Accepted!!!!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I'm so excited beyond words right now! I really can't believe I'm going to be able to go to my dream school. I just thought I'd share my joy with future Longhorns! :D</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Top 4% of my high school
20/512 students
4.3 GPA waited
SAT 1270 (I know, it's awful lawl.)
ACT 18
National Honor Society
President of DECA
Creator/President of "Let's Swim for America" club
150+ hours of volunteer service
And my dad is an alumnus</p>

<p>I was so friggin nervous bout getting in even though I know I'm an automatic admit but noow its time to relax! Woot! Hook them.!</p>

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<p>weighted* and hook’em*
congrats! which major?</p>

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<p>Are you sure? ACT 18 and SAT 1270? There must have been a typo…</p>

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<p>My scores are correct. I know I did bad but I worked really hard at school.</p>

<p>I was accepted to Natural Sciences.</p>

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<p>@edpat: you reside in the state of Texas? If so, there was never a question that you’d be admitted when you are in the top 4% of your class. Your hard work did pay off.</p>

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<p>and here ladies and gentlemen we have exhibit A of what is wrong with the auto-admit rule</p>

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<p>haha i agree sketchedout</p>

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<p>Congratulations, edpatlover11!</p>

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<p>I have a 35 on ACT, 4.0+ GPA, have been accepted at other top tier schools, and still haven’t heard from UT!</p>

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<p>@edpatlover11: Congrats! And ignore the snobs, you got in, and I’m sure you’ll do well! :D</p>

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<p>I think hes messing with the whole board to start a huge argument concerning the top 8% rule…but then again who knows :P</p>

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<p>I hope you don’t take offense to this, but “hook them” really made me LOL! Congrats.</p>

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<p>@pkuforlife: I think UT is making a bold statement this year in an attempt to get the legislature OUT of their admissions policy. I am giving UT the benefit of doubt. </p>

<p>Prediction: increase of scholastic probation numbers for the Fall of 2011. We shall see.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the kind responses. Like I said, I know my scores are bad. I was going through rough points when I took the SAT/ACT. </p>

<p>I was just worried because people ranked lower were accepted to ut but i hadn’t heard yet.</p>

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<p>lol i obviously had this whole ‘getting into UT’ dream wrong. looks like I’m no good with my measly 20th percentile in a class of 1433 people and 2270 SAT, oh well.</p>

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<p>Congrats, edpatlover! Even though you are top 4%, I’m sure it was agonizing to have to wait for confirmation of the expected good news.</p>

<p>No matter how rude people choose to be, you are a Longhorn just the same as they are, or as they “wanna be.” Make the most of it!</p>

<p>Moreover, while there are plenty of arguments pro/con the effectiveness of the top 10% rule in diversifying the UT population, in making our state flagship available to deserving students not in the top 10%, etc., no one can argue with the fact that the top 10% admits have almost always out-performed the non-top 10% admits. See, e.g., the latest report (published Oct. 2009): <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report12.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report12.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Students who graduate in the top 10% (now 8%) have usually developed good study habits that serve them well in college.</p>

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<p>Exactly!!! I hate that freaking rule</p>

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<p>TXArtemis, I don’t understand how that link correlates your point; I’m unable to see exactly where it states that auto admits are performing at a level above others. I do however, see the average SAT/ACT scores are higher for non auto admits are higher. Unless the state of Texas can ensure an even schooling experience for ALL school districts the auto admission rule is rather useless. Why should students be penalised for schooling in say, Plano instead of switching to an easier school in Garland?</p>

<p>Auto admission should be based on tests that are uniformly given, i.e. SAT/ACT</p>

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<p>@H1roshi: “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading” will change your life.</p>

<p>One can learn techniques to master standardized tests; one can acquire such skills in a matter of weeks. Indeed, Stabley Kaplan proved that point and in the process both revolutionized the test prep industry and amassed a billion dollar fortune. However, not everyone has hundreds/thousands of dollars to spend on a test prep course and/or private tutors.</p>

<p>Students that graduate in the top (integer)% of their class demonstrate that they are capable of maintaining an appreciable discipline and work ethic over the course of four years. Empirical evidence cited by TXArtemis reveals that Top 10%ers at UT-Austin have outperformed - based on GPA - their non-Top 10% classmates.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, I do agree that my alma mater must do a better job of enticing elite students to stay in Texas. No great student should be denied a chance to attend UT simply because they graduate from an ultra-competitive high school. SB 175 is a good start, but Texans should demand that the state’s public flagship admits the very best students from the entire state. UT is handcuffed by the legislature as to how it handles admissions. The legislators should be reminded that they are our elected representatives.</p>

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<p>change in the law would be great but of course people from challenging school districts have no sway courtesy of those texas government senators and representatives from rural areas. nevertheless, congrats edpatlover. It probably took a good amount of work to get into the top 4% and I sincerely hope you succeed. you’re very lucky you went to high school where you did and that we have such a (I would say flawed) law here in Texas. Sorry for all the negative feedback you’ve been getting but really, you should have known that it was going to inflame people.</p>