<p>Please, I know many people on here have full rides to UTD but I don't.
I wasn't even accepted.
I am 45% of my class with a 2.91/4.0 GPA
I got a 25.25 on my ACT and needed a 26 to get automatic acceptance. </p>
<p>I just recently appealed to the admissions office. Telling them a story about my childhood. I can say it on here because I know my identity is protected.
I was raped when I was 13 years old. In my essay I discussed what happened, and how I felt. I stated that I wanted to make a change in myself, but was hurt and kept it inside me and was afraid of what others would think. I told them that UTD was my dream school and I hope to attend to my dream. I said I wanted to start over and be given a chance to prove that I am not worthless like i was made to believe after the incident.</p>
<p>how many do you think appeal to utd?
and if so, do they get in?
and do I have a fighting chance?</p>
<p>I hope so =[ I have no idea how the appeal process works or how many people appeal to UTD, so I don’t know if it’ll work or not. But it’s certainly worth a try…I know, though, that it can be hard to get people to prosecute rape, so it might be hard to get admissions to take it seriously. If you don’t get in, you might still be able to come here if you go somewhere else for a year or so and then transfer in.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not really sure how accepting the culture at UTD would be of that. I’ve never been raped or experienced anything like that but I personally find the campus really intimidating because there are a LOT of guys here who spent a lot of time criticizing women for being unattractive or having short hair or anything like that…I don’t even know if you’re female or not, so I don’t know how that would affect you. But I needed an idea for this “risk project” for my first-year experience class and I emailed the instructor about wanting to get over my fears because I’ve had a lot of anxiety around people since I was sexually harassed pretty badly and he just ignored me…and I went to counseling to try to talk about and my counselor doesn’t really want to talk about because she just doesn’t seem to think it’s that important. Anyway if UTD doesn’t accept you right away, don’t give up on your dreams. I’m sure you’ll be able to get in later and meanwhile there are lots of things you can do to get your confidence back up and start getting involved in life again. Your ACT scores are good so you could definitely get in somewhere else for a year if you don’t get accepted. Since you were a close case, though, hopefully admissions will let you in…Good luck.</p>