Any suggestions to my letter of appeal to UT Austin?

Applying to College
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<p>Earlier I applied to UT Austin, but I wasn't admitted but rather suggested to their CAP ...so i decided to write a letter of appeal, and yes, a lot has changed from my earlier application, if would read through it and offer any suggestions? Thank you sooo much!</p>

<p>To whom it may concern,
Though at first glance my previous application may have been deemed unworthy, or otherwise fallen short of your admission standards, my previously acquired aspiration to schooling at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been made more evident by the additional information I have accumulated to add to my past application.
Primarily the rigor, and resulting grades, of my courses have dramatically changed. As seen on my current transcript you previously received from me, last semester I enrolled in 5 AP classes and 1 Pre-AP: Humanities, Psychology, English IV, Biology II, Government, and Pre-Calculus, because I was put on the A-Honor Roll I received the Award of Excellence from my principal and finished that semester with a perfect 4.0, which then propelled me into the top 10%(8.9%).
Needless to say my spontaneous ambition did not end there; simultaneously I excelled in many Band competitions, I became a District region 5A qualifier for a 3rd time, and then moved on to become and Area 5A qualifier, also because of the division 1 rating our brass sextet received, my ensemble and I became State qualifiers.
As an individual I have strive for the best, and I adamantly believe with perseverance anyone can accomplish anything. For example my primary aspiration has always been to someday work with NASA to build and develop the next generation of shielding for orbital and lunar habituation modules, my strong passion for engineering and my continuous perseverance, I believe would only be beneficious and act as a benefactor to your Engineering program.
I would ask that you take into consideration everything that I have outlined here and reconsider my admission into the Cockrell school of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Thank you, </p>

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<p>Are you a non-resident? If so, the problem may just be that UT is having to accommodate its own state’s students.</p>

<p>If you are a resident, the problem may be that you weren’t in the top 10% by a certain point. I don’t know this for sure, but I imagine that Texas has prescribed class years that are used to determine Top 10% to prevent situations where someone moves into top 10% sometime during senior year. The whole process would get messed up, if there wasn’t a set date to determine top 10%.</p>

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<p>Typically, public colleges make admissions decision based on stats and state of residence, so I don’t think that your appeal letter will result in an acceptance no matter how well you write it.</p>

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<p>CAP is only for in-state students, I believe.</p>

<p>Cockrell is really hard to get into. Just being in the top 10% probably isn’t good enough, believe it or not.</p>

<p>How does CAP work? If you go to another school your freshman year and do well, does that mean you will get into Cockrell your second year, or would they put you in a different school? If you could get into Cockrell through CAP, I would go for it.</p>

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<p>It’s a good letter. Even if there’s a small chance that it’ll get read, why not send it? You have it written, so post it.</p>

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<p>“Needless to say my spontaneous ambition did not end there” - Delete this - If it’s needless to say, then don’t say it.</p>

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<p>There is something on CC…“Ask the Dean” or something like that, where a Dean addresses a question about an appeal. His answer is something to the effect of “admissionss offers are a bit dumfounded that people think they can appeal a rejection”. I wish you the best, but…maybe you should check that out to see if it sways you one way or the other. I’m too lazy to look up the link.</p>