Chance me for UT Austin?

AL
Wed, 27 Apr 2016 03:34:18 +0000

I’m an Asian in New York and got accepted this year in an Electrical Engineering major at UT Austin.

Here’s a run-down of my stats (really don’t know how much it’ll help):

Class Rank: My school does not do rankings
GPA: (Weighted 4.1 Unweighted 3.95)
SAT: 1520/2260
ACT: 35
Took AP World History sophomore year (got a 5)
Junior year: AP USH, Comp. Sci. A, AP Chem. (all 5’s)
Senior course load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1 & C, AP French (along with a college economics course)
Never received anything less than an A throughout high school

Clubs: VP of a cooking club, Treas. of a club sport and a robotics team (I used robotics in an essay to connect to my interest in electrical engineering and computer science)
Volunteer: 150+ hrs at the local public library
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Semifinalist

My advice is to take both the SAT and the ACT twice each (if both are offered). And in your application, try to present yourself in the best way possible. Make up for your lowest points with your recommendations, finding faculty that can attest to you working hard to overcome obstacles. And make your essays count, they should tie together all your strong points and declare clear goals for your college life, especially if you can use them to help the university.

Your EC’s are pretty good, use anything even remotely related to STEM to present your interest in Electrical Engineering. Anything else can be used to portray you as a hardworking student who can adjust to college life through the flexibility of your various different activities.
Just my opinion, though.

And with money, sorry can’t help you. My out-of-state status makes me unable to get nearly enough financial aid to cover 15% of the tuition. I can’t afford UT Austin (they want me to pay like $60,000 a year or something!), but if you live near Houston, you should be perfectly fine. Tip: APPLY FOR AS MANY SCHOLARSHIPS AS YOU CAN!