Hello CC, I am currently a High School Junior and I am wondering what my chances are and what I should be doing to get into Cockrell. I took the Old Sat(October 3rd, 2015) and got a 1930, without studying. Now I’m studying about 1-2 hours a day to improve my score (goal is 2150). I have a 4.4 GPA in all advanced classes, with a focus on the sciences and math.
My class rank is 27/419 (top 6.44%), so I have automatic admission. My biggest concern is getting into my school of choice. I have multiple ECs as well: my sister and I started our own small business(job), I am in almost every single math/science club at my school, I participate in BioForce (biotechonology camp) each summer, and I am planning to intern at Texas A&M University (college where I live), and some other awards from language tests(Latin and Spanish).
SO… what are my chances at getting into Cockrell? And what should I be doing to accomplish this?
Get you SAT score up up up. No guarantess because it depends on the pool of applicants, but I can tell you my son was in the top 1% of his class of over 900 kids and had a 2210 SAT and was denied Chem E. He is now happily in BioChem in CNS.
@impssbm you might take the ACT also. Advice I got was to take both the SAT and the ACT and then focus on the one you do best on. For me that was the ACT. UT uses an Academic Index (AI) and Personal Achviement Index (PAI) to evaluate your application. You can search on CC and there are posts that describe how they are calculated. There are different formulas for the different colleges. The AI uses your class rank, math and writing scores with math having the greatest weighting for Cockrell. I don’t know what a good AI score for Cockrell is but of course the higher the better. The PAI is two thirds your essays so work hard on those. Keep working hard in school this year. I moved my class rank up 18 spots my junior year and every little bit counts. Good luck.
@K20903 i just took the ACT (24th) … I do not think it went well. I am currently studying for the (old) SAT, and hope to get a 2170. Thanks for your advice.