New here, will chance back!!!

sahar1811
Sun, 06 Sep 2015 23:51:13 +0000

your ECs are not weak. i’ve seen people with very similar stats and ECs get into lots of top 20 schools. you don’t have many activities, but it seems that you’ve been highly involved in what few you do have, and that’s what counts.

do not omit your APUSH score; lots of kids didn’t score too well because the 2015 test was all new, and it’s better to send a bad ish score than to omit a score because then at least adcoms know you tried. if you take an ap course but don’t submit a score for that test, adcoms will assume you weren’t motivated enough to take it at all.

GA tech- match
University of Illinois engineering- match
Umich engineering- mid/high match (will be easier to get into if your SAT IIs are strong)
Rice- high match/low reach- have seen plenty kids with similar resumes get in
Northwestern- mid/high reach; this school is kind of a crapshoot imo
uChicago-largely depends on essay and SAT IIs. mid/high reach
Cornell- a little less of a reach than Uchicago
Columbia- reach; i think you’d probably at least get on their wait list
Princeton- mid/high reach