<p>My son was CAPPED, he was ranked 62/569 and had a SAT of 1970. All AP Honors classes with many EC'S when apps were due. He just got his final rank and he is graduating in the top 10% afterall. How screwed is that??</p>
<p>Feel sorry for your son, but I think UT will only take him if he was in the top 10% by the application deadline. Try to get in for Spring…
Btw, I have the same SAT score, but I’m top 24%. :(</p>
<p>Your son is legally guaranteed admission, just not when he applied.</p>
<p>If he wishes to wait a semester, he can apply for and is guaranteed admission for Spring 2010. However, his financial aid and scholarship chances aren’t as good. He can also reapply for freshman admission in Fall 2010 and will be admitted alongside the new freshmen.</p>
<p>However, if he should take any college courses in the meantime, without prior permission from UT, he would not be admitted.</p>
<p>So if you feel comfortable doing so, you could have your son work for a year and save money for college with the guarantee that he’d be admitted and competitive for scholarships in Fall 2010.</p>
<p>Bummer.</p>
<p>Hmmm, a year in CAP or one semester off. If it were me, I’d probably do the year in CAP, unless I had a great travel plan or job lined up for fall.</p>
<p>I got into UT and i was in the top 21%. I must have been one of the lucky few :). Sorry about your son though, that sucks :(.</p>
<p>While you are still in the mood why not contact your legislators about the top 10% rule as a whole? There’s a bill before the Texas house right now to modify the way UT uses the rule. I know it won’t help your son, but I’m sure his credentials are WAY higher than many top 10-percenters who made it in, and you can comment on the brilliance in THAT!</p>
<p>You could appeal your decision by mailing them and they could accept your son for making it into the top 10%</p>
<p>He has submitted his appeal, but we were told that there is almost no chance of reversal. He is now trying to decide whether to do the CAP program (he shudders at being called a “roadrunner”) or go to A&M where he was admitted to May’s Business School. Of course, I want him to choose A&M, but he shudders at being an Aggie as well. I heard UT also racially balances the incoming class…he’s Chinese, and we know there is no shortage of those in the top 10, so here we are 2 days before decision date with no decision. *sigh!</p>
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<p>Never heard of Roadrunners before - surely they aren’t all called Roadrunners? :)</p>
<p>But even if they are, better than being an Aggie!
(just kidding, just kidding!)</p>
<p>UTSA are Roadrunners, UT Arlington the Mavericks, and each of the other schools has a different mascot…</p>
<p>I would pick CAP unless I had a full ride at TAMU, in which case I’d (shudder) have gone to TAMU. But if he can get his SAT score up over the summer/fall he can reapply and maybe have a chance for scholarship money he didn’t have this fall, and be guaranteed admission to UT, if he waits a year.</p>
<p>May’s business school is pretty decent but obviously not as great as McComb’s.
If your son wants to major in business at UT, then start with A&M. Your son would have to work hard at CAP or A&M to externally transfer to UT’s business school anyway as CAP only guarantees you into Undeclared Liberal Arts.
This was my logic for choosing A&M (shudders) over CAP. I’d have no guarantee to any majors/colleges at UT if I did CAP besides UndecLA, and I really wanted to major in something else.
I’d have to work hard either way to transfer, so why not work hard at a better school. </p>
<p>But your son has guaranteed admission for Spring 2010. I’d rather wait a few months rather than go to A&M or do CAP.</p>
<p>unfortunantly the top 10% is for the 6th or 7th semester of High School, So the top 10% would not apply to your son having a top 10% by graduation - or 8th semester.</p>
<p>No, the top ten law is “any student who GRADUATES” in the top ten percent.</p>
<p>That isn’t the way it’s usually enforced by admissions officers because they can’t delay admissions decisions until June and July, but if you are in the top ten percent when you graduate they are legally obligated to offer you admission at some point. The law does not, however, say they have to offer you immediate admission.</p>
<p>^ good find man. i hope it works out for the original poster. i can’t imagine the trouble of the appeal process. :/</p>
<p>Just an update…my son’s appeal was approved, but unfortunately UT was unable to accept him for Fall semester because the class is full. They did however accept him for Spring semester. Because of this he will be allowed to take 12 transferable hours at any other college this fall and will be admitted as a freshman rather than transfer. He is satisfied with this decision and has opted to do this rather than CAP. His friends just laughed and told him…“don’t worry, you’ll be fashionably late…”</p>
<p>why is he shuddering at TAMU? </p>
<p>he is chinese so he’s a minority everywhere…unless he’s liberal white-washed he shouldnt frown upon TAMU…</p>
<p>undergrad doesnt matter (GPA + test scores) if you plan on GRAD school…</p>
<p>He shudders 'cause he hates A&M…and there are MANY more Asians at UT. I am sure you’d feel the same in you were to go to say…Moorehouse.</p>
<p>And *** do you mean by “liberal white washed?” For your information his mother is 1/2 white and I am CERTAIN I am not liberal white washed…Maybe you are SIMPLE MINDED?</p>
<p>W * T * F since the computer edited my words…!</p>
<p>by liberal white-washed i mean that a certain people (though i was wrong to assume your child) avoid TAMU b/c it’s perceived as full of rednecks…</p>
<p>my point is that going to TAMU will soon be the only option for many…since UT will face enrollment limitations…</p>