What do you think, Parents?

SteveMA
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:20:26 +0000

Honestly, as an engineering major, I say pick one or two of those schools and hope for the best. I don’t think you have a real shot at any of them and it’s money out the door for applications, but you never know. It’s highly unlikely you will pull your scores up enough to be a viable candidate for any of those schools.

Ranking in USNWR is meaningless, sorry. That is not going to help you at all. At a “top” high school, a kid with a 4.0 would be expected to have close to perfect ACT/SAT scores, just not seeing that with you and grade inflation comes to mind. The fact that you are taking AB Calc and not taking AP Physics also will hurt you for an engineering major admission. Your AP scores are very low for an engineering major. Your EC’s are not outstanding enough to override your “low” scores.

Again, apply to one or two of those schools just because you won’t get another chance to try but start loving one of your safety schools because there is a 99.9% chance you will be attending that school.

Also, nail your parents down on an exact dollar figure they can pay. Sure, you might get some aid but that can leave you anywhere between $10,000-50,000–are they prepared to pay that–even at your safety schools.