u/Kitchen-Lunch-4898

I just finished making my list, but was told that I need some safeties. My current safeties are: state flagship (~50% acceptance), Rose-Hulman, and CU boulder, but after more research, I guess those are more like targets for me.

Intended major: I'm not entirely sure yet...but probably mech, industrial, or EE

criteria: Not super picky, but I'm not really a party person...so maybe not a SUPER party school? Like not ASU level...mid party is fine! and a decent reputable engineering program.

For some context, here is a quick overview of my stats:

• 4.03 GPA UW, >4.3 GPA W
• 1530 SAT (790 M, 740 RW)
• 3 APs (school doesn't offer them)
• high rigor
• very competitive high school, I'm probably in top 20% of class
• Only awards: *most likely* national merit commended scholar, AP scholar
• No engineering ECs or leadership🧍‍♀️
• other ECs: pretty bad 😭

other info:

• female
• assume out or state for everything
• budget: most likely full-pay

I just finished making my list, but was told that I need some safeties. My current safeties are: state flagship (~50% acceptance), Rose-Hulman, and CU boulder, but after more research, I guess those are more like targets for me.

Intended major: I'm not entirely sure yet...but probably mech, industrial, or EE

criteria: Not super picky, but I'm not really a party person...so maybe not a SUPER party school? Like not ASU level...mid party is fine! and a decent engineering program.

For some context, here is a quick overview of my stats:

• 4.03 GPA UW, >4.3 GPA W
• 1530 SAT (790 M, 740 RW)
• 3 APs (school doesn't offer them)
• high rigor
• very competitive high school, I'm probably in top 20% of class
• Only awards: *most likely* national merit commended scholar, AP scholar
• No engineering ECs or leadership :(
• other ECs: pretty bad 😭

other info:

• female
• assume out or state for everything
• budget: most likely full-pay

I want to go into engineering (probably mechanical or electrical), but I don't really have any engineering ECs. All I've done is create an at-home project using raspberry pi (not published/public or anything--it's definitely way too primitive for that) and I did a two week engineering camp at a university (basically you pay and you can do it. Not competitive at all). So, I don't think those activities would do much good on my list. I would've done robotics (my school's robotics team is really large and competitive), but my sport practices conflicted, so I couldn't. I mean, I have a few other ECs, (jobs, sports (my main ECs), and a few clubs I am just a passing member of) ...but...am I cooked? Do I still have a chance at top engineering schools? For example: Northwestern, U mich, UIUC, Purdue, GAtech, UF, UMD, UT Austin, etc? ...should I consider rethinking my major choice?

I'm thinking of writing my personal statement on how I used to be very hesitant, very timid, and accustomed to a safe life which was constant and expected. However, I realized that I wasn't completely happy with my current life, so I decided to switch schools. (a big decision for me, as I had been going to the same school my whole life). After switching schools, I became more independent, more ready to take risks. Is this too cliché? I appreciate any advice! thank you!

I am very confused about 95% intervals, and what happens when they overlap/ dont overlap.

When they do overlap, my textbook says, "the data are inconclusive and it is not possible to say wether or not there is a significant difference between the groups", and when they dont, "it is likely there is a statistically significant differnece between the two groups"

But when I asked chat gpt and google they both said somthing kinda like, overlap -- > no statistically significant difference. NO overlap --> statistically significant difference.

What is true?? Please help!

Hi every one! Im a junior in high school right now, and I have decided to do engineering. Not because I want to--I'm eh at math and to be honest, I don't remember physics much--but because it kinda just happened. I'll tell you how:

What I know for sure is that I don't want to go into humanities (I'm not good at writing), and I am kinda interested in the human body, and biology related stuff, but I don't think that interest is strong enough to go through what it takes to become a doctor. One of the things I gleaned from my reddit career research (not super helpful--for every positive thing I've seen, someone else has said the same thing but negative) is that you don't become a doctor unless its something you REALLY wanna do. So that puts medical stuff out of the question.

I also considered finance (over half the seniors at my school are going into economics) because I've heard it can be pretty lucrative. But I heard that finance involves a lot of connections and networking, and my social skills are...yeah I'm just gonna be honest, they are bad, and I don't think they are ever gonna get better. So, for that reason, I ruled out finance.

Lastly, I considered nursing, but I have heard that the pay is not good for the amount of work. Overall, a pretty grueling amount of work for the pay. Then again, my information source (tired nurses on Reddit who probably just wanna vent) is very biased.

So, I ruled out humanities,Premed, finance, and Nursing, which left engineering. (yes, I am aware there are many other careers, I just didn't consider them) Like everything I see on reddit, some people say one thing, and others say a complete different thing, but I got the overall sense that engineering is a stable job that pays ok, and you can generally start working right after getting a undergraduate degree. In addition, my parents both think that engineering is the right choice for me. They say that if they could do it again, thats what they would do.

Anyway, as you can see, I have very superficial knowledge of many majors, and I was wondering if you have some input on your experiences, what you've heard, etc.

If you are thinking of giving me the classic advice--follow your passion--sadly, I've already thought about that and had to rule it out. By all means, I would definitely follow my passion if watching TV and reading all day is a career, but sigh. I guess my lifelong dream has been to draw a comic/write a book, but as I said before, I am bad at writing and I've only ever thought of story ideas, actually writing them--I just give up. So I would say my goal for the future is a stable job were I make enough money to live comfortably and a job in which I have enough free time to do the things I enjoy (aforementioned reading and TV)

So yeah, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

TLDR: I (high school junior) am thinking of doing engineering, but I am second guessing and would appreciate some advice on my major. I have no [lucrative] passions unfortunately. Thanks!