<p>Rank: 96/667
GPA: 3.5ish
SAT: 2380 ( 780 CR )
EC: 3 years debate (junior state qual), 3 years tennis, 2 years UIL Spelling (junior district 1st), 1 year newspaper, 3 years Social Philosophical Forum (president), 1 year Comp. Sci. club (several placings)</p>
<p>Volunteer: Nothing, really. 60 hours from judging novice debate rounds.</p>
<p>Honors: National Merit Commended</p>
<p>All I can think of at the moment</p>
<p>Hmmm.
Your SAT score is definitely beyond high enough to give you a change in that area. Unfortunately, they do not go just off SAT :/</p>
<p>Is your GPA weighted or unweighted? It’s a bit low, especially for business and engineering, the two most competitive schools at UT of Austin. If it was possible at all I would try to raise that a bit, at least to a 3.7 and you would be a shoe in if you are in state.</p>
<p>Also, do you have any community service hours or any leadership positions in clubs relating to business or engineering? I think if you applied to the Liberal Arts college you would definitely have a huge chance, but again with Business and Engineering, especially for non-topteners, it is necessary to really excel away from your competition. </p>
<p>I would say you have all around high chances for UT in general, but business and engineering may be a reach.</p>
<p>I still don’t quite understand the weighted/unweighted GPA and how to convert mine. Our school is on a 6 point scale, and my GPA is 6.2. No leadership positions related to business/engineering, and the only community service hours are from judging debate rounds, but one of my essays talks at lengths about why that might be the case (semi sneaky).</p>
<p>hmmm, does your school do any other grading ways?
A 0-100 scale perhaps? It’d be easier to convert it from that, but in all honesty I have no idea how to convert from a 6.0 score to a 4.0 score either 
Weighted is with AP and Honors points, unweighted is without, but if your school does out of 6.0 I’m just not sure…</p>
<p>I would try to get in a few community service hours pertaining to business/engineering, or make plans for an internship this summer unless you really address it well in your essay. UT wants to see that you made plans to major in the business/engineering program, going above and beyond, etc.</p>