I’m not the greatest student: 1330 SAT (700 Math, 630 English) with a 3.41 GPA and 5 total APs (Psych, Euro history, AP physics 1 & 2, and Calculus) got a 4 on the euro exam but I didn’t sign up for psych for some reason. Also Honors: chem, English, world history, French, geometry (9th grade), English (10th), and honors English and engineering (12th). I got mostly C’s for my AP grades.
Anyways I somehow got into Rutger’s Engineering and idk if it was luck, I did get rejected from Purdue Engineering (not surprised tho). I usually apply my most wanted colleges early decision and the rest regular, so I can tell which colleges I have a chance at getting admitted in based on my previous admissions.
Do u still think I have a shot at these colleges:
Safety: Embry riddle, university of Arizona
Target: UCF, UConn (CT resident), Umass Boston and amherst, university of Houston
Reach: NC state, UGA, Texas A&M (Engineering similar to Purdue), Virginia tech
My SAT score seems in the range but my GPA isn’t cuz I go to a competitive school so we don’t have grade inflation
I still want my choices open, I might go for UCF for weather + I get free housing if I study in Orlando since my relatives live there. Or VT since it’s my dream school. Last time I posted here people kept telling me that most of my target colleges were reaches but now I feel like it’s 50//50, so I wanna see an honest opinion. And I still can’t tell if I just got lucky or met the criteria for an admission @ Rutgers since everyone was telling me it’s a reach
I think you can go look to your original posting and get ideas.
If you’re the student I remember, you had struggles with math - and that will be the concern in engineering…which goes high level math. No matter where you go, if you struggled in HS math, you will need to get tutoring and go to office hours - relentlessly. You may need a paid tutor to keep up (not just the school’s) and that costs money.
Rutgers is a great get. But you have a $35K target from your other thread - so that’s not going to work then.
ERAU and U of A will happen. I imagine UCF, UMass B, and U of H too.
But no matter - you’re at Rutgers - pretty good.
And the other thing - just because I guess doesn’t mean I’m right. I’m not the schools.
Did you apply to Central Connecticut like others suggested? If not, how will you pay for school?
Assuming it is affordable, Rutgers Engineering is a great option. And I think you are right to identify it as a “good admit” with that numerical profile.
But I don’t think it was “luck”. Instead, I think they cranked you through their process and determined that admitting you was a good bet to help them yield the enrolled class they wanted. I note they probably are being realistic about the possibility you will choose somewhere else, but they are hoping in the end you will choose them.
What that means for other colleges is not really possible to say. It is just one data point, and each college has its own priorities, its own way of evaluating applicants, its own way of determining what sort of admit class will yield the enrolled class it wants, and so on.
But at a minimum, it means one good engineering college wanted you. So if more offers come along, great. If not–well, you can only attend one anyway.
@Sunnys_2006 next-to-zero chance at Texas A&M, especially if OOS. Pathway offers for Engineering should be coming out this week or next-Galveston & McAllen campuses or TEAB program-but I’d say slim-to-done at full, outright acceptance.
Ignore the budget think I most have misread numbers, my parents said they’re fine with the cost. Something I can’t afford is like Syracuse or university of Rochester
I got rejected from direct engineering @ Embry riddle but accepted in Rutgers, starting to believe it’s pure luck either way I hope this doesn’t mess with my chances of getting into UCF because that’s the one other college I really want to get into
either way I hope this doesn’t mess with my chances of getting into UCF because that’s the one other college I really want to get into