Hello everyone! I’m a second-semester junior applying to UT in less than six months. I’m really hoping to get into UT’s School of Nursing, I visited last year and I’m simply in love with the program. That being said, I haven’t actually applied and I still have a lot of work to do before I submit my application and cross my fingers, but any suggestions from admitted UT Nursing majors or fellow Nursing hopefuls would be much appreciated, regarding whether or not I should try new extracurriculars, retake tests, etc.
College: School of Nursing
Stats:
SAT: 2250 (750 CR, 770 M, 730 W, 11 on Essay)
SAT IIs: none so far
GPA: 4.0 UW, 118/130 W (my school has a really weird weighting system where they take your numerical grade for a semester and multiply it by 1.1, 1.2,or 1.3 depending on the level of the class; 130 would be taking all AP classes since freshman year and making 100’s in all of them, which I’m pretty sure is impossible)
Rank: 1/609
Other stats: I have taken 4 AP classes since sophomore year (Human Geo, World History, French Lang, and Psychology) and made 5’s on all of them. This year I’m taking AP Lang and Comp, APUSH, APES, and AP Art History; if I make at least a 4 on all four of those exams I will qualify for National AP Scholar by the end of my junior year. I scored a 1500/1520 on the 2015 PSAT, which hopefully will set me squarely in NMSF territory for Texas. I have played the flute since sixth grade and have competed at the state level for solo and ensemble since freshman year, I am currently a drum major for my school’s marching band and won an Outstanding Drum Major award at an area marching contest, I have been on the band leadership team for two years now, I am in the National Honor Society, I have placed in the finals at state-level French contests since freshman year, I’ve won some school awards for fine arts/social sciences/foreign languages, etc.
Hook (if any): first generation college student, my mother recently graduated with an associate’s degree and my father completed his associate’s degree through prison correspondence
Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public, not especially competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: I am the first person to attend college in my family and am thrilled to qualify for automatic admission to a world-class university like UT. My parents and I are fairly clueless about the whole college admissions process, and most of what I’ve learned has been gleaned from the Internet and the little pamphlets in my counselor’s office that nobody else seems to read. I recognize that most of the attention right now is focused on the actual seniors who have actually applied to college, but I would really appreciate any advice anyone can give to boost my chances. Thank you for your time!
