I’m going into PACE next year and I want something on my resume that makes me stand out from the crowd–I am, however, fully committed to working toward a 4.0. What extracurricular activities or organizations or projects or internships would allow me to stand out from the group of transfer students to UT for chemical/mechanical engineering?
What about activities outside of school?
Don’t you get into the major of your choice as long as you fulfill the PACE requirements, no ECs needed? Maybe I’m misguided, haha.
If you can get any research opportunities that relate to your discipline of choice, that would probably be a wonderful indicator of your interest in ChemE/MechE. If you can get an internship at a company in relation to your discipline of choice, that would also help a lot! Maybe join some engineering societies?
But this is all speculation; UT is sort of weird with their admissions decisions, so don’t feed into what anyone says too much. All in all, do what you enjoy doing! I think UT really values well-roundedness.
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I do enjoy Chemistry and physics in general. If anyone could tell me of a society or program for chemical engineers that would be great-- any that pertains to chemistry/physics I think admissions committees would like.
@punctiliouseye Hmmm… I’m probably not the best person to ask about UT specifically (entering freshman for ChemE myself). Most of my suggestions are for women in engineering, but if that’ll help, I’d say join SWE and try to get involved with the Women in Engineering program at UT 
For ChemE specifically, you can try joining AIChE or possibly ACS? Not really sure about MechE. Hopefully someone else who knows more about clubs/organizations at UT can answer!
I was lurking the UT ChemE website for myself and I just came across this: http://www.che.utexas.edu/prospective-students/che-student-organizations/
Hope this helps! 