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Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I'm white, from Virginia, and am nervous about getting in.
Academics:</p>

<p>Honors Courses To Date- 5 (1 freshmen year, 1 sophomore year, and 3 Junior Year)</p>

<p>GPA- 3.54 UW, 3.84 W</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:</p>

<p>AP Lit
AP Environmental
AP Psychology
Honors Journalism
Gov't
Trig</p>

<p>SAT: Best composite- 1770
Best Combined- 1830 (620 CR, 600 M,610 Writing)</p>

<p>Extras-</p>

<p>200+ hours of community service which includes serivce trips to India working with Tibetan Refugees</p>

<p>Founder of the Meditation Club (11)
Astronomy Club (9,10,11)
French Club (9,10,11)</p>

<p>Was inducted into Quill and Scroll and Beta Club this year</p>

<p>Wrestled 10th, Lacrosse 11,</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>What’s your class rank? It is impossible to do a chance for you without one.</p>

<p>If you don’t know, estimate for us, because UT will use your GPA and your school profile and will estimate a rank based on that info as well.</p>

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<p>i know i will be in the top 25%</p>

4

<p>Hmm… you’re a tough spot, because even Texas residents in the top 25% have a ridiculously hard chance of getting into UT, even with near perfect SAT scores.</p>

5

<p>ECs are good, but your SAT essay score suggests you’re an average writer at best by UT standards, and the two essays count for 43% of your personal achievement–all of the four years of extracurriculars are only 57%.</p>

<p>The SAT score at UT is the best from one test date. The average OOS admit has been around 1300 for many years, so around a 1950. That means you need about a 200 point bump in your SAT score to be at the average level. Half of all admits, however, are under this average.</p>

<p>Not being in the top 25% is a tough sell–get the GPA up as high as you possibly can next year, even if it means taking a few less rigorous classes to do so, if UT is your ultimate goal. Your rank needs to be as high as possible if you want to get in OOS.</p>

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<p>i realize now that i would be wasting my money on the application fee. Thanks everyone for saving me $50!!!</p>