enormously happy with her choice of school. The Colleges That Change Lives website lists some of these colleges. In addition to Earlham you might consider Denison, Rhodes, Rollins, DePauw, Ohio Wesleyan, College of Wooster, Sewanee, Centre, Juniata, Beloit, Hendrix, Southwestern, Trinity U in Texas, among others. These colleges have small class sizes, excellent opportunities for being mentored, research opportunities where you are not competing with graduate students, and generally excellent student outcomes.
Specifically for engineering, consider Bucknell, Case Western, Union, Alfred, U of Rochester, RIT, all smaller to medium-sized privates. Admission to these with good aid may be somewhat more difficult.
Get on this pretty quickly. These schools are already receiving applications. Good luck!
There are many people on CC that know a lot about Alabama. You could post directly on an Alabama thread.
My suggestion is to apply to a range of colleges & universities (public/privates, smaller/larger) in order to have some choice. The Common Data Set for each college & university will give you a lot of information about who has applied and who has been accepted. Just be aware that various programs within universities are harder to get into than some others. So, if a university has an overall admit rate of say, 60%, engineering might be harder to get into than other programs.
Since engineering frequently has more male applicants, you may get a bump at some schools. For example, at a Union College presentation last year I specifically heard that they appreciate applications from prospective female engineers. With your stats, I think you may have a lot of opportunities. A relative of mine did engineering at Purdue University and really liked the program there.
