I hate to say it, but it sounds like your school has done you an disservice if you’re at the top of the class with those SAT scores. I can relate, it happened to my daughter with regards to math. The main problem is that your math scores are very low for an aspiring professional engineer at UT, though not so bad for lesser or private colleges in Texas. Take full advantage of automatic admission, especially if you qualify for a UT grant, just know that you’ve got a lot of work ahead of you before you can transfer in to Engineering.
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" i don’t think I will get a good education or foundation for engineering"
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The foundation you need is math, and math is math. You don’t need a good teacher to learn any of it.