Chances (Average Student/Texas A&M)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Currently a Junior, Decently competitive Texas High School

PSAT 1460 (219)
SAT 1380 (690,690 Essay-19/24) (Planning to retake)
**ACT/b

**W GPA ** 3.94
**UW GPA ** ~3.2 (I take mostly AP’s)
Class Rank 18%

Classes

Middle School
GateWay ®
Algebra I (H)

Freshman Year
Geometry (H)
World Geography (H)
Spanish I ®
Intro to Engineering Design ®
Orchestra ®
English I (H)
Biology (1 sem H, 1 sem R)

Sophomore Year
Algebra II (H)
World History (H)
Spanish II (H)
Principles of Engineering Design ®
European History (AP)
English II (H)
Chemistry (H)

Junior Year
Pre-Cal (H)
US History (AP)
Computer Science A (AP)
Art History (AP)
English Language (AP)
Psychology (AP)
Comparative Government (AP)
Physics (H)

Senior Year
Calculus BC (AP)
US Government (AP)
Macroeconomics (AP)
Microeconomics (AP)
Physics C (AP)
English Literature (AP)
Professional Communications ®
Aerospace Engineering ®
Academic Decathlon (AP)

EC’s
-NHS
-Various other volunteering organizations (some leadership)
-Around 300 Hours, a couple service awards
-Taekwondo (6 years, some volunteering)
-Academic Decathlon
-8-Ball (APA-won a city competition/got carried by my team)
-Teen Court (~50 Hours as a juror)

I am thinking of either majoring in some sort of engineering or business/finance.

Misc Info
Pros
First Generation Immigrant (Born in China)
Household income <50k
Cons
4th Generation College Student (Great Grandpa went to UMich back in 1910s)
Asian :frowning:
Substantial overseas assets

What are my chances at a school like Texas A&M?

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Well…if you aren’t in the top 10% of your HS class, your admission is less than certain.

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@thumper1

I have auto/academic admission (due to 25% and SAT scores), it just my major I am worried about.

Even if I was <10%, engineering review is holistic (auto, academic, and review count the same) not first come, first serve, so it wouldn’t matter either way.

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So…apply and see.

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@thumper1

That’s the best non-advice advice I’ve received /s

Seriously though, that says nothing about my chances.

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I commented on your chances. You want engineering…and I believe that if you were in the top 10% your chances would be more likely.

My opinion.

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@thumper1

I don’t want to sound sarcastic again but

I mean, obviously…

If any one of my stats (GPA, rank, EC’s) was better, then I mean of course my chances should improve.

Anyways, thanks for your advice good sir, don’t want to cause any drama or anything.