Chance Me?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Applying to: RPI, UF, Purdue, Penn State, St. Johns, Knox, UTK, Texas A&M (Texas resident), UNT, and Georgia Tech

GPA: 3.93 unw
4.12 weighted

ACT: 31 composite, 33 English, 27 Math, 33 Reading, 34 Science

All of my core classes are either AP, Dual Credit, or honors and I’ve taken 7 total sciences courses all either AP or honors (I go to a very small school so there’s not a lot of options)

Extracurriculars: NHS, golf team, math and science team captain (involved all 4 years, captain for 2), UIL competitor all 4 years (science regional qualifier), math, number sense, calculator along with some journalism events this year that I placed at district in). FFA 2 years, StuCo, mascot 1 year, student football athletic trainer 3 years, placed 6th in the state among 9th graders in the TMSCA top gun contest (points come from ranking in all 4 events at the contest)

Planned Major: Nuclear engineering

My essay was kind of weird. I wrote it about baking and how it’s been a huge part of my life and sort of related it back to science and my teams.

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All of the schools that don’t have nuc. engineering I applied to as a physics major.

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Do you have time to retake your ACT? That 27 math subscore could be a problem at RPI, Purdue, and GT for an engineering major.

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@momofsenior1 I’ve got another ACT with a 30 composite and a 29 in math?

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Some of the schools on your list will super score so send in both scores but again, below a 30 in math may raise some red flags. Purdue and GT have gotten much more competitive for engineering especially.

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@momofsenior1 I’ve got GT and Purdue as my reach schools. I’m really trying to get into Penn UP and UF, but my biggest worry is that since they’re both such large schools I might not get in. However, I got my acceptance to UNT last night so at least there’s somewhere I can go.

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UF uses holistic admissions, and will put a lot of weight on your ECs. UF also puts more weight on class rigor and GPA, than test scores. You have a solid chance at acceptance (especially if you’re in the top 10% of your HS class).

By the way, you would LOVE UF’s Nuclear Engineering program. Class sizes are small, and it’s easy to get to know your professors. It’s weird having the same students in all of your core NE classes. Makes for a close class, even at such a large university. For example, the number of Juniors in the Mechanical Engineering at UF, is 269, in Industrial Engineering it’s 87, in Aerospace 112, in Electrical 146, in Computer Engineering 161, but in Nuclear Engineering it’s 19.

I’m sure it’s similar at other nuclear engineering programs, most of which are small, but are part of much larger Engineering colleges/Universities.

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@Gator88NE Thank you so much! I’m top 10% and Sal of my class. I was initially worried that such a large school would have sort of impersonal giant lecture-style classes, but that makes me feel so much better. My school is kind of small though. I’ve taken every AP, honors, and dual credit course that I can and been active in as many clubs as possible, but will kids from these bigger high schools with more opportunities put me at a disadvantage?

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bump

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Not really, your EC’s look fine. :slight_smile: