Nuclear or Biomedical Engineering preferably , but fine with any type
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
3.5 Unweighted GPA Raw
4.3 Weighted GPA out of 5 Raw
SAT 1430
Class Rank: Top 25%, not top 10%, Percentage not shown at school
List your HS coursework
Junior as of Right Now
Freshman year
AP HUG
Debate
Orchestra
Honors Science, English, Geometry, Spanish II
Sophmore year
AP World History
AP Physics
AP Biology
Honors Algebra II, English II, Orchestra, Chemistry
Junior year
AP U.S History
AP English Lang
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
Honors Orchestra, Pre Calculus
Senior year (Planned)
AP Calculus BC
AP Macro/Government
AP Physics Mechanics
AP English Literature
AP Chemistry
Honors Orchestra
President of Debate at a school
NHS
A member of a charity, I have raised over 1000 usd
Above Average Essay Writing
Planning on applying to
UTD
TAMU
UT
University of Minnesota
University of Florida
Deciding on other schools, still have a few months before essay writing begins
AP Scores
AP Human Geography - 5
AP World History - 5
AP Biology - 3
AP Physics - 3
Still in junior year
Your strengths don’t seem to be in Engineering and your EC’s and activities aren’t really Engineering focused. That’s going to be the main issue. Your stats alone are decent but your background just doesn’t come across as someone who wants to do Engineering. That would be my main concern at A&M but also something you should really think about, why do you want to go that path?
I’ll disagree @KaiserSoze17. One doesn’t need ECs to match a major.
OP does debate and has been a member of a charity but should be more descriptive.
Should there be maybe more - a summer job, are they in the orchestra (they take the class, etc.) but one doesn’t need ECs to say “engineer”. Sports, band, clubs, summer or part time job…all great.
I didn’t see the other schools -
Yes to UTD,
No to TAMU and UT - assuming that’s Texas.
UMN a strong possibility
UF - you have to figure out your UF GPA - add +.5 for Honors and +1 for AP. If that’s the 4.3 you show (if it’s calculated that way), it’s a reach but not impossible.
If you have interest in Nuclear Engineering, UTK would be a fit although not assured - but likely. Missouri Science and Tech would be a safety.
For biomedical, take a look at Arizona/ASU, Arkansas, Houston, and Pitt - as possible options. UAB as well.
I do think UTD is highly likely and UMN (great school) very possible.
Need? No. EC’s or activities towards your major though help in admissions and do indicate that you understand what it is about and make it more likely you will succeed. Engineering is especially that way for strong Engineering schools, they want to see more than just grades they want to see relevance to STEM. You can still absolutely get into a good engineering program and major in it at a school, there are lots of options out there.
The reason I asked the question was also in part to understand if they were majoring in Engineering because they thought it is a good major that pays well but if it isn’t what you really have a passion for it may not be the best choice. EC’s are a good determiner of that for many students. If you want to be an engineer is there a reason you haven’t been involved in engineering related activities? Lots of other ways to make a good living if not. If you want to explore it or you have a real passion that’s great too.