GaTech, Texas, Cornell, UIUC Chances

Chance Me / Match Me
1

It’s my junior year and I’m starting to narrow down and decide what colleges I would like to apply to and attend. The schools I’m looking at are:

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology
  2. Cornell University
  3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  4. University of Texas at Austin
  5. University of South Carolina

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African American

Interested in Computer Engineering

South Carolina Junior
GPA(UW): 3.4
GPA(W): 4.312
Rank: Top 20% after 10th Grade (will improve)
SAT: 1440 M-790 EBRW-650
Hoping for National Merit, got a 204 Index in 10th Grade

APs:
Freshman: Human Geography-5
Sophmore: World History-4
Junior: Calculus AB, Physics 1,2, Language and Composition
Senior: Calculus BC, Physics C or Chemistry, Literature and Composition, Government and Economy

Mock Trial, Beta Club, NHS, Recreational & Intramural Sports
Counselor in Training at the YMCA for 2 summers
Currently part-time employed at Food Lion as janitor
100s of community service hours

TIA!

2

UT-Austin is hard to get into. You need to get your GPA and class rank up a LOT to have a chance there.

3

Your current GPA makes admission to all but USC highly unlikely, especially for engineering. You are comfortably in range for USC. You may get a sufficient race bump for Cornell, but you will have to perform perfectly for junior and semester 1 senior year. UT and GT do not account for race in admission decisions. UIUC will have plenty of in-state black applicants.

Are you able to afford the schools with OOS tuition? You will not receive much financial aid at GT, UIUC and UT.