What are my chances?

CommanderCurry
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:45:51 +0000

Hey everyone, I’m new here, and I’d like some feed back from you guys.

So I’m about to be a senior in high school (school starts tomorrow, the 27th) and it’s application time. I’d like to know my chances for UT Austin (Cockrell), Berkeley, and Princeton.

Here are my credentials:

-I currently reside in Houston, Texas
-SAT - 2160 (630 CR, 780 Math, 750 Writing)
-SAT II - 700 Physics, 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
-Planning to take ACT in September
-unweighted GPA 3.86 ( I have yet to figure out weighted)

I’m in the top 5% of my class (top 20 people, I believe)
EC’s

tennis all 4 years (JV 9th and 10th, Varsity 11th and 12th)

Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) - all 4 years - Historian in 12th - Numerous awards in competitions including 9th place at State in 11th grade

Red Cross Club 11th and 12th

Spanish Club in 11th

National Honor Society in 11th and 12th

Academic Octathlon in 10th (basically decathlon but doesn’t have 2 tests that decathlon has. Only for 9th and 10th graders) - 2nd place in math at regionals

LinkCrew Leader in 11th and 12th to help incoming freshmen

USTA member

participated in Physics Bowl in 11th

3 time AMC participant (American Mathematics Competition)
AP’s
World History - 3
Computer Science A - 3
Physics C Mechanics - 4
Physics C E&M - 4
English Lang. And Comp. - 4
Calculus BC - 5
Chemistry - 5

Volunteering

Goodwill donation center, Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston Dragon Boat Regatta, local library, helped tutor middle and high school students, elementary school fun run

-Academic Excellence in 9th, 10th, and 11th

-I also got into the Youth Leadership Development Program of Houston for 2012-2013, and they had an interview for it and 40/60 applicants were chosen. You volunteer and learn about leadership and meet people such as the mayor of Houston and executives from Shell Oil and stuff.

I wish to study Chemical Engineering (my chem teacher really had an influence on this), but last year, UT Austin, for reasons unknown, just rejected so many people. It was confusing (not to mention disheartening) because 2 years ago, pretty much anyone who applied got admission to Cockrell School of Engineering. I know I will get auto-admission b/c I’m in the top 10% of my class, but I really want to get into Engineering School and not just General Studies. UT was going to be my backup until last year when it turned into one of my main focuses.