Chance Me: Aiming for UT Austin and A&M [TX resident, 3.55 GPA, top 32% rank, 1220 SAT for English or Philosophy]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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  • US citizen*
    Texas
  • High School (Public) *
  • Male/Hispanic*(optional)*:
  • Athlete *:

English first choice, Philosophy second

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.55/4
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.56/5.0
  • Class Rank:181/570
  • ACT/SAT Scores:1220

Coursework
AP English III
AP US Hist
AP Physics I
AP STAT
AP Environmental Science
AP English IV
AP Gov/ Econ

Awards
National Honor society
Spanish Honor society
English Honor society

Extracurriculars
-Non Profit
Dedicated to promoting literacy among economically disadvantaged kids
President/founder
Donated 1238 books, Equal to $6000+

-President of Volunteer/ Service league with over 400 members.

Non profit and service league equal 300+ volunteer hours

-Varsity baseball ( co captain)
-National select travel team ( travel nationally and play against top competition)
-Guitar instructor ( tutor 3 kids)
-Umpire(Assistant Manager of rec league)
-Host at restaurant
-Founder of Harry potter club

  • other club such as deca, fca, writing club, ETC…
    I have a good rec letter from english teacher and engineering teacher highlighting my ability as a student. I have a rec letter from a important figure at ut. he is an active leader with his alma mater where he serves on the McCombs Advisory Council, UT System Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee, UT Development Board, and Forty Acres Society.

My essays are very good and highlight me as an English Major for sure.

Schools

  • Safety *Texas Tech, Texas State
  • Likely * TCU
  • Match: Baylor, SMU
  • Reach: UT, A&M
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I am also a published author. Wrote a book on James Dean

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Self published ?

Based on academics, both are reaches. But you knew this b4 you asked. Anything below the guarantee is a reach. Your rank is too low as is your test.

I’m not sure SMU will happen. But it’s possible, if full pay. Baylor and TCU likely. May be too small but look at Sewanee. Also instead of UT look at Iowa for English.

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Yes self published

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Texas Tech’s automatic admission for second quartile rank is 1240 SAT, so you are not within the automatic admission range. But Texas State’s automatic admission for second quartile rank is 1090 SAT, so you will be automatically admitted there.

Cost constraints?

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Nope, no constraints

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I’ve bolded the schools that I moved in your list as to how I see your chances at these schools (i.e. moved Texas Tech to a likely and SMU to a reach).

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