<p>Top 21% : I went to Kinkaid, a "prestigious" private school in Houston, in 9th grade...had mostly B's (classes were harder, the school didn't rank) that were brought to my current public school unweighted. I was transferred from Kinkaid to my current public school because of a financial crisis (school was expensive, houses around the area were as well, and we lived 50 minutes from school). Basically I brought a "weighted" 3.0 to my public school. Sophomore year I had a 4.6, and junior year I had a 4.5. 1st semester of senior year was a 4.4. I went from the top 75% to top 25% from sophomore to junior year. I addressed my situation in a "special circumstances" essay (Topic C) elaborately.</p>
<p>I take/have taken a very rigorous courseload. All pre-AP/AP besides 9th grade classes because Kinkaid did not provide them. I am taking 6 AP courses senior year in addition to pre-AP world history due to some weird history credit situation.</p>
<p>1410 SAT : 660 CR/760 Math</p>
<p>EC's:
All-State Pianist
Founder/Captain of school's lacrosse team
~150 volunteer hours
clubs around school; one officer position</p>
<p>Essays are good
Rec's are really good, but I don't think they matter</p>
<p>1st choice: Business
2nd choice: Engineering</p>
<p>In regards to my class rank: Does anyone know what they do for a situation like mine, transferring from a private school to a public school. How do they put it into consideration?</p>
<p>Probably not, I don't think UT puts that much time in looking at your application. They won't throw you a pity party unless something ridiculous happens like you lived in Iraq and you came to America or something like that. I am sure your not the only one in the world that has had a bad 1st year, ****, all my friends(my self included) had a bad freshman year. I don't see how going to a good school freshman year, would be a good excuse for doing worse in a admissions reps eyes? I personally understand that, but I think if you were able to show that you could "rise to the challenge" it would have been better(not even if it was just for your grade, but just to show your resilient).</p>
<p>I think your chances look really good, AC. They read the essays of those not in the top 10%. They have to, so they can figure out how to sort those kids out. If you had been at your p.s. for all 4 years, you clearly would have been top 10%. Business and engineering are both very competitive though, so I don't know about that. I'd think you'd be accepted to the school, though.</p>
<p>I really don't think that they will be that impressed by an essays that says "school was hard so I tried harder", mostly because they probably get tons of those kinds of essays. Plus they can't really judge the person based on the essays completely, mostly because, with their prompts( or at least the ones I had), it was much easier to lie about something.</p>
<p>I don't believe that you will get into the Business school since they judge a lot on your rank, and yours isn't high enough. And your SAT scores are probably middle of the road for the Business school.</p>
<p>You stand a better chance in Engineering school, probably 50/50.</p>