<p>Hi! I'm a very stressed-out, rising junior. Although I'm on my summer vacation right now, I'm really worried and actually looking out for some colleges/universities that I want to go to. I'm currently looking at UT @ Austin, Texas A&M, and some SUNY schools as well as some other OOS engineering schools. I'm really worried because last semester (sophomore year), I took honors chemistry as well as honors spanish III, which were both really hard courses (I got a C in honors spanish and a D (74) in honors chem). :( I go to a really rigorous high school, one of the most challenging in Texas actually. My class has a total of about 224 students and dropping. I know Texas has a really screwed up rule concerning top 7% so I'm just wondering what my chances are. My unweighted GPA right now is a 3.3 overall, weighted being a 3.75 overall. I think I have pretty good EC's but I really don't know. Are there any other good OOS engineering schools? What advice can you give me? What GPA is good/bad? Thanks!</p>
<p>btw UT AUSTIN is my dream school. I definitely know that I'm not in the top 7% but is there anything else I can do to be admitted?! :(</p>
<p>Consider the CAP program. If you are unfamiliar that is where you attend a sister schoot of UT (UTSA, UT Arlington etc.) your freshman year and if you take at least 30 hours and maintain a GPA > 3.8 (I think) then you will be automatically accepted. I did that and just this past May I graduated from UT Austin. I had similar grades in high school but I was still able to get in eventually and it was the greatest experience ever! You should definitely consider it.</p>
<p>Or shoot for academic auto admit at TAMU which is top 25% & SAT 1300 M + CR with 600+ in each section.</p>
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<p>@Schneckner, are the campuses just as nice as on the CAP schools as UT Austin is? Also, how is the environment? </p>
<p>@JAMCAFE, I have no idea what my ranking is of right now, but I don’t think I’m in the top 25% of my class either… Maybe top 30-40% is likely. Is there any other way?</p>
<p>Does UT Austin/TAMU look at the ranking of your school? I go to a top school in the Houston area (DeBakey High School) and is consistently ranked as one of the best in nation by US News. I should have gone to a crappy school and just ranked easily in that case, which I hope isn’t… :(</p>
<p>Thanks for all your replies by the way!</p>
<p>The other way is to get really high SAT or ACT scores and ace holistic admissions. </p>
<p>Lots of schools are good for engineering but can they better deal than instate at UT or TAMU? </p>
<p>If you have the stats you can check out University of Alabama for full ride and ABET accredited.</p>
<p>@JAMCAFE, thanks! What would you consider a good score for SAT for the holistic admission? Also, do you know if these two public schools look at national school ranking?</p>
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<p>Looks like the average of holistic admit in 2012 was 2025 for Engineering, 1968 for Business, 1826 for Liberal Arts.</p>
<p>^Actually those are the average SAT scores for all students admitted to those colleges. </p>
<p>For holistic admits the average SAT was 1902.</p>
<p>How do you come up a specific score for holistic admits?</p>
<p>I also have about 120 community service hours at a hospital, will that increase my chances?</p>
<p>@ texaspg The 2012 Freshman Profile on UT site.</p>
<p>bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/scores</p>