Based on some of the CS rejections I have seen it seems ECs etc may have more influence on CS. There have been at least two 1500+ SATs rejected in CS (one 8% one 5%). I’m not sure I’ve seen any rejections of such high numbers in Engineering yet.
General speaking, the admission officers wanted the applicants to demonstrate that they can handle the CS or engineering course work if accepted to the program. They are interested to improve the university stats by getting theirs students to complete the degree program on time.
Therefore, just high SAT/ACT scores or top 5% in class is good, but not sufficient. Taking advanced relevant courses, doing the relevant ECs will be a positive indicator for them.
P.S. I’ve been in both engineering and CS programs at UT and graduated with a double degree in CS and math on time and I know what is required to complete the program. Quite significant number of students flunked the core courses and had to switch to another major outside engineering and CNS.
Hi, what university has you gone finally?
How to Apply for Turings as a Freshman under Regular Decision?
@CS_Parent there is no Regular Decision for UT and I believe the deadline has passed to apply for the Honors programs at UT, but if I’m wrong someone else will correct me.
If you are in the CS program you can reapply to be in Turing each year.
Thank you - Certified CC for your feedback! Your comment is another data point for some of us who believe Auto Admit is not the best way to go at least for the top programs at UT! We all know there are many school districts and schools that are NOT competitive compared to other school districts & schools! UT system is the loser in the end because they are missing out on top students (outside auto admit %) from top competitive ranked schools that should be in these programs based on SAT, SAT subject tests, AP Course load and the grades on those AP tests, other ECs related to the program, and another important factor, history of past students performance from a school and school district etc…basically a better way to compare the students than the current method.