<p>Stats:
Male
In-State
Rank: 9/255 ~4%
So I'll be auto admitted, but I dunno if I'll get my major
Race: Spaniard/Portuguese/Asian
EC: Did 500 hours with the City, played varsity tennis, played some basketball. A few clubs like NHS.
SAT: 1850 (640M, 580CR, 630WR)
I could probably get these to around a 1920 with a little work.
ACT: 30/31
GPA 3.85, Weighted 5.002
Taken: AP Biology (5), AP Chemistry (Awaiting), AP Statistics (Awaiting), AP English Lang and Comp (Awaiting), AP Human Geography (5)
Dual Enrollment (community college) Trigonometry (A), Precalculus(A) Human Anatomy and Physiology (A Both semesters)</p>
<p>I'm only a junior right now, so I will be taking another 3 AP classes next year, plus dual enrollment calculus I and II. I have a talent for writing and will write great application essays.</p>
<p>Majors I'd like:
Chemical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Biochemistry
Biomedicial Engineering</p>
<p>Would love some advise with how to proceed with this.</p>
<p>I’m in bme and your statistics look pretty good to me except maybe work on your test scores. they should ideally be higher, just to be safe.</p>
<p>I would just try to get your SAT Math score a little higher and if you can pull that off I would say you’ll make it into those majors!</p>
<p>If you’re thinking BME as your primary choice, one of my friends appealed after being rejected and was denied b/c the admissions officer said BME applicants must have a 700+ score on the math section. Regardless, higher test scores will definitely help, particularly M+CR(UT doesn’t really factor in the writing score).UT Engineering admissions seem to only be getting harder and harder so just do all you can and hope for the best.</p>
<p>So I think if I have at the math section all summer I should be able to gain 60 points, I’m not that far. But there’s a problem with the reading, I don’t see improving it beyond a 600 or so. Is that a problem? I’m retaking the SAT and ACT in October and September, respectively. I’d probably make my 1st choice Chemical and 2nd Petroleum.</p>
<p>Also, my parents want me to apply for the A&M BA/MD program Partnership in Primary Care. But College Station seems like a small town, and I feel I’d rather stay in Austin and study engineering. Thoughts? If you’ve been to College Station, how much better is Austin than it?</p>
<p>I’ve never been, but the reason I want to go to Austin and not A&M are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Yes, college station is small, and mainly filled with students - this was actually somewhat of a plus for me, but it really is up to what you like.</li>
<li>I understand the students that go to A&M are much more southern than a lot of the students at UT, since I come from a non-american background, and love diversity and meeting people in general - this was a no-brainer for me.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you like Austin, what’s your reason to leave it ?
I would just visit College Station with your parents at one time or another and see if you might like it.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Actually, for Engineering, M+W is what UT uses in its rubric. See fn 9 at the end (and read in context with holistic review laid out at pp 4-5) <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report13.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report13.pdf</a></p>
<p>UT and TAMU are both great schools. There’s just a different vibe at each. No one can decide which is the better fit but you! Visiting with parents isn’t the same as doing overnights with friends who are already there. Try to work that out! If you think you’ll get pushback from your parents, present them with a well-considered visit itinerary, including a campus tour, info session, engineering-focused meeting/visit and a class visit or two. Study the websites and do your homework. I’m a parent. It works!</p>
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<p>IMO, some of the previous posters underestimate the selectivity of the BME and ChemE programs. Considering the rest of your app, I would expect a 2000+ to be considered for admissions to those majors and at least a 2200 before feeling somewhat safe. I would push for a 1900 for petro but you are probably fine for MechE, one of the largest and least selective engineering majors.</p>
<p>Oh, and definitely don’t be pre-med just because your parents tell you it’s a good idea. It is not a path someone with no or little internal motivation should go down. If you find yourself discovering this later, you’ll have to transfer out of your dead-end major in biology and start all over in a more practical one.</p>
<p>2000 is possible, but 2200 is crazy. I guess I’m just one of those who can’t score extremely high on the SAT. I don’t know what it is. I’m a pretty smart guy, and I’ve worked hard throughout high school. I guess I just have to accept the reality that ChemE and BME are out of reach for me.</p>
<p>are u macanese? since ure portuguese/asian?</p>
<p>Hey guys, would all of you mind re-chancing me with these new SAT scores? (640CR, 720M, 690WR) Up from 1850 with not much prep at all, but those will be my final scores.</p>
<p>Also: My UT Application is already completed, has been for a few days now. First Choice: Petroleum Engineering Second Choice: Electrical Engineering. </p>
<p>Chances for getting into these majors? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Also: My GPA has increased to 3.95 (UW) and 5.1 (W) Rank as reported was 10/240 (4.17%)</p>
<p>Also, I don’t know if essays are considered in regards to Cockrell, but if they are I wrote really good essays, which were needed because my EC’s were pretty weak.</p>
<p>One more bump, I applied for summer. Does this help/hurt my chances at all?</p>