<p>GPA : 4.2 (4.0 Unweighted I think)
Rank: Top 1% of my class
Classes/Academic record: Taken above 10 honors/pre ap classes/dual credits, and 1 AP classes. Lowest grade I have ever gotten on transcript was a 82 in an pre ap class. Taken spanish III (if that helps a bit), gotten a 98 in that...
ACT score = Have not gotten them back, but expecting a 26 composite.
SAT score = M + CR = 1160 Writing = 570
Extracurricular Activities/ Volunteering = Joined a few gaming clubs, and a math club but did not held a certain position in any of them. Planning on joining NHS, NSHS, NAHS etc my senior year, and a few more clubs hoping I would hold an important position in them. I have done over 50 hours of volunteering.
Other = Asian male, from Texas, junior. Plan on writing about the hardships I went through as a child, and I am a very good writer. Planning on majoring in a math or a science major such as computer science, or engineering, or mathematics, or bio/chem and such. I know a few people I can get very good recommendations from.</p>
<p>What are my chances of getting admitted at...</p>
<p>University of Texas @ Austin
Purdue University @ Lafayette
Texas A&M University
University of California Irvine
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California Davis
University of San Diego
University of Washington
Baylor University
Texas Tech University</p>
<p>Purdue: Low match
UWA: Low match (if full-freight)
UTA: Match (high rank helps compensate a low ACT)
TAMU: Low match (as with UT-Austin they favor high rank)
UCI: Match
UCSB: Match
UCD: Match (if full-freight)
USD: Match</p>
<p>Because the UCs (especially the better ones) as well as U Washington are payment-sensitive, odds can be lower if you ask for financial aid.</p>
<p>UT-Austin holistic review (to which all OOS applicants are subjected) is more competitive than in-state auto-admit. Yet, even in holistic review, they are still rank-heavy so perhaps your high rank will be what will get you into UTA, as well as TAMU and Texas Tech.</p>
<p>Thanks I hope I get accepted into either UCSB, and or UTA. Although money is not a problem to me, I am more worried about whether or not I will get in. I hope I get into the engineering program for UTA, but I am not sure if the math SAT will compensate for it. Does the UTA factor in extracurricular activites when deciding whether an applicant will be able to enter the cockrell school of engineering?</p>
<p>I hate to disagree with the other posts, but I would advise caution. Engineering, math, science, etc. are tough majors. Your SAT scores seem very low for someone who is that highly ranked in his high school class, and for someone who intends to major in such difficult subjects. I myself only got a 1200 (math and verbal), so the above statement should not be considered a negative comment. I fear that your high ranking might give you a false sense of where you stand as compared to other students in the country. In some of the better high schools, you might well only be in the middle of your class.</p>
<p>My impartial advice would be to not necessarily go to the highest ranked school you get into. </p>
<p>I realize it is not “politically correct” to give credence to SAT scores anymore, but it has been my experience in life that they are indeed a good indicator.</p>
<p>I would select a school where your SAT score is in line with their 50th percentile.</p>
<p>I would add Penn State and University of Pittsburgh to your list.</p>
<p>I do plan on retaking the SAT to get a higher math score, but other than that, in my high school about anyone can get up to a very high rank, because other people are really lazy. My high school is not really competitive, but that is not what I am asking. No I will not go to Penn State nor Pittsburgh, but good try though.</p>
<p>If I were to improve my SAT math to over 650, and my critical reading/writing to over 590, would I be a good contestant for the college of Natural Sciences say computer science, or math major?</p>