<p>So I visited Mc Combs for a summer week program and heard that the automatic admission cutoff for instate was 3.0%!!!!!! That is insane??? </p>
<p>Can somebody please tell me that I am wrong and that the students that told me that didn't know what they were talking about???</p>
<p>nope sorry that's it. my friend got accepted and told me about it. i think it's pretty ridiculous since there are so many other factors in the college admissions game</p>
<p>It's true. I got luckly last year because I moved from top 3.5% first semester to top 2.5% second semester.</p>
<p>i know a few people in the top 5%-6% that got in...but they had other really impressive stats</p>
<p>and i bet its going to get even more ridiciulous this year... </p>
<p>my rank is 3.4% . Not fair.</p>
<p>wow that is crazy i'm glad i'll be a transfer student</p>
<p>It's not an automatic cut-off - it varies by year and I believe that statistic is on McCombs's website. Basically, they fill up 75% of the freshman slots by starting at the top rank (i.e. top .001% or whatever) and work their way down until those 75% are filled. </p>
<p>UT automatically admitted me based on my rank to McCombs and my "top 3.6%" got me in without any other factors counted.</p>
<p>yeah i was like 3.4% and got in</p>
<p>kcirsch is right. If you are in the top 5%, you have a really good chance. The cut off seems to be close to 6% for automatic just about every year, but your other stats, ec's etc could get you in.</p>
<p>I got in and I'm in the top 11%, but I had a 790 on the Math Section and a 760 on the Reading Section of the SAT; but top 3% does sound correct for "automatic" admission into McCombs</p>