Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I'm a highschool junior from Texas, driven to get into engineering.</p>

<ul>
<li>3.7 weighted GPA</li>
<li>Top 11%</li>
<li>1840 SAT 690M, 610CR, 540W</li>
<li>ACT 26 Composite, 25 English, 31 Math, 22 Reading, 24 Science</li>
</ul>

<p>EC's
-Robotics
-Masterminds
-Solar Car Team (Captain)
-DIY Club
-Technology Student Association
-National Hispanic Institute (2013 National Champion)
-Mu Aplha Theta
-National Honor Society
-University of Texas Outreach
-Boy Scouts (First Class)
-300 Community Service Hours</p>

<p>I am currently enrolled in a dual enrollment program that is geared towards engineering, so I take my classes at the comunity college. When I grduate highschool I will have 70 college hours. </p>

<p>Classes I Will Take
-Calculus II
-Physics II
-American Gov. II
- Statics & Dynamics
<a href="http://academicaffairs.southtexascollege.edu/highschool/pdf/DEEA%20Degree%20Plan.pdf"&gt;http://academicaffairs.southtexascollege.edu/highschool/pdf/DEEA%20Degree%20Plan.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I am the only student from my highschool that is in the dual enrollment academy, out of 556 in my highchool class.
Being in this niche program makes me question where I stand, what is UT going to look for in my case?</p>

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<p>Impressive. You have seemed to have done as much as transfer students regarding the engineering courses. You will definitely be a competitive applicant. </p>

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<p>Test scores and Gpa are a little light but your other factors should help.</p>

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<p>JorgeFlores</p>

<p>GPA doesn’t matter, especially weighted. Dual credit classes often weight less than AP/IB, and students in dual enrollment have lower weighted GPA by default.
Lower scores in English can be because of ethnicity, so it’s not such a huge deal. </p>

<p>National Hispanic Institute (2013 National Champion) looks very impressive. What is University of Texas Outreach? If it’s something “underrepresented, first generation”, you are in.</p>

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<p>Yes UT Outreach is a leadership program taking top 10% students from low socio-economic hispanic highschools and prepares them for college and gives guidance and trips to help become admitted to UT. National Hispanic Institute is a similar program targeting top acidemically performing latinos internationally (US ,Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador), and is a mix of leadership, community service, debate, and politics (Latino JSA). I am a operations staff member in my local NHI chapter.</p>

<p>I will be taking the SAT again om March 8, I have prepared to bring my math up to 740+ to help my engineering admission.</p>

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<p>your ut outreach collaboration and strong engineering bg/accomplishments will help you out a lot…
make sure you do really well in calc bc and physics c… these are importatn classes…
try to push yourself up in rank and sat…
and write solid esssays</p>