<p>That’s neat, where did you get your stats?</p>
<p>I think many cinco kids go to schools better than UT though</p>
<p>Onthefly, the lower Math score will hurt you for Geosciences, I believe, because it’s weighted higher in the academic index. The index they published hasn’t been updated since they established the Jackson School, so I used the Natural Sciences AI, which I guess they would use for geosciences. It doesn’t include the writing score, either, but they’ve apparently started using that.</p>
<p>I gave you a three because 1) you didn’t have any leadership, 2) you didn’t do the extracurriculars at a particularly high level, and 3) you didn’t have a lot of devotion to a single extracurricular or an assortment of strong ones either. It’s out of 6. I don’t know how they officially determine what the index is, but if I were an admissions counselor, and knowing what many applicants to UT look like in their ECs, I’d have given you a three.</p>
<p>What gets in changes every year because the top ten kids continue to grow larger and the entering class gets smaller. As close to the upper left as possible gets you in, but they’ve never published any official data showing what index scores are admited. However, a score lower than a 305 (the lower M score will lower it) isn’t particularly strong, and the competition is cutthroat.</p>
<p>To put it another way, you have a better percentage chance at 4 of the 8 Ivy League schools than you do to get in to UT without being in the top ten percent.</p>
<p>Your posts have probably been the most helpful of any I have recieved on CC so far loneranger, thank you so much for your realistic assessment. I will not place much faith in my UT acceptance chances and will look elsewhere but I may still apply. </p>
<p>If math is not my strong suit (as the SAT shows) but I read insatiably about natural history and really enjoy the sciences is Geology my best bet or should I find a new prospective major? Also what good schools do you think I have a chance at public or private IS or OOS?</p>
<p>Honestly if math isn’t your strong suit, then the formula is going to hurt you in any science-related field.</p>
<p>If you can somehow write an essay about natural history and it’s really good, it will help your essay score and thus your Personal Index.</p>
<p>In state you’re probably going to be fine at every other public school–they aren’t as limited by the top ten law. TAMU may be a good fit–they’re really good with petroleum engineering and geology from what I know.</p>
<p>well i love the sciences and am pretty strong in them but I do not like math. So what is a major that can let me work in natural science geology etc. but without the heavy math</p>
<p>Well, there is a math requirement for all majors, and if you want to do natural science work, I believe calc is required. There’s no way around it.</p>
<p>the 690 was without studying so I am not completely incompetent, but I do not want to subject myself to differential equations etc</p>
<p>what does the HSR stand for in that equation?</p>
<p>high school rank i think</p>
<p>HSR=100*[1-(your rank/number in class)]</p>
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<p>No kidding about the competitiveness of Memorial and Stratford. My youngest will be a 2010 grad for Stratford, and he has 1 B from freshman pre-AP biology, he’s taken the most rigorous courseload available, and he is sitting at 7%!! </p>
<p>I ran into a friend of mine who’s daughter will be a senior at Memorial, she has 3 B’s, and it out of the top 10% and freaking about if she’ll get accepted at Texas!! - Loneranger, she is really wanting to go engineering. Do you think there is any way she’ll get in? Any insight as to which of the majors she should apply to? She wants electrical, but I told her mom that I thought that was one of the most competitive. What have you heard? I know she has good scores, her mom mentioned 770 math, so that should help :)</p>
<p>The B doesn’t matter particularly, just the rank. If she’s close to the top ten percent, she will also get a 10 point bump in her academic index for a rigorous curriculum. The high SAT score definitely makes a big difference for engineering, and coming from Memorial it’s safe to say she can write better than most UT applicants. If the ECs are decent and show some leadership, I can’t see any reason why she wouldn’t get in to UGS at a minimum, unless the “out of the top ten” is more like 20%-30%. And even then, I still think she’d have a good shot. Memorial sends probably 35 kids out of a 500-600 senior class, and a lot of those at the top are going to Ivy-caliber schools.</p>
<p>I have no clue what engineering majors are the most competitive, but I can’t see why she shouldn’t get into the university.</p>
<p>Thanks 
I also think she will get into UT, in UGS at a minimum. I’m not sure if she’ll be willing to go that route though and risk not being able to internal transfer to engineering. She has a brother who is at A&M in engineering, and that is a viable option for her, although she would prefer UT. </p>
<p>I would guess that she could end up anywhere from 15 to 20%. Her mom said that there were something like 45 vals (vs. Stratford’s 35) and their class size is a bit over 500, whereas ours is a bit under, so 2 or more B’s could substantially lower her rank just from the sheer competitiveness of her peers. </p>
<p>Oh well, she’ll just have to apply and see what happens!!</p>