<p>
</p>
<p>There is a serious flaw in your reasoning: the caliber of students that apply to Cornell and UT OOS are NOT the same. </p>
<p>There is no way UT is harder to get into OOS compared to the ivies. However, the honors programs might be. I know a few people that got into CMU, MIT, Caltech, but were rejected from UT’s Engineering Honors.</p>