Hey guys and gals! Would you mind chancing me for these two colleges? I’ll chance back!
Georgia Tech: Out of State, SUMMER TERM
NYU: Out of State, Fall Term
ACT: 29 (E-29, M-34, R-25, S-28 W-27) (Please note that Georgia Tech only checks ACT English, Math and Writing)
Subject Test Scores (Be prepared, it’s awful): Math 1- 690, Math 2- 680, Chem- 590 :-&
GPA: 3.68 UW, Ranked 65 out of 806
ECs:
First Chair Clarinet player in the county
Treasurer of Rho Kappa aka Social Society Honor Society
ACT and SAT Math tutor
Bodybuliding/Powerlifting Routine Planner
Co-founder for Art program for the under privileged.
Assistant Basketball Coach for youth team
Performance tutor for a local middle school band.
Youth member for Islamic Society of Central Florida
Editor for an NBA news page with 773,000 fans
Founder of school’s visual performing arts signing day.
Math Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Science Honor Society
National Honor Society
Important Details:
First generation college student.
Raised through domestic violence
Asian
I’ll greatly appreciate everyone’s response! Thank you guys!!!
Your ACT is a bit low and your Subject tests are also pretty low. Geogiatech certainly takes race into consideration, so being Asian it’d certainly be difficult. I knew some Asians who couldn’t get into Geogiatech with 3.8GPA. But your extracurriculars are very good.
Test scores might be a little low but being a first generation college student definitely helps. Write some good essays and don’t be afraid to mention being raised through domestic violence either in your essays or in the “other info” section on common app.
The problem are test scores for sure. But the fact that you are a first generation college and you ECs are very impressive.
If you have excellent recommendations and essays, you’re chances will be very good.
Hm, I think you are a slight reach for NYU only because NYU Polytechnic has higher scores. I think you are also a slight reach for Georgia Tech. However, that is just based on numbers. You have a lot of great extra curriculars and if you write some amazing essays I think you will have a good chance. However, since you do plan to major in engineering, the applicants are going to have higher test scores so find another way to stand out and make yourself memorable. Good luck!
Can’t really say much on NYU, but I think you should have a good chance with GT. Even though your test scores are a bit low, you were raised through domestic violence and have really good EC’s!
