What are my chances of getting into Engineering?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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Out of state student, school doesn’t rank.

GPA (weighted): 4.45

GPA (unweighted): 3.86

ACT: 35

AP Classes:
4 Spanish AP (5)
BC Calculus AP (5)
US History AP (4)
5 Spanish AP (5)
Chemistry AP
Physics Mechanics AP (5)
Physics E&M AP
Language and Composition AP (5)
US Government/Politics AP
Computer Science AP
Literature and Composition AP
Statistics AP
MV Calculus/Linear Algebra (our school counts this as AP but there’s no AP exam, taught at a college level and offered dual credit with local community college)

Extracurriculars:
Club Swimming/HS Swimming
Volunteer Swim Coach
Lifeguard
Theater Performance at local YMCA

Finishing up my essays right now, one is really good and the other one is not very good. My concerns are that I’m an out of state student so it’s harder to get in. Also, I got straight A’s/A-'s except for MV/Lin Alg, which I got a C- for MV and C+ for Lin Alg. One of my rec letters is from that teacher and he explains that I wasn’t slacking but it was just a really hard class. I also don’t really have a lot of extracurriculars, but swimming takes up a lot of time. Do I have a shot?

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@letmein888 work hard on the second essay. I think the essays can be a difference maker. As far as ECs mine were similar to yours in that I really only had club and varsity soccer. UT uses your math and english/writing score from the ACT. Since you got an overall 35 I assume those are good too. You didn’t specify which discipline for Cockrell. Some like civil have more spots than others like biomedical. You have good stats but as you note OOS is a lot tougher.