What are my chances for Mechanical Engineering programs? (UIUC, ISU, CPSLO, etc.)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I am 99.9999% positive I am going to study mechanical engineering at college. Particularly, I am very interesting in going into the automotive industry. I’m absolutely in love with cars. All cars. Big, small, slow, fast, eco-friendly, and pretty much any car you can think of, I have a spot for it in my heart.</p>

<p>Where I am applying - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University, Cal Poly at SLO (Clemson? Alabama?)</p>

<p>ACT - 31
SAT reading + math - 1380
unweighted GPA - 3.42</p>

<p>schedule
8 semesters english
8 semesters math
8 semesters Spanish
4 semesters Latin
8 semesters History
12 semesters Science
14 semesters visual/performing arts
1 semester speech
1 semester health</p>

<p>All of my classes are honors and I have 7 APs - Music Theory, American History, European History, Chemistry, Biology, Physics I, Calculus AB
My GPA is kind of low but my senior workload is pretty good, I’m taking 8 classes including 3 APs and first quarter I got 7 As and 1 B+.</p>

<p>What I want to know is, what are my chances at these three schools, and are there any other schools that you would recommend I apply to?</p>

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<p>You have competitive test scores but your GPA will hold you back with Cal Poly SLO. Average CSU GPA (weighted by Cal Poly calculation) was a 4.06. Are you in-state California? If not, you will receive no financial aid at SLO and it will cost your around $30-35K/ year tp attend.
Not familar with the other 2 schools. Home State?</p>

<p>SLO: Low Reach</p>

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<p>I would say high match to low reach for UIUC MechE. If you could bring the ACT up a tad to 33+, that would be even better.</p>

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<p>I am from Illinois, but I’m also considering applying to University of Alabama and Clemson because they both have some pretty good automotive engineering programs.</p>

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<p>For UIUC engineering, the admission average GPA is 3,9 and mid 50 ACT is 31-34. It is likely a low reach for you even from in state.</p>