What are my chances of getting into UT austin?

Chances of getting into Cornell or UT Austin?

• Junior in TX I'm not in the top ten, but I'm the top quarter (22% (Based on unweighted GPA at my school)): I got a 3.85 GPA (out of 4) SAT: I got a pretty bad grade on my first attempt (1800), but I'm retaking it and hoping to get a 2020+ (I took a practice one few days ago and I got a 2050) I know it's still pretty low. Extracurriculars: - Varsity Ice Hockey all 4 years (assistant captain this year, maybe captain next year) - Summer Ice Hockey League for 2 years - Prep Hockey League during Freshman year - Houston Travel League during Sophomore year. (We traveled to Dallas and Austin throughout the year) - National Honors Society (Volunteering and Leadership) - Interact Club (Volunteering) (4 years) - Clements Earth (Promoting Recycling / Recycling in school) (2 years) - French Club (3 years) I'm Treasurer this year, President next year. - YES program (Volunteer Program) - I've completed 100+ community service hours - This summer, I'll be volunteering every weekday at the Memorial Hermann Hospital for 3 months. (I want to major in some pre-Med course, and I'll get 135 community service hours from that) Curriculum: At my competitive high school, there are only advanced and honors/AP courses. Advanced are "easier". I took 1 honors freshmen year, 2 sophomore, 3 junior, and I'll be taking 4.5 senior year. AP Exams: This year I'll be taking US History AP, and French AP. Next year, I'll be taking Bio, Gov't, Human Geo and Calc AB. Other: I'm a minority, I have lived in 6 different countries throughout my life (I'll definitely stress that in my essay and talk about being open-minded and cultural), and I won the State Prize for French Poetry during my sophomore year. (If that counts in any way) What are my chances? Thanks for your input. What else should I do? (I'm taking SAT II senior year: Bio and Math)

• Answer:

  Um if you do really well on your SAT next year than you have a good chance at Cornell. They love "cultural" people and you have an advantage being a minority. The thing is you just never know what these colleges want. They turn down people with perfect scores than accept the "alright" student would is involved in extra curriculars. I would find it hard to believe that you would NOT get into UT austin because it is pretty easy to get into. They accept a ton and a lot turn down too. But then again like I said you never know what they want. It is just both schools especially cornell are very competitive. So I would say you have a much better chance at UT, but do well on you SAT and write a good essay (that stands out somehow) and you have a chance at Cornell good luck!