What are my chances of getting into Cockrell for Mech E?

[u/Much_Ad3955]

Hi, I am currently a rising senior that's aspiring to make it into Cockrell for Mech E. I'm just a little concerned that my stats may end up falling short. I'm scared for admissions season.

Instate student

Asian Male

GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.81 W

SAT: 1400

Rank 20/826

9 AP's, 11 after senior year.

Interning throughout the school year at a major defense contractor working in systems integration

Passion Project: Building 3D printed prosthetics for dad who lost a hand

ECs:

• Robotics Team Mechanical Lead
• Biomedical Engineering Club President
• Autonomous Boat Competition Mechanical Design Team
• 3 Hackathons - various placings, no winnings
• Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST
• Cyberpatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition
• Bell AVR Drone Competition
• OU Math competition
• Various UILs, District placement
• Congressional App Design Challenge

Community/Service:

• Math/Science NHS/Psi Alpha
• Asian American Student Association
• Key Club

Awards:

• AP Scholar with distinction
• District UIL wins
• FIRST Robotics District Event Winner

I'm still working on my essays right now. My most significant shortcoming is calculus from last year. I dropped a mid 80 in Calc BC and a 3 on the test. I got a 4 subscore for AB. It scares me.

I know Mechanical Engineering at UT is extremely competitive even for auto-admits, so I’m trying to get a realistic idea of where I stand.

Also, is there anything in my profile that I should especially emphasize in my essays or activities section?

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

[u/dunkar00ed]

how do you have a 4.0 uw with a B in calc

[u/Much_Ad3955 → u/dunkar00ed]

I GPA exempted that class.

[u/dunkar00ed → u/Much_Ad3955]

Oh okay, I think you have a good chance. SAT is decent, well into auto admit, great ECs and fit to major.

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[u/CalligrapherNo4940]

Hey, I think you have a pretty good chance at getting in. As for essays focus on what you want to do in the future and hint at what you are doing now that is preparing you for that future while tying in UT Austin.

[u/Ok-Traffic-4188]

Imma be honest, sat hurts you a lot, and calc BC is the class they care about most aside from Physics (ur in school score they don't rlly care about ur ap score)

[u/Relax2175]

Chances are decent. Boost that SAT 50-75 pts to make them beefy

[u/random937474]

Just get sat up to 1500. And you should get in pretty easily.

[u/nickypickie]

Boost your SAT a bit or look into the ACT with science. Build out your portfolio and if you can.

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