<p>I am a current senior who goes to the 2nd ranked non magnet school in the state of Texas. I received my automatic acceptance late in September but still anxious to hear back about my major (Petroleum, Chemical Engineering).
A bit about me:</p>
<p>Texas Resident
White Male
Unweighted GPA: 3.97 Weighted GPA: 5.0
Class Rank: 44 out of 863 (5.0%) - Very competitive high school
ACT Composite 33 - Math:34 Science:34 Reading:32 Writing: 30
SAT Reading - 700 SAT Math - 750
AP Scores: 4 on Psychology, US History, World History, and English 3 (Not sure if i should send these or not)</p>
<p>Course load: Taken all P/AP or AP classes (Made all A's in every course save for one B in the first semester of AP English Junior year)
Senior courses (Current grade in parenthesis):
Physics I AP (97)
Physics 2 AP
Chemistry AP (99)
Calculus AB (98)
Calculus BC</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Student Athletic Trainer - 4 years, Head student trainer
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Science Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Average amount of volunteer hours
Worked Past 2 summers</p>
<p>I know my extra curriculars are nothing special, much of this is due to the time commitment to Athletic Training (Mentioned in Essay), but I'm hoping my scores and grades will help this.</p>
<p>Okay so Cockrell. I know a guy who was valedictorian of his school (1000+ students per class) and captain of the rowing team (went to nationals and everything) who got into MIT and didn’t get Cockrell. I don’t know his major, but that’s just the facts. That all sounds kinda depressing for you, but I think it’s a lot of chance since they get so many strong applications. Hope you applied early, and I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>@sendhelpplease
What I’ve learned through a little bit of reading is that UT knew he was going to get into a school like MIT. So they generally deny the students who seem to have applied and have a great chance at schools like MIT. But if they haven’t really applied to any other schools and would not have a great chance at those schools, then they have a great chance at being accepted to UT. So I’d say OP has a great chance of getting into UT assuming he doesn’t have interest in going anywhere else. </p>
<p>My SAT was a combined 1670 or something from all 3 sections (I don’t know if they still do it that way). My class rank was top 6% at a very crappy high school with bad students. I am a white male and also was in less orgs and took less AP classes than you. I got accepted into the Electrical and Engineering program 3 years ago. I hope this helps.</p>
<p>@DogShelter
A state university like UT Austin does not suffer from Tufts’ Syndrome. They love numbers and perfect applicants.</p>
<p>@Readster
Your class rank, GPA, and math/english portions of the ACT matter most. I don’t know if the ranking of your high school matters, but it’s unlikely that it does.</p>
<p>@Fredjan
How do you explain the students who were valedictorians >2200 SAT scores and getting accepted to MIT, but denied Cockrell? Or are those just silly anecdotes from confused people?
Although not directed to me, I’m glad to hear about the math/english importance on the ACT, that should help me out a bit. </p>
<p>@DogShelter
They’re either silly anecdotes, or those “perfect” students actually had really weak essays that showed no fit for engineering. I mean, how can admissions say “oh, this student WILL go to MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Illinois, Purdue, GaTech”?
Alternately, you could be right. They could see more value in accepting students like @SadHippo and could care less about the perfect valedictorian. Such an scenario is unlikely, though. For example, the class of 2018 has a perfect applicant whom MIT rejected but who was offered a full ride by UT itself. </p>