How’s my application/college list?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Not entirely a chance me, but I was hoping for people to point out weak spots in my application and give advice on my college list (I’m currently a junior).

Hispanic female from Texas
4.0 UW GPA
3/600 rank
1500 SAT
(770 Reading/Writing, 730 Math)

NASA HS Aerospace Scholars Program
Engineering club since freshman
->Vice President junior year
→ Trying for President senior year
Engineering competition club since freshman year
->Team captain all 3 years
TAME (engineering competition) club
->Trying for President next year
Library Volunteering since 10th grade
→ Around 150 hours
STEM Camp Counselor two summers, will do again this summer
→ 80 hours so far
NHS

I’m hoping to go into civil engineering or aerospace engineering

Schools:
Rice
UT Austin
A&M
UT Dallas

Thoughts and advice appreciated!

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You sound like a great candidate for all of these schools. Maybe take the SAT again or try the ACT to get higher in the statistical range for Rice. https://admission.rice.edu/apply/freshman/admission-statistics. Take the SAT subject tests for Rice. https://admission.rice.edu/policies/standardized-testing

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You have done a great job so far. I think you will get Engineering at A&M and UT. You’ll likely receive a lot of merit money from UTD. Rice…maybe just because admissions is so competetive.

This is a good time to figure out your finances for college. if you don’t have an unlimited budget, make sure you can afford the state flagships, or consider some other schools like Rice that meet full need or search for merit scholarships from solid engineering schools.

You should have some very good choices.