Chance Please ( not auto-admit)

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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GPA: 3.85/4.0
SAT I: 2190 (CR 670 M 800 W 720)
SAT II: Math II (800) Bio (760) USH (730)
ACT: 32(R 31 M 36 W 30 S 31)
Rank: 51/550 (top 10%, highly competitive public high school)
Race: Asian male
Texas Resident

APs:
Bio(5) Calc AB (5) Calc BC(5) USH(5) WH (5) Lang (5) Physics 1 (3) Stats(5) Euro History (4)

ECs:
NHS member
Science Olympiad captain
Model UN Vice President
Key Club Secretary
Played in orchestra for 7 years
Texas All- State Orchestra Member
DECA regionals, state qualification
Orchestra senior representative
150+ volunteer from church
Church Mission Trip to Mexico (1 week)
Work as a paid math tutor (Kumon)

Recs:
Teachers Recs will be amazing (hopefully)
Counselor rec would be average (new counselor, idk if she knows my name lol)

Essays: above average, getting a Cornell grad to review mine

Oh yeah, I’m also a national merit semi-finalist (221 on psat)

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Also please be 100% honest, don’t mind criticism at all :slight_smile:

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What school are you applying to? That might allow people to give you a better idea.

I don’t see anything you don’t have. Your CR score is a little low compared to you other scores but it is still good. If you are applying to engineering, it appears they look at writing and math only. Your ACT score is good too.

You do know there isn’t automatic merit money for NMF at UT like there is at A&M, right?

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@gettingschooled Yes, I’m applying to Cockrell School of Engineering. I’m also aware of the lack of merit aid, so I’m also applying to Baylor and UT Dallas, which both give large amounts of scholarship to NMFs.

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same boat with the counselor rec. other than that looks pretty good