Admission question and chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I'm applying to the College of Engineering and the Honors College; does applying to the Honors College effect my general admissions chances? Also, what are my chances? Thanks</p>

<p>GPA: 3.93 uw, top 1% public high school in California (90th in country in Math and Sciences), class rank unknown,
SAT: 2040 (700 math, 710 writing, 630 cr, 10 essay)
SAT2: 700 math II, 740 BioE
ACT: 31 (33 math, 34 writing, 10 essay, 28 reading, 28 science)
Senior classes: AP Eng, AP Span, AP calc BC, honors physics, Gov/econ, Jazz band, soccer
HS course load: all honors/ap classes except history</p>

<p>Downsides: white, not much work or community service, OOS, </p>

<p>ECS:</p>

<p>Captain of drumline (12), on the drumline for all 4 years
soccer team for 4 years varsity senior year
HS band for 4 years
outside of school elite Jazz performance academy 7 years (1st place at major competition 2 yrs in a row)
attended Northrop Grumman Engineering, Technologies, Careers course
Played in School musical orchestra (10,11,12)
Private drum instructor
National Honor Society
student of the month
about 100 hrs community service</p>

<p>Major:engineering</p>

<p>essays should be pretty good, applying quite close to the dec 1 deadline though.</p>

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<p>also, how long should the essays be? it’s very unclear on the website ("20 80-character lines… about 1 page single-spaced)??</p>

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<p>20 – 80 character lines is like, 200-300 words. Basically just short answers.</p>

<p>Edit: oops. Forgot to write the rest of this.</p>

<p>I think your scores are still above the out-of state average, so that’s good. OOS is generally pretty competitive for UT, but it seems like you should get in.</p>

<p>I really don’t know about honors, tbh. Haha, I’m freaking out about it, personally.</p>

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<p>Applying honors will not give you a better or worse chance at being accepted to UT or Cockrell.</p>

<p>I’m not familiar with the type of people accepted to Cockrell, their honors program, or out of state applicants, so I can’t help you there; sorry.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you! yes, Cockrell. It actually says “no longer than 120 eighty-character lines of text (including spaces and blank lines)” …</p>

<p>OOS stats:</p>

<p>SAT/ACT Ranges & Averages: Enrolled Out-of-State Applicants</p>

<p>Mid-50% SAT Range: 1820 – 2030 (out of 2400)</p>

<p>Average SAT Score: 1914 (out of 2400)</p>

<p>Mid-50% ACT Range: 28 – 31 (composite)</p>

<p>Average ACT Score: 29 (composite)</p>

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<p>does the Engineering Honors College require SAT subject test scores??</p>