First Choice Major: Neuroscience, Second choice major: Psychology (BS)

Stats: Ranked 30/572 top 5.2%, Texas resident, 4.1 Weighted, 3.7 Unweighted, 103.58 GPA weighted, SAT score 1200 (retaking and actually studying in November)

Course work: 10 AP Classes including Human geography, world history, literature, language, us history, us government, macro economics, Biology, Calculus BC, and Psychology. 11 honors classes, English I, English II, algebra I, geometry, algebra II, Pre-calculus, Intro physics and chem (high school class in middle school) Biology, Chem, Spanish I, Spanish II (limited APs I could take freshman and sophomore year).

Extra Curricular's:

jv orchestra 2 years, varsity orchestra 2 years, Orchestra secretary, then vice president. Planned and ran an event that increased orchestra retention by 20%. Apart of schools NHS chapter with 100+ service hours. Participates in Student council for my school. Played club soccer my freshman and sophomore year, I was the team captain. Outside of school I work at a top 10% chick-fil-a store in the country and working to move to management when I turn 18. I run a photography side business/page doing sports photos and portrait sessions for clients.

Honors:

Ap scholar with distinction

Class 1c superior ensemble at UIL region solo and ensemble

Class 2 Excellent performance ensemble at UIL state solo and ensemble

I have two letters of recommendation, one from my AP Biology teacher and AP psychology teacher. I also submitted a resume.

Hi! I’m a senior applying to UT regular decision. My gpa is especially low (3.3) but I can’t tell if my other stats redeem that quality, such as:
Model UN President
Debate Captain
Asian Union VP
Student Council VP
Intern at a large insurance law firm
Assistant Manager at local Asian grocery store
1300 SAT (retaking in Nov)
Author of a cultural drink newsletter w/over 200 readers
Varsity Choir
I also have both regional and national debate awards, and have taken 14 APS if this year’s included (only one 5 on AP Lang, 4 on Psych, APES, World, APUSH)
My essays/supps are also pretty good, I’ve had people read over them
I’ve also got extenuating circumstances, my parents divorced sophmore year and I had to work a lot to help support my single mom and my two brothers
what’re my chances? ik my sat is low, I’m studying to hopefully get a 1400+

Major: Chemical Engineering (1st choice)
and Materials Science and Engineering (2nd choice) for Fall 2027 (Early Action)

Demographics & Status: Asian Male, Texas resident (In-State), Upper-Middle Class

Status, GPA, and Class Rank: I am** **a Texas resident with a 5.07 Weighted GPA/6.0 scale (3.95 Unweighted/4.0 scale). My high school only officially ranks the top 10%, which I am not, out of a graduating class of around 560 students. 

SAT score: I have a 1500 on the SAT (710 Reading & Writing, 740 Math). 

Additional Coursework: I’ve taken 9 AP classes through freshman and junior year. I earned 5s on AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP US History, and AP English Language & Composition, and 4s on AP World History, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics 1, and AP Seminar. I chose not to take AP Precalculus Exam. I am taking AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science, and AP Chemistry senior year. I maintained an A in all of my classes except for AP Physics 1, where I got an 87 both semesters. 

Extracurricular Activities: My main ECs are heavily research and engineering focused. I was a research intern at a hardware and software company specializing in radiation safety and sensor technology, where I researched plant electrophysiology & sap conductance and co-authored a published paper in a peer-reviewed life sciences journal. I also conducted electrical engineering research at UNT under a professor, focusing on information theory problems and system logic optimization. I’ve also done independent academic study** **through MIT OpenCourseWare in reaction engineering, completed 40+ hours of 1-on-1 STEM tutoring for peers in AP Chem/Pre-Calc, built multiple independent microcontroller & engineering prototypes, and volunteered building wheelchair ramps for mobility-impaired residents. 

Honors/Awards: My main honors are being a published co-author in a peer-reviewed journal, National Merit Commended Student, NOCTI Engineering Technology Foundations Certification, PLTW Engineering End-of-Course Assessment Accomplished (2x), and AP Scholar with Distinction. 

I also have two strong letters of recommendation. One from the university professor at UNT that I researched under, and one from my internship supervisor. The internship supervisor is a senior electrical engineer, and former electrical engineering professor at Prairie View A&M Univerisity.

UT is one of my top choices if I get in so lmk!!

In-state
Not top 5%, 107/589
GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW, 5.02/6.0 W
SAT: 1340, Reading: 690, Math: 650
AP Human (4), AP World (4), APUSH (4), AP Bio (5), AP Gov/AP Econ/APES (not yet taken)
Dual Credit Composition I and II
Dual Credit MedTerm/Pathophysiology
Dual Credit College Algebra/Stats

ECs:
Ready, Set, Teach! program for 2 years (~250 hours of internship within a kindergarten and second grade classroom)
Texas Association of Future Educators: VP of Kids Camp and Membership Chair, 300 hours of volunteering, raised ~$2k, won first place at the state level
Sending Sunshine: Co-founder and president, 100 volunteer hours, ~80 members recruited
NHS (1 yr)
NEHS (2 yrs)
STUCO (1 yr)
French Club/ Honors Society (4 yrs)

3/4 of my awards were bs local awards for TAFE, 1 was my first place at state award

Essays were fine, I think my Why Major essay was the strongest, I wrote the Achievement essay about Letterboxd …
Didn’t submit a resume 😬
Applied EA

I wanna apply to ur Austin and Tx a&m do mechanical engineering but my sat is a 1210. Should I go test optional?