<p>nonetheless, OP, can we consider UIUC, Illinois Inst of Tech, and any other Illinois schools in order to find safeties. I know that UIUC might not be a safety for financial or academic reasons, but should we consider it or have you ruled it out?</p>
<p>I guess you do have solid reason based on scores but I don’t think you should be concerned about my math aptitude. Be concerned about my score not my ability. </p>
<p>I mean that in the least bratty way possible.</p>
<p>@jkeil911I havent taken it off my list but I don’t think it can really be considered a safety. </p>
<p>understood. I don’t know in-state merit possibilities at the UIllinois schools. You’ll have to run the npc and check out the merit possibilities yourself. You have no problems with academic admission at UIUC in all categories except math. In fact, you do quite well compared to the middle 50 and the ACT average. However, CollegeData lists the middle 50 math average at 680-790. Given that we can expect the bottom of the middle 50 to be even higher for CS and M majors, your 640 is a problem for UIUC as a safety school.</p>
<p>At Illinois IT, the middle 50 for math is a 610-710, making IIT more like a safety when we roll in your stronger scores. I don’t see you being turned down at IIT, but the financials I leave to you. Do consider the racial (gender, ugh!) diversity of the school and that it is in that toddling’ town you love.</p>
<p>The University of Illinois at Chicago has M middle 50s of 510-640, and you’d certainly be able to consider it an academic safety. Gender diversity is balanced and racial diversity is relatively strong.</p>
<p>Illinois is also part of the Midwest Student Exchange Program, and it offers reduced tuitions at many non-Illinois privates and publics: <a href=“http://msep.mhec.org”>http://msep.mhec.org</a></p>
<p>what can you tell us about your math abilities that the SAT score doesn’t illustrate? what grades did you get in your h.s. math courses and what were those courses?</p>
<p>Without looking it up I got A’s. B in geometry because it kicked my behind. I tested out of 7th grade math so by 8th gr I was in Algebra 1. The first 8th grdr at my school to go to an Algebra Math competition. Beginning in High school I took Geometry Honors. Then algebra 2/trig Honors got an A+. This year I took College Algebra Honors fought and clawed my way to A+ by the end of the year. Senior Year I’ll be taking both Stats AP and Calc BC. My math teachers have/will write me (i believe) great rec letters. Umm member of the math team and Mu Alpha Theta. A lifelong math enthusiast. I don’t have any proof but I’m definitely a math person. Does that answer the question?</p>
<p>That helps to answer it. What you want to hope for is that the AOs see the M score but go on to look at how you did in your math courses and what those courses were. Calc BC grade first semester could be important. AP Stats score won’t help much, in comparison. I’m not sure why you took College Algebra Honors after taking Algebra 2. I would think they’d be close to the same course, but maybe it’s closer to pre-calc than I know. The math people here can correct me if I’m wrong. I’m also thinking about if and how to address any perceived weakness in math in your essays.</p>
<p>College Algebra is Pre Calc at my school. We used a Pre calc book. </p>
<p>Math major with a CS minor or concentration
Female
Black/African-American</p>
<p>GPA: 4.18W/ 3.6UW (calculated myself with grades 9-11)</p>
<p>SAT:2030
CR-800
M-640
W-590</p>
<p>ACT 31
32 English
31 Math
35 reading
27 Science</p>
<p>Reach: Brown, Dartmouth, Rice, Pomona, Penn, Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>Match: URochester, Emory, USC, Grinnell, Carleton, Wesleyan, Vassar, Pitt, Tulane, Case Western (check small schools and Emory against upperclassman offerings), Claremont Consortium</p>
<p>Academic Safety: Illinois Institute of Technology, UIllinois Chicago, UIllinois, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Olafs, Gettysburg and 100% need met schools, RIT, RPI</p>
<p>Recommendation: study for and re-take of SAT to raise the math score, particularly for those schools that will superscore.</p>
<p>I am a little bit surprised to see a 31 in math used as a reason to discourage someone from STEM. From my experience with friends, it’s more than enough to do well. </p>
<p>You could put some thought into what you will put as your major, though. You may decide to go undecided. </p>
<p>I’m more than happy to put undecided but I don’t want to be barred from the math/cs department later</p>
<p>Pomona has a policy of reporting all scores and I find it absolutely terrifying. How do you guys think this affects admissions?</p>
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I think you can take them at their word. Why would they lie? They will use the highest individual scores.</p>
<p>why is this terrifying? It’s good for you, OP.</p>
<p>Because my SAT subject scores are reallybad</p>