Chances/Advice for UT McCombs and others - OOS

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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Hey everyone, planning on applying to McCombs from oos this upcoming fall. Stats are as follows

Caucasian OOS Male
No financial aid

Stats:
Rank: 11/280 (top 4%)
UW GPA: 3.82
W GPA: 4.8
ACT: 31 composite, 33 super score (Weakest part of application I think, studying and taking one more time)

Course Load:
Most rigorous, 7 APs and many honors

ECs:
President and founder of Investment club
President and founder of Model UN
Honors Choir - team won 2nd place in national competition
Starting QB on Football team and academic award winner
Varsity Baseball and academic award winner
Academic World Quest varisty team member - team won local competition and travelled to Georgetown for national
Interned at local real estate development company headed by most notable business man in my town (former CEO of public company), he’s writing me a recommendation
Worked polls for presidential election
Worked as an umpire for little league baseball
Life guarded and worked as a head camp counselor
Boys State City Attorney and member of Platform committee
NHS, SNHS, and Math Honor society
Student Body Treasurer

Volunteer Work:
About 350 hours total
Most notable volunteering is creating and running a charity leukemia walk bc an immediate family member and family friend both suffer. About $10k raised for Lymphoma society
Also volunteered as counselor at christian camp

Essays/Resume:
Should be good, working with third party who offers helpful insight and expertise.

Recs:
I got along well with teachers who are writing them but who knows

Visited UT and Austin spring break of junior year and loved it. McCombs is definitely my top choice but I understand how competitive it is - especially for OOS and non auto admit kids.

Also applying to UNC, UVA, UMich, Southern Cal, Vandy, UGA H, Tulane, Wake, and IU (OOS all)

Any chancing/advice/insight is appreciated, thanks yall :slight_smile:

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Your resume is great and you are right that the weakest part is your ACT score. UT does not superscore so try to get that higher. Also spend a lot of time on your essays. I do think they count more than people think and can make you stand out.

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Thank you!

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Bumping bc I got a 1460 SAT - anyone else have any predictions/suggestions?

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Focus on the essays. Sell yourself. Do it just the way you would at any other selective college; tell them what you would add to their class. Anecdotally, just met a guy who got in CS as a transfer from CC in another state. Yes, he was smart and had good grades and scores, but more importantly, he had a different background than the typical applicant. (Older, had worked and served in military.)

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35-40% chance, dependent on the other International / OOS applying to McCombs.

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Bumping for more responses. I have one more chance to lift my SAT from 1460 to 1500.