Chance me for a transfer

Transfer Students
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Hi everyone, I’m currently a freshmen in the UT PACE program from 2016-2017 and I’m hoping to get into UT Austin for Fall 2017. Can anyone chance me please?

Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Residency: Texas Resident
GPA: 4.0 (Assuming 4.0 at the end of this semester as well)
Applied Major: Computer Science, Entry-Level

Courses:
Introduction to Psychology
Calculus 3
General Chemistry 1
US History Honors 1
Undergraduate Studies Writing Course (core requirement for UT undergrad)
General Chemistry 2
Music Fundamentals
US History 2
Engineering Physics 1: Mechanics
Programming Fundamentals 2

AP courses possible for credit claim: Calc BC, Eng Lit, Eng Comp, Physics C both, Compsci A, Chem, Chinese Language

Projects:

  • Games made in high school using Java (computational geometry game and logic puzzles)
  • Competitive Programming: about 300 programming challenges completed at different online judge websites using C++. Highest Hackerrank percentile achieved: 93%. USACO Gold, hoping to get into Platinum on US Open.

ECs and Clubs:

  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • UT Competitive Programming Club
  • Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
  • Codepath Silicon Valley Internship Course
  • Research Intern at Texas Heart Institute

Proficient: Java, C++
Exposure to: Python, SQL, Xcode, HTML/CSS

Essays:
Not sure but recent comments said it was pretty decent.

Recs: None (I believe essays presented the complete perspective)

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  1. Are recs recommended? If so, you should have some.
  2. Are you applying to transfer right now? With only 1 semester of college done? How did you do in high school?
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@philbegas 1. I believe no matter where I go the result will be the same. Natural curiosity, love challenges. But I can ask.

  1. I am applying to transfer right now with 2 semesters of college done by the end of spring. I did fine in high school, a lot of extracurriculars and had a GPA of 3.85 but I was ranked in the top 15%.
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May I ask why they put you in the PACE program? Your grades were great.

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@Missy512 Hi, my grades weren’t spectacular on graduation and nor was my rank. I believe why I wasn’t admitted was because my essays had absolutely no direction. These are the transfer GPAs.