How does my background affect my college admission chances?

rhandco
Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:08:37 +0000

I have a friend who came to the US from Korea in 8th grade, and by high school was in regular classes, with no English language instruction previously. It certainly can be done, though it is really amazing!

There are also a lot of state tech schools that take lower stats. Look into your state’s flagship university and if they also have a state engineering college, that would be great.

If you are entering senior year, take an early SAT and get your scores back so you can see where to apply.

Is financial aid an issue? That can significantly affect which schools you target.

You do have a compelling story, so hopefully you won’t have an issue being admitted to a college where you are 50th percentile, and you might have a decent chance at getting into a college where you are nearer 25th percentile. But, that 1 on AP Physics will make engineering of any sort difficult - any chance at doing computer science instead? Or retaking AP Physics?