<p>I'm a junior in high school right now and I am an Asian male in Los Angeles</p>
<p>What are my chances with my statistics, I regretfully have slacked off quite a lot at school thus reflected in my low G.P.A. but hopefully my E.C. and SAT scores will balance it out and my personal statements are guaranteed to be unique and heartwarming.</p>
<p>I am applying as a minority and out of state student thus I am guessing my chances would be higher.</p>
<p>GPA:3.33
Weighted: 3.8
SAT I: 2200
SAT II BIO: 690
SAT II MATH II C: 750
SAT II LIT: 720
SAT II CHEM: 720</p>
<p>Once again I know my grades are average and mediocre at best but I have been to 8 schools in 3 different countries and I can speak 4 different languages and being Asian, I will be some what of a minority.</p>
<p>EC: Tennis Team and Tennis Captain, School Newspaper Staff, Hospital Volunteer, Dance Committee, Badminton, Visual Art 3D, Ceramics Award, National Merit, Senior Men and Women (Freshmen Orientation) Committee, Math Team</p>
<p>and if tehre are any UT austin students reading this thread, it would be greatly appreciated if you could tell me some details and some reasons why i should and SHOUDNT go to UT thanks!</p>
<p>My daughter will be a freshman at UT. We are from LA as well. This year they took double the amount of OOS students from the years past. Part of the reason was to upset Texans, and get the 10% rule changed(told to us by and admissions officer); and I am guessing to get more money in out of state tuition during these trying financial times.
I was also told by a dean in the school of communication, that they are trying to attract more kids from LA and NY. They want to improve their image in the creative community. Not sure what school you want, but Comm. is looking and recruiting here.</p>
<p>With that being said, my daughter got in. I must say we were quite surprised. After reading who did not get in from in-state, we were even more shocked. My D had a 3.6 GPA, 27 on the ACT, and only 3 AP Classes. Her EC was strong, essay pretty good. OOS class rank is not important. Her school does not publish it.</p>
<p>I have no idea what the out of state situation will be next year, with the law change. In my opinion, if Texas wants its national ranking to go up, they should admit and recruit more out of state students. Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington, (all higher ranked) take many more OOS students. Texas is more like UCLA/Berkely, though few outside of Texas really know much about the school beyond Football. That is too bad. It is a great school in a great college city.</p>
<p>As for your chances, tough to say. I think that all is good with the exception of GPA. You should definitely apply, and if you get in, visit the school. </p>
<p>Since Hopwood v. Texas put an end to Affirmative Action admissions, I wouldn’t be waving that race card too wildly. You obviously haven’t visited the campus nor done your research or you’d know being Asian is only going to get you a face in the crowd. Asians represent over 15% of the student body. </p>
<p>You know your EC and test scores are fine but why do you want to go to UT?</p>
<p>Out of state will tremendously hurt you, and Asian isnt really a minority for college admissions because they are overrepresented nationally.</p>
<p>You need to get your exact class rank to get a decent chance, and it really needs to be in the top 10% for a good chance. SAT and ECs are good but not exceptional, but they won’t hurt you.</p>
<p>Get the class rank up and you’ll have a good chance. OOS kids compete for specific spots, which are about 5% of the freshman class, and getting in OOS is more difficult than getting in to half of the Ivy League. Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m from Texas and I go to one of the most competitive public high schools in Texas. My high school says sends more students to UT than any other public high school in Texas. I don’t know if you’re aware of this but if you go to any Texas public school and you’re in the top 8% of your class than you get automatically admitted to UT Austin - regardless of test scores or how bad your school is. 75% of the kids who get in automatically through this rule. The other 25% are students who don’t get in automatically. This is also the first year that they changed it to top 8% it was top 10% until last year. There have been all kinds of rumours going around but I heard the want more OOS students & that they lower standards for them. My friends who were not accepted automatically who got in (texas kids from my high school) usually had high standarized tests scores as well as solid extracurriculars and good essays. If your GPA was higher than I think you would have had a very good chance since your stats are well above the average UT students. UT is a great school - it has good programs for engineering, business and architecture but people really don’t know about it. Your competition won’t just be OOS students but it will be other students from Texas who are not in automatically including private school students and students from competitive high schools in texas (actually aren’t that many). For example to be in the top 10% at my high school you need a 4.1 weighted GPA (my school doesn’t do unweighted).
Reasons to go to UT
-good academic programs
-lots of people, diversity
-hence lots of opportunites
-lots of parties
Reasons not to go to UT
-its such a big school it’s easy to get lost within the crowd, especially if you come from a small town or are not used to being away from parents
-lots of parties
-some classes are HUGE, i mean 100 kids in the class
Good luck!</p>
<p>Stitch527, what high school is that? I’m guessing Bellaire because only a Bellaire student would have the audacity to call his school “one of the top competitive high schools”. I go to DeBakey and I have a weighted 3.9 GPA with 5 APs. That barely puts me in the top 30% sadly. Also, I don’t see how having lots of parties is a con. Honestly, there is something wrong if you don’t have the will power to stay in your dorm. Lastly, being Asian is not a disadvantage because affirmative action in Texas is illegal.</p>
<p>The State of Texas is seeing that the top 10% admit rule did not produce what the Legislature had hoped for which was fairness. Lowering it to 8% for UT was supposed to allow a larger “holistic” review pool. The old system relied perhaps too heavily on standardized scores and the new system relies too much on class rank. </p>
<p>BTW, I think TAMU is doing a great job of addressing the weakness in the current law by adding an academic admit pathway (top 25% and high enough test scores to be considered for their honors programs).</p>
<p>Disclosure: my son is accepted to TAMU via academic admit process and is waiting on UT holistic review. So, guess I’m a little biased on this …</p>
<p>UT is a great school for Petro Engineering, Chemistry, Business (Accounting #1 in the nation), Archtechture (#5?), very strong in Pharmacy. Depending what you want to do after graduation, the answer can be very different.</p>
<p>Since there are many high tech industries in Austin, job prospect is good as well. You will like SXSW music fastival by the Lake Austin. You will enjoy Austin a lot, if hot weather does not bother you.</p>