Chances at getting into UT's Cockrell engineering?

Onizzle
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:19:31 +0000

Hi, im a junior in a large public school in northwest Houston. Can someone please tell me what my chances of getting into UT’s Cockrell School of Engineering are?

White, Male

Rank: 22/843(2.6%)
SAT: 1980 (retaking and should get a lot higher)
Math: 750
Reading: 600
Writing: 630

AP (including next years):
Chem II
APUSH
Psych AP
Physics II
Calc BC
Eng III & Eng IV AP
Gov & Eco AP
Art History AP
European History AP (if it makes)
Possibly Statistics AP and Biology AP

Extra Curricular:
Key Club, NHS, Orchestra (bass and violin), Varsity Tennis, Computer Science club, Robotics

Awards:
Robotics 1st & 3rd at region
Robotics 3rd at state & runner up
Computer Science 1K award
Duke TIP Gold recognition for math (took SAT as a 7th grader and got a 590)
State Orchestra Solo & Ensemble all 1’s
(lots of music ones i dont want to list…)

Misc:
Went to an engineering camp at UT last summer, letters of rec will be really good, possibly co-founder of Student Secular Association, depends on whether the school will let us make one.

I would like to go to their ChemEng program if possible, what do you guys think? Thanks!