Hey! What Schools Should I Apply To?

midwesterner
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:39:22 +0000

A young woman athlete with 2200 SATs who is a minority and wants to study engineering? There aren’t too many of those. I think a lot of colleges will be interested in you.

You could try a different approach, which is to pick a top-ranked school and make that your target. Find out what kids from your high school have made the jump to that university, and what grades, etc., are needed. Since you attend a private school, you probably have a decent college counselor available. Make an appointment to see him or her this spring.

You’ll have to decide if you want to aim for the very top-tier colleges, where you might be in the middle or even the lower half of your class, or try for a slightly lower college where you would be among the top students.