Listing McCombs as first choice and Cockrell as second choice?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hi! I am currently a junior in HS. Large school in Houston. At the end of my junior year, I will fall within the 3.5% of my class(Class of 655). I am debate president/captain. Have earned several awards in public speaking and debate, senior year I am doing COOP, a program in which I will earn elective credit while also working with Shell corporate(human resources). NHS, two years. KEY Club, three years. SAT:2040. I guess it's a decent application and not much compared to the other people who I see on this forum...</p>

<p>BUT I was wondering about my chances of getting into McCombs or Cockrell? I heard McCombs is most competitive, and Cockrell is second... From what I've heard McCombs does admissions based on fill 1%, 2%, etc... until 75% seat filled... I am afraid that the 3.5% is begging this auto-admit based off of rank... I would list McCombs as a first choice, and Cockrell as a second. So, do you think that the rank and SAT is good for Cockrell? If rejected into both of those program I plan on majoring in Economics from their liberal arts college which I'd be automatically accepted to, or their College of Natural Science(Which I have yet to find more information on...) I hear job prospects are awesome for Economics majors as well as that they are more preferred over BBA's when applying to grad school...</p>

<p>So what do ya'll think? Thank you:)</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a decent shot at McCombs.
As for the “fill 1%, 2%, etc.”, McCombs no longer uses this admissions process. Everything is holistic, so you wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.</p>

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<p>I got into the school of engineering last year with a 1670 SAT and a class rank of top 7% which are both quite a bit worse than your class rank and SAT and I didn’t have much else on my resume except that I did NHS which alone suggests that my extra carriculars were almost non existant. I cannot speak for exactly how difficult it is to get into the school of engineering because I am new to the school still but I have a strong feeling that my stats were far worse than average for someone who gets into the school of engineering and that I was lucky to get in. Judging by this, maybe you have a good chance of getting into engineering…? I understand business is a little bit more competitive than engineering but engineering is still competitive.</p>