UT Turing Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I haven’t seen anyone talking about Turing, and I don’t really know anyone who got in. Can someone who knows about the Turing program help me out? I’m pretty worried right now because I’ve yet to get anything back from UT beyond auto admit and almost all my friends have gotten majors and interviews already. Turing is my goal program at UT, so any help would be appreciated.

Rank: 5/657
SAT: 2380/2400 (800 Math, 800 Reading, 780 Writing)

AP scores - 9 5’s (I can list if needed)

Extracurriculars -
All-State Orchestra this year and last year, All-Region all 4 years on Cello
Vice-Pres of Orch this year, Historian last year
Webmaster of NHS
Interned at Intel over the summer
Published an iOS app with a friend (called one236 in the App Store)
Many random programming competitions (UIL Regionals for CS sophomore year)
Run a club that plays music at a local nursing home
Provided tech help at the local library for the past 4 years
2nd Chair of AYO Symphony Orchestra (I live in Austin)
National Merit Semifinalist (1510)
I’ve done decently on the AIME and AMC’s as well. (126 and 7 are my highest)
I also play piano for fun, and I’ve given 2 solo recitals in the past 4 years
Volunteered at the Dell Children’s Medical Center

Essays- Spent on a lot of time on the Honors essays. I don’t have an opinion on them anymore because I read them too many times, but I think they were pretty good.

Rec- My lin alg/calc teacher and CS teacher. I’ve had both of them for 3+ years and did well in their classes (active participant as well) so I think they will be good. I also got my English teacher from last year who I bothered a lot outside of class, just in case.

Thank you guys!

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@ryanyz10 From what I’ve seen over the past couple of years, I think you are certain to get in to CS, and I think you have a good shot at Turing. Hard to say more than that because Turing is incredibly competitive and they don’t take a lot of students. Even with your great stats and qualifications, it’s possible that you will not hear until late Feb. CS is now one of the most competitive majors and most decisions come out late. Good luck!

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I agree with @TexasMom2017 above. I think you have an excellent chance to get into CS and a good shot at Turing. The 800 in math helps. I will say based on last year, if you have not been accepted into CS by the end of December, you probably will not be asked to join Turing. They had acceptances into CS both in mid November and early to mid December and the letters for Turing were sent about a week later. Good luck, you have excellent stats but it is an extremely competitive program. You should know soon.

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Thanks to both of you!