Chance Me - UT Austin RD (Aerospace)

Demographics: White female, medium sized non-competitive public school in Philadelphia, member of the LGBT community, oldest of five siblings with many household responsibilities (which I discuss in my application)

Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering

Academics:

ACT: 35 (36E, 36R, 34S, 33M)

SAT: 1530 (790M, 740R)

Class rank: School does not do specific rankings, but my counselor notified me that I’m in the top 2% in a class of 375

UW/W GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.9 W

Coursework: APs (6)-- United States History (4), Computer Science Principles (4), Computer Science A (5), Calc BC (TBD), Physics: Mechanics (TBD), Physics: Electricity and Magnetism (TBD). All other classes are honors or independent study, disregarding required Health and Phys Ed classes.

Awards:

Basic Stuff: National Honors Society, National Merit Commended (SI of 218, so close), AP Scholar, Distinguished Honor Roll

Theater: A few regional awards for high school theater.

Open Minds: Placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in regional innovation / invention competition.

Coding Competitions: 1st Place at Widener University Coding Competition, a few others at various colleges

Extracurriculars:

Colonial Players (Theater, Senior Leader): I am a dedicated member of my school’s theater program. I have been in the cast of all of the available productions throughout high school, as well as assisting with construction and painting.

National Honor Society (President): I am responsible for creating fundraisers, running meetings of over 120 students, and serving as a liaison between my school and my community. Lots and lots and lots of service hours.

Singfest Volunteer Counselor: I volunteer at a chorus camp for young kids, and teach them songs and movements. We also put on a yearly concert for the community. About 70 hours of service per summer, for 4 summers.

Web Development (Developer): I have developed multiple websites that have been implemented by my school. Last year a team and I created a site for our Senior Trip, where we organized payment, trip info, online permission slips/ forms, roommate assignments, etc. This year I’m developing a site for my theater program to also track payments, provide a new registration technique for the shows, and track forms, medical info, etc. Lots of hours and one of my favorite extracurriculars.

Paid Word: I work as an artist for a local toy store. I do different art personalizations on products for customers with paint pens! About 15 hours a week.

Computer Science Competition Club (VP): As a part of my school’s most advanced team, I travel to different colleges and participate in competitions against other schools.

Principal’s Leadership Council: The PLC is a group that is hand-picked by our principal. We meet with him once a month to discuss ways to improve our school and make kids happier.

Congregation Or Ami Federation of Temple Youth (VP): I am responsible for writing monthly newsletters and coordinating various activities in the synagogue for our congregation.

Summer Programs: (Oldest to most recent)

CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Program: A two month long program where I lived on campus at the University of Colorado. We learned A LOT - fluid dynamics, lots of engine stuff, etc. Super fun!

Johns Hopkins Courses: I took two undergraduate courses at Johns Hopkins: Astrophysics and Data Structures in Java. I did well in both and earned 7 credits.

Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation: A program that exposes students to the various focuses of engineering. Earned 3 credits. (10 total from Hopkins)

@sborislow You’re obviously a very strong candidate, and you have as good a chance as anyone can from OOS. But, trying to chance an OOS candidate, we might as well ask an eight ball. By state statute, the vast majority of admits will be from Texas. It’s too hard to chance OOS applicants, because the UT class of 2024 will end up being about 8% OOS. General admission chances (for yield) may be about 16%. That percentage is low enough that nobody would even be able to hasten a coherent guess.

I am wishing you luck, though. You sound like a very accomplished, and motivated young adult! Keep us posted!

Wow! I am amazed by your accomplishments! I do not have the ability to chance you, but your resume and stats are excellent. Wish you the best! Keep us posted.

@TXgreen wow thank you so much!! I really appreciate that!! I will!

@nomatter thank you! wow, i didn’t know that that little amount of people were out of state… yikes! Oh well. Fingers crossed!