Chance Me!! UT Austin Engineering Class of 2024

lacroixtower
Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:30:42 +0000

I’m applying to Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin! I’ve already ready been auto-accepted but am anticipating the decision into my major.

I’m in-state and top 3% of my class. Rank 15/540.

My SAT is 1480, perfectly split between math and reading. Essay score: 20.

I’m IB Diploma and am taking the HL physics class but already tested in SL. I’m also in AP BC Calculus.

Both my sisters are currently attending the university, and my dad worked there as an ROTC professor for a couple of years.

Summer activities include the 7-week Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program that was on campus in my summer of junior year. I also attended the Women in Engineering 3-day summer camp (WEatUT) at UT that summer, and have toured twice in these programs. I’ve babysat and tutored during these summers. I worked on my 4000-word Extended Essay this past summer for my IB Diploma.

I’m in the typical Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and Key Club. Moreover, I was an officer for two years for my school’s HOSA, was the freshman class secretary, sophomore secretary, and am currently the student body treasurer. I am also the Key Club treasurer and have been a part of my yearbook staff for two years now.

Test Scores:
IB SL Physics: 6
IB SL Spanish: 5
AP Spanish Lang: 3
WHAP: 4
English Lang: 4

Honestly, I do not feel good at all about my ApplyTexas essay…my teacher even gave me an 85 on it. However, I was able to touch on my experience with UT a lot with GWC and the WEatUT program. My recommendation letters are at best typical and mundane.

Please let me know your honest thoughts. I have a lot of pressure from my parents to get into my major and have no idea what I would do if I didn’t.