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)