Please Chance Me For Questbridge

azxckid
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:19:40 +0000

Hi, I’m a white male set to graduate in May 2014. I’m ranked second in my class out of 650 students and I come from a very competitive high school. My father had brain cancer when I was younger and it drastically affected our income. He is now medically retired and my parents make about $50k combined (a lot less after taxes).

-Weighted GPA: 4.85
-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-SAT Score (taken once, plan on retaking in October): 1930 *CR and Math=1280
-ACT: 29 (don’t think I’m retaking)
-AP Scores: Euro=4, APUSH=5, Stats=4, Lang & Comp=4, Calc AB=4 (I’m taking Calc BC, Econ, Gov, Physics, Lit, and Chem this year)
-EC’s/Clubs: Cross Country (4 years), Track (4 years), NHS (2 years), Spanish Honor Society (1 year), Calc Squad (2 years), Mentors (2 years). I am the Varsity captain on cross country this year.

I also have hundreds of hours of volunteer experience and I have also had a job to try to pay for my own things to take the pressure off my parents.

I want to be an engineer of some sort (either mechanical or chemical) and I want to know which schools are best for me off the list. Would I have a shot at getting into one of the Ivy’s or the higher tier schools even with low test scores? Which schools could I get into?

Also, will the fact that my dad had brain cancer and our income was affected greatly increase my chances? And what’s the possibility that you get picked by a school when you’re a finalist? Thanks!