<p>@txex86
My mom reads the CC postings because she finds information that is useful (I made her promise not to post anything - lol). I suffered a traumatic brain injury that left me with a learning disability. You implied that hard work will get automatic admission to UT. I can assure you that I work much harder than any of my friends on my schoolwork but I am not in the top 8%. I also have a job, volunteer, and have many school activities that I enjoy. Because I do not know that I will get into a Texas school, I have had to apply to several out of state schools. It takes a lot of time to manage all of those apps especially since many of them include separate deadlines and paperwork for scholarships and honors programs. I am grateful that my mom can help me keep up with deadlines and information on different blogs and postings. She is not a helicopter mom, she just wants the dreams that I have worked very, very hard for to come true.</p>