AP's important!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Does McCombs require sat 2's, and about ap exams i'm a junior and currently only taking one ap class spanish 4, but senior yr i will have over 4 ap courses and plan to get at least a 4 on each of them. How would i send scores if i'm donig ED, because i think my scores might imporve my chances of getting in. Do AP's scores really matter, or does UT not even look at that for ED. One more thing if you do ED at ut but don't get accepted into your first choice major do you still have to attend? Or if you get defered or rejected during early decision would they review your application during regular decision?</p>

<p>PLEASE HELP ME</p>

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<p>Ok, first off UT doesn't have Early Decision, if that's what you're referring to with ED. UT only has early consideration for Business Honors and Plan II Honors, nothing else that I know of.</p>

<p>No, McCombs does not require SAT II's, they definitely don't hurt, though, especially if you're trying to get into Business Honors (I took three my sophomore year). And as for AP classes, the good 'ol saying goes the more AP classes the better, but only if you can maintain a high grade. DO NOT under ANY circumstances overload yourself because that will shoot down your GPA and class rank (keep in mind that class rank is everything at UT, especially if you are in-state top 10%).</p>

<p>Have you taken an AP exam before? If not, just be forewarned of their difficulty. A 4 is an extremely good score on an AP test, but VERY hard to get. I passed all four tests I took last year, but I only made one 4, and in a class I'd never had at that. But if you do make a 4 or 5 on your test, you could be looking at getting a good number of hours just from those tests. Check out UT's website to find out the scores needed to get credit.</p>

<p>So here's the deal with the first choice major issue. Obviously you're wanting to get into McCombs, which, unfortunately, is the hardest individual school to get into at UT. What are your stats? Class rank? GPA? ECs? Again, the most important factor here is your class rank. Here's how McCombs works: They fill the first 75% of their freshman class by admitting the top 1% of in-state applicants, then the top 2%, and so forth (they normally only reach the top 2.5% or 3%). Then the remaining in-state applicants and all the out-of-state applicants are pooled together for the final 25%. So yeah, out-of-state and lower percentage are a disadvantage.</p>

<p>But here's the good new, even if you don't get accepted into McCombs, you can still be admitted to the university itself, either in Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences. If you're in-state and top 10% then you are an automatic admit, but good stats and a strong application can work in your favor if not.</p>

<p>Just to let you know, I was just accepted into McCombs a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, pretty awesome moment, to say the least. But let me know anymore questions and certainly send me your stats. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Additionally, if you're not admitted to McCombs freshman year, and end up in the lib arts college, don't sweat it. You can transfer in your sophmore year so long as you keep your GPA up. Several of my friends did that this year.</p>

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<p>I took the SATII: MathII (I don't remember if that's the exact name but it was something like that) and that gave me credit for some basic math course.</p>