I'm having a hard time choosing...

spiralcloud
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:36:44 +0000

Hi!
I really appreciate that you’re going to the trouble of reading this. Thank you.
Okay, so to put it bluntly…I can’t decide if I want to apply to Pratt or Trinity. I love applied math and science AND I love the liberal arts, AND I have strengths and weaknesses in both fields.
Here’s my stats so you guys can help me out a bit more.
I’m a girl, from the Southwest
I have a 33 on my ACT ( I can use this in lieu of the subject tests at both schools right?)–A 36 English, 34 Reading, 32 Math, 29 Science
If necessary I have SAT scores too: 680 Reading, 780 Math, 760 Writing and a 770 SAT Math 2 Score, and a 650 Lit score

Yes, I know I have a really high SAT Math score…and a really low ACT math score, and a really high ACT English/Reading score, and a really low SAT reading score. Life bites.

My grades are pretty evenly distributed. I go to a school that offers no AP classes, I have had a 4.0 in my sophomore, junior, and now senior years.
BUT I had a 3.6 in my freshman year…so I’m ranked 10/50 in a super competitive private school
My ECs are really good. I don’t need to share them and such, but if I do get into any college, it will be because of my ECs. They all relate to environmental research and public policy programs. That’s why at Trinity I would major in environmental science and such, and at Pratt I would major in civil and environmental engineering.
What do you think? Trinity or Pratt? Where do my strengths (or lack thereof…) lie? I’m not really very sure…
Thanks again!