Chance Me: Chemical Engineering for Hispanic/White Female

Chance Me / Match Me!
, ,
1

Demographics
US domestic
State - Texas
Type of high school: average public high school sending most college bound to local community college, Texas State, UTSA, and A&M
Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Female, Hispanic (Mexico) /white
Other special factors: double legacy at rice

Intended Major(s): Chemical Engineering, with additional interest in economics

Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
Weighted HS GPA: 108/100
Class Rank: 3/320
SAT Scores: 1500 Math: 780 ERW: 720

Coursework
(AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores for high school; also include level of math and foreign language reached and any unusual academic electives; for transfers, describe your college courses and preparation for your intended major(s))

Coursework:
14 AP Tests
Self studied: Micro/Macroeconomics, Human geography, and Physics C all 4s
10 AP courses
BC Calc 4
Chem 4
Bio 5
Lang 4
Test 2023: apush, apes, Gov, stats, lit, and physic C electricity
13 honors courses
(well above avg for school mostly scoring 2)

Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
HOBY World Leadership Congress Ambassador
Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Girls State Official
Hispanic Youth Leadership institute
(College board AP awards and Hispanic Recognition)

Extracurriculars:
Student Council - President, class president

  • started initiative to expand access to opportunities
    Academic Decathlon - Captain
  • founded program found funding and club sponsor
  • team and individual medalist
    SNHS - president
  • charter member
  • create an out reach program for elementary students
    Scioly - Captain
  • founded program found funding
    -individual
    medalist and scientific spirit award
    Student Advisory Council
    -served as a student voice on a 100 million dollar bond
    Others activities
  • community service (NHS, Interact) (secretary)
  • choir (treasurer)
  • cheer(state competitor)/basketball
  • ocean science club (secretary)
  • local televised trivia show

Common App Essay - great
Supplementals - good-great
Why Major - growing up on the coast exposure to plastic pollution desire to make sustainable change through engineering design with petrochemicals - great

LORS- AP English Teacher and StuCo sponsor good-great, AP Chemistry Teacher good-great (sophomore teacher)

Schools
Already accepted to
University of Texas at Austin - Cockrell School of Engineering
Texas A&M
University of Alabama
University of Mississippi

Match
EA - Northeastern

Reach
RD - Rice University, Vanderbilt, Yale, Brown, UPenn, and Dartmouth
Applied for scholarships at Vanderbilt

2

Congrats on your accomplishments and acceptances so far!

Your reaches are all high reaches for everyone, but you have a good shot at any of them meaning maybe in the small percent that is accepted in a couple of them.

Definitely research what your options would be for your intended major since the opportunities and course selection will be vary greatly.

ABET accreditation and the actual program is important. Dartmouth sticks out for me due to this -

Engineering with Chemistry

Students interested in chemical engineering may elect an engineering sciences major modified with chemistry. Students who plan to pursue additional coursework beyond the AB to earn the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) should consult early with their faculty advisors to plan their program of study.

1 Like
3

Great job. You already got into a top Chem E program in UT. You may get into another on your list but you also may not. I’d lean not but 50/50 on NEU . But if you are looking at pedigree in Chem E you missed U Delaware, UMN and others. That u got into UT if you got your specific major is a home run !!. And for what it’s worth my son has done great outcome wise out of Bama, I suspect as well as a top 20 school —-if your decision comes to dying to leave the state although or if for some reason you don’t love UT. So I’m guessing you can do well at any school if you are a go getter and it seems you are. But UT on paper, a great get (if you’re not just admitted to engineering but the major itself).

Good luck.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-chemical

4

Congratulations on your achievements and admissions. Just curious…have you already heard from UT-Austin that you’ve been accepted to Cockrell? I know you have guaranteed admission to UTA, but not necessarily to Cockrell?

I can’t chance you but wish you luck the rest of your decisions. I don’t think you need to apply to more schools if you would attend any of the schools you have already been admitted to. If you want to apply to more schools, I second U Delaware and U MN.

1 Like
5

I know a great kid who got into engineering at Vanderbilt last year RD with very similar stats and background. Also I think that the Ivies on your list have great deficits of Hispanic women in STEM to remediate, which will definitely help you, but they are all crapshoots for anyone these days. Make sure to interview with all of your reaches and really focus on driving the minority woman committed to engineering (who wants a top well rounded LA education in addition) angle during the interview. That’s your best card.

1 Like
6

I agree with the others. You are a strong candidate and I could see you being accepted to any or all of your reach schools. There are far more qualified candidates than those schools have spots for, so if any of those schools don’t accept you, it’s not due to any unworthiness of your application. You certainly have a shot, however. Good luck!

2 Likes
7

If serious about engineering go to UT. Congrats for getting accepted there. If you can afford it.

2 Likes
8

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.