Do I have a shot? (Difficult Schools)

kevin63138
Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:30:10 +0000

Okay, another chances thread (and I have scores now!) Okay, so here’s my deal: I want to go into some sort of engineering/math/science (not sure yet) field. My brother just graduated from University of Missouri - Rolla with an aerospace engineering degree and is taking a job in Wichita STARTING at $54,000 (!!!). SO, he’s kind of my “inspiration”.

Enough of the dull stuff. I’m a white male (SENIOR!!) going to a 93%ish African-American noncompetitive public. (Not sure if that matters), and my family is low-income.

Grades: 4.0 UW/4.26 W
Rank: 1/400ish…MAYBE tied (the other #1 is very secretive about grades)…and MAYBE 2nd (horrors!)…But that will change @ end of senior year.
ACT: 29 (E 31, M 29, R 30, S 25)–Retaking next Saturday
SAT: 1350/2030 (CR 660, M 690, W 680)

ECs:
100+ hrs. of volunteering at Lion’s Eye Bank
Have been in all 10 plays/musicals since fresh. year (takes up most all of my time…if your in theater you know)
Missouri State Thespians Communications Officer '07-'08
President Thespians '07-'08
Student Council Secretary '07-'08
“Peer Leaders” Videographer '07-'08
Treasurer Thespian Troupe '06-'07
Webmaster Thespian Troupe '05-'06
Other clubs: Mu Alpha Theta, blah

Various academic subject awards

Nothing stellar I know==Weak point.

Classes:
I’ve taken the most rigorous courses available to me–Read my last thread I started if you want a lot of ranting/reasoning. Anyway, I took 1 AP class/3 honors classes this year (most available). Seriosuly, not a lot of AP options until you get to senior year–I’m taking AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, H Spanish IV (APish), Physics, and a CC class next year. The AP class I took this year was US History and I’m 99% sure I got a 1. Yeah…don’t ask.

So, I guess I’m asking is it POSSIBLE for me to get into schools like (in no particular order):

Cornell
Harvard
U of I - Urbana-Champagne
MIT (someone from my district [similar schools] just got in and I talked to him-33 ACT nothing like “OGMMGOMGMOGG”)
UC Berekely
Washington University - STL
Saint Louis University

Obviously, I’ll have to raise my scores, but with that…???

Be kind! ;P