Do I have a shot at engineering?

matsum91 · 11-03-2009, 08:45 PM

I go to an extremely competitive private school in Ft Worth Texas that doesn't rank.

2.9 GPA(4 scale)
1390/2020 SAT
31 ACT
720 Math Level 1
660 Math Level 2
640 Literature

Eage Scout
President and Founder of Venture Crew and Bowling Club
Alot of leadership roles
active in my school
my year averages have gone up each year 82. 83, 84, 86
Taking 3 AP's Chem, Enviro, and Language this year

I'm afraid the top 10 is gonna ruin my chances of getting in.

Anybody have any thoughts about my possibilities of getting in to engineering or at least to University Studies.

I want to be a Petroleum engineer.

sundoll · 11-04-2009, 08:39 AM

Is your GPA a typo (i.e. should it be a 3.9)? Unless it is, I honestly don't see it happening. Cockrell is simply far too competitive. I don't think I've actually come across anyone with less than a 3.0 get accepted, unless maybe they were an athletic recruit and I have no stats on that.

matsum91 · 11-04-2009, 05:13 PM

no that's a 2.9

Thanks for the reply and your opinion.

I know it's a really long shot and mostly just hope I will get in to the school.

I'm hoping that they really take my testing scores and extra-curriculars in to consideration. My gpa truly doesn't reflect my capabilities and hope they'll see that.

Any ideas on getting in to university studies?

MikeWozowski · 11-04-2009, 05:15 PM

if you are not top 10, your chances of getting in at all are pretty slim.

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sundoll · 11-04-2009, 05:58 PM

You might have a better shot of going to a CC or another UT campus for a year and showing what you're capable of as a transfer. They're going to fill up about 75% of the incoming class with top 10% freshman alone, and there are non-top 10 folks that you'll be going up against who have much higher GPAs (and more AP/IB courses) and test scores than you do.

matsum91 · 11-04-2009, 07:09 PM

Yeah I am not a fan of the top 10 program... and what really annoys me is that they recognized there is a problem with it but are waiting another year to fix it, even though they didn't seem to have a problem tossing in new required courses mid admission season.

It also annoys me when I know people at other schools that are in the top 10 but score 17s on the act and 900s on the sat, and are guaranteed to get in.

If I don't get in to UT I'll probably just go to a&m which has a better pet engineering program anyways. If not there I'll just head up to CU or over to LSU and transfer in to UT or A&M in a year or two.