Chance Me for Engineering?

cecp2015
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:09:46 +0000

(Copied from another post)
Nervous about hearing back from UT bc I’m not as qualified as other applicants. My school didn’t offer any honors or AP classes until my junior year and I didn’t decide on majoring in engineering until the beginning of my senior year.

Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (Math:700 Reading: 630 Writing: 750) (SS: 2110)
•ACT (breakdown): 31
•SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 1: 720 Math 2: 590
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unweighted- 4.0 Weighted- (Cumulative) 4.27
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank
•AP (place score in parentheses): My school just began offering AP courses last year and I was not confident in my test score because we had little preparation time so I canceled my scores. However, I did take AP Biology, AP Calc AB, and AP Psychology
•IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
•Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP English Language & Composition, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government (also doing self-taught AP Chemistry)
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Math Student of the Year (3 years), Speech Student of the Year (9), Service Award (9), Student of the Year (9), Science Student of the Year (10-11), Crusader Award (10-11), Beacon of Volunteering Award (10), Outstanding Leader by Example (10), History Student of the Year (11), English Student of the Year (11), Director’s Award (11)

Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School concession stand manager (4 years), Student Council (Treasurer 2 consecutive years, VP junior year, President senior year), National Honor Society (spring of sophomore year to present, VP & President), Assistant MS cheer coach (11-12), Model United Nations (12), Youth in Philanthropy (11-12), School Theatre Club (9, 11-12), Choir (4 years), Yearbook Committee (11-12), PALS (12), Teacher Aide (9-12), Praise Band (9-12), TAPPS (similar to UIL, 9-12), Student Ambassador (9-12)
•Job/Work Experience: Babysitting (ages 4-13), Tutor (1st grade - Pre-Cal), Camp Invention Leadership Intern (paid intern)
•Volunteer/Community Service: Special Olympics, Project H.E.A.L, Youth in Philanthropy (Junior & Senior year) - program in Fort Bend County for Juniors & Seniors that allows them to work with many different types of nonprofit throughout the year, Teen Service League (Sophomore year), Memorial Hermann (Summer after Sophomore & Junior year), The Beacon in Downtown Houston
•Summer Activities: Babysitting, Camp Invention, Volunteer at Memorial Hermann, SAT Prep classes
•Essays: They were alright (I’m a harsh critic)
•Teacher Recommendations: Great! (Science and History teacher)
•Counselor Rec: Great
•Additional Rec: Head of High School
•Interview:

Other
•State (if domestic applicant): TX
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Private w/ online curriculum
•Ethnicity: Asian
•Gender: Female
•Income Bracket: $120k
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First U.S. born child to attend college in my family (parents and a few cousins went to school in the US after immigrating). Not really a hook but it’s something