Hello,
I want to apply to the schools listed below (as a freshman):
Georgia Tech
Kennesaw State University
Mercer University
Georgia Southern
University of Georgia
My goal is to go to GT in the graduate school program once I get a bachelor’s in mech. engineering. My high school is Glynn Academy, and I have 65 quarter credit hours at the College of Coastal Georgia. I only listed the courses that I thought would be most relevant to the schools that I’m applying to.
Demographics: White latino male, middle class income, semi-rural town (I live in Glynn County).
My high school career so far:
(Honors–H)
(Advanced Placement–AP)
(Dual Enrollment–DE)
Freshman Year:
(AP) Human Geography (A, 3 on the exam)
(H) 9th Grade Literature (A)
(H) American Government (A)
(H) Biology (A)
(H) Algebra I/Geometry ©
ECs: SLP (Student Leadership Program, won the Leadership Excellence Award)
Sophomore Year:
(AP) World History (B, don’t have my score on the exam)
(H) World Literature ©
(H) Chemistry (B)
(H) Spanish I (A)
(H) Algebra II/Geometry ©
ECs: SLP, FBLA (no competitions, but I designed a t-shirt for my school’s chapter)
Junior Year:
(DE) English 1101 (Advanced Composition) (B)
(DE) English 1102 (British Literature) (A)
(DE) U.S. History I ©
(DE) U.S. History II (B)
(DE) Precalculus (B)
(DE) Art History (B)
(DE) Computer Concepts (A)
(DE) Calculus I (A)
(DE) Intro. to Environment Science (A)
ECs: Art Club, about 20 hours or so of volunteering, student notetaker for someone with disabilities in my Environmental Science class (all of this was done at my college)
Senior Year:
(DE) American Literature (A)
(DE) American Government (B)
(Currently taking this semester:)
(DE) Calculus II
(DE) Microeconomics
(DE) Principles of Physics I
(DE) Probability and Statistics
(DE) Nuclear Technology
(Will take next semester:)
(DE) Calculus III
(DE) Differential Equations
(DE) Principles of Physics II
ECs: Math and Engineering club, over 100 hours working as a tutor/SI
College GPA (unweighted): 3.37
High School/HOPE GPA (weighted): 3.45
High School GPA (unweighted): probably lower
ACT Scores (I took it in sophomore year, so that’s why it’s low. I’m retaking it this December):
Composite: 26
Math: 20
English: 33
Reading: 25
Science: 22
What are my chances???