Is UT my only option now? Help greatly appreciated

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<p>Hey everyone. Recently my greatest college ambition has been to get into Rice. Unfortunately I'm applying Interim for reasons too complicated to bore you all with. I plan on majoring in electrical engineering. I'm also applying to UT, Cornell and Duke as well though I would prefer Rice over any of these three. But after getting my SAT II scores back today...i'm beginning to think I don't have a chance at all at Rice anymore. How does it look for me? I'm an asian male a texan public school by the way.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.92 weighted
Ranked: 54/807
SAT I: 2300 (Math: 800 Verbal: 740 Writing: 760)
SAT II's: (Math IIC: 720 Physics: 570 Literature: 700 )
AP's: Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), Statistics (3), World History (3)</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes: Calculus BC AP, Physics AP, Biology AP, Latin Vergil AP, English GT AP, Macroeconomics AP, Anatomy & Physiology, U.S. Government, Psychology, Teacher Aide. </p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist<br>
AP Scholar with Honor
Recognition at the 2004 Baylor University Model UN Conference as China
Scholarship offer from St. Mary’s University of $10,000 over four years (or $12,500 over 5 years if necessary) upon graduation of San Antonio PREP (Pre-Freshman Engineering Program).
Concertino Region Orchestra, 2nd Violin section.
Summa cum Laude on the Latin I National Latin Exam (9th)
Maxima cum Laude on the Latin II National Latin Exam (10th)
Maxima cum Laude on the Latin III National Latin Exam (11th)</p>

<p>Activities & Clubs:</p>

<p>Junior Engineering Technical Society (11-12)
National Honor Society (11-12)
Latin Honor Society (11-12)
Chess Club (9-12, undefeated champion all years)
Key Club (11-12, Reporter (12))
Model United Nations (10-12)
Calculus Club (12)
Math Club (11-12)
Orchestra (JV 9th, Varsity 10th)
JV Tennis (9-10)
Technology Students Association (11-12)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<p>*Prefreshman Engineering Program (Summers of 2000, 2002, 2003)
*Duke University TIP (Summer of 2004)
*Interned at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, Cell & Structural Bio department. Ran a project under supervision of a grad student. (Summer of 2005)</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>*various key club / NHS projects
*teach a chess class to kids every sunday
*volunteered a total of about 80 hours for a Kumon Math & Reading Center over half a year (am now employed there)</p>

<p>Yeah sorry for typing up what is essentially my entire resume lol. I guess the biggest worry is that my miserable SAT 2 Physics (which I signed up for the day of - long story) is a horrible black mark against me as a prospective engineer. Retaking is out of the question...I'm doing interim decision and according to the deadlines list they sent me November is the last acceptable test date. </p>

<p>Do you guys think that UT is basically my only option now? Or is there something I could do to compensate. Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>bump please?</p>

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<p>The SAT II physics is your only major blip (well, a 720 on IIC for an engineer isn't too hot either, but not terrible). The rest of your stats suggest that you're qualified, so I'd say it's worth a shot applying if you really want to go there. The acceptance rate at a school you don't apply to is 0%.</p>

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<p>I know a lad who got into MIT with a gpa of 3.1</p>

<p>I also know a lass who got into Harvard with a 1390 SAT. </p>

<p>And another lass who got into WUSTL with a third decile class rank.</p>

<p>If you think one test is going to kill your app... then you're really misinformed.</p>