chances for economics major?

Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hey, can someone chance me as an econ major? I've been really getting into business lately and I'm thinking I might transfer to McCombs if I get accepted and choose to attend (I'm still considering michigan, USC, and University of Washington, again pending admission). So please chance me for that econ major (that I don't think is part of mccombs anyway).</p>

<p>demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon: Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school. (On top of that, our graduating class is rumored to be the best class of all time, and we were ranked 704 by newsweek putting us in the top 2.5% of all high schools or something like that!! This was before our class started taking APs, so that number will probably raise even more by next year because our class is that good)
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (8/12 on essay) (DANG IT!!!)</p>

<p>-English 30 (Usage/Mechanics 15 Rhetorical Skills 16)
-Science 24 (ouch)
-Reading 31 (Social Studies/Science 17 Arts/Literature 15)
-Mathematics 34
(Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 18
Int.Algebra/Coord.Geometry 16 (ouch)
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18)</p>

<p>*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A</p>

<p>*Junior Year
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/B
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P
IB English: A/ A
IB TOK 1: A</p>

<p>*Senior Year Anticipated Courseload If I get my choices:
IB Physics SL
IB TOK 2
IB Biology HL 2
IB English HL 2
IB Math HL 2 (Calc 2 basically)
IB Spanish SL
AP Statistics
Biotech/Economics (not the same course...the slash indicates I'll take one or the other for 1 semester)</p>

<p>In summary: I currently have a 3.913 UW GPA, and ~4.152 W GPA...no idea about rank besides that its top 10%, possibly top 5-7% weighted.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
*NHS (2 years)
*OHSU Dental exploring program
*Doing an independent investigation on antiviral medications.
*Will probably volunteer at a hospital and then OHSU during the summer.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (possibly captain next season).
*Science Team 4 years.
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Portland Youth Philharmonic Organization (2 years)
*Mathfest Participant 4 years
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Model UN (1 year)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors/Leadership:
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*IB Diploma Candidate
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year</p>

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<p>Enough of the topics.. if your not doing business, your chances are pretty much the same for everything. UT is way too expensive for OOS anyways, I would look at UC schools if I were you.</p>

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<p>well what are my chances for this one thing? I haven't gotten a reach, match, safety a lot of the times I've asked. So can a few people just tell me simply whether I'm reach, slight reach, good match, safe match, etc??</p>

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<p>You'll probably get in, but I wouldn't be too confident. Scores aren't strong or weak as an out of state student.</p>

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<p>ummm...im thinking ur most prolly gonna get in. u have to do pretty damn bad senior year to not get in.</p>

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<p>Well, the Economics major at UT is under the College of Liberal Arts, which is kind of the catch-all college at UT. For example, if the admissions committee decides to accept you but McCombs passes, then they'll bump you over to Liberal Arts. So, keep that in mind when you apply. It's not impossible to transfer to McCombs, but transfers into Liberal Arts are automatically granted. So if you think you might possibly want to do business, it's probably better to list McCombs as your first choice and Liberal Arts as your second choice because it's easier to switch from McCombs to Liberal Arts after you're admitted than the other way around. </p>

<p>Also, another thing to consider is that each college at UT has a separate career office and McCombs has a lot of career services that aren't available to students in other colleges. Also, a lot of companies don't realize that and will contact just McCombs, thinking that all UT students will be able to access their recruiting events, which is not always the case. So, if you're planning to go the business route, there are definite advantages to being in McCombs. You can always take Econ courses as electives or double major if you're really interested in Econ. </p>

<p>So, I would say that your chances as an Econ major are relatively good. However, I would list business as your first choice and then Liberal Arts (Econ) as your second choice. If McCombs chooses not to admit you, you'll still have just as good a chance at getting into Liberal Arts as if you'd listed it first.</p>

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<p>you should increase your sat or act score and another thing is ut is very big on class ranks so top 5-7% oos would definetly not do it for mcCombs but mabye for liberal arts</p>

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<p>well I just got my class rank like 2 mins ago and its 31/520 UW and 17/520 W. Is that decent?</p>

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<p>I actually thought about doing something like this when I was an undergrad: transferring into economics as a spring transfer, working on the core business classes, and then changing over to a business major. I wisely decided not to because it would have taken me a year longer to graduate.</p>

<p>I don't recommend choosing economics as your major if you are deadset on business. You'll be shut out of too many jobs that want only finance/accounting degrees. If you really want a career in business, you would be better off going to somewhere like Texas State and getting a BBA.</p>

<p>You sound like you have a head on your shoulders so eventually you could go to UT Austin for grad school. That's what I'd do in your situation: get a business degree somewhere else and focus on going to grad school at UT, A&M, or somewhere else out of state.</p>

<p>But looking at your academic profile there isn't a reason why they won't let you in McCombs.</p>

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But looking at your academic profile there isn't a reason why they won't let you in McCombs.

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<em>cough</em>30 ACT<em>cough</em></p>

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<p>Exactly, that should be enough to go straight into McCombs.</p>

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Exactly, that should be enough to go straight into McCombs.

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Uhh not quite.. 30 ACT is like 2000 SAT.. and not including top 10 percent kids, you have to get a whole lot higher than that to get into mccombs. I know people 2100+ that didn't get in.</p>

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<p>UT is not that prestigious, foxshox. Anyone with a 30 ACT and a very good academic profile is competitive for entry into McCombs. California_love should have a very good shot.</p>

<p>The kids with 2100 SATs who couldn't get in probably didn't have a strong academic profile.</p>

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<p>Ut isn't prestigious in general but McCombs is. I would say with 90% certainty that you wouldn't get into McCombs with those test scores. UT bases a lot on test scores.</p>

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<p>That's what I meant, foxshox, McCombs isn't even that prestigious as far as admissions are concerned. We aren't talking about the business school at Cornell here. Yeah, it's rough to get into McCombs, but anyone who really applies himself in high school should be able to get into McCombs. It seems hard just because it's very difficult to transfer into McCombs from another university. I've known too many BBA graduates from UT and A&M to consider either of them as prestigious as you consider it to be.</p>

<p>So, where do you get this 90% certainty, foxshox? Do you work in the admissions office or something? That ain't exactly a statement you should make unless you work in admissions.</p>

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<p>The original poster probably has a strong enough GPA to overcome his "low" (your emphasis, foxshox) test scores. I think he should go ahead and apply to McCombs as a freshman.</p>

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<p>Top 7% out of state isn't that good, considering the cut off for McCombs a lot of times is like top 5% in state.</p>

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<p>Once again, foxshox, do you actually work in admissions at UT? You keep coming up with all these exact figures but I don't think you know exactly.</p>

<p>California should go ahead and just apply because I think he has a chance. He might not get it, though, but it would be dumb not to apply.</p>

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The McCombs School of Business limits undergraduate admission to the number of students to whom a professional education of high quality can be provided. Entering freshman applicants in the top 10 percent of their Texas high school graduating class are admitted to business based on their relative class rank until 75 percent of available spaces are filled. The remaining applicants ranked in the top 10 percent of their Texas high school graduating class compete with all other business applicants for the remaining 25 percent of spaces. Admission is based on standards similar to but higher than those for admission to the University. Newly admitted students must begin their studies in a fall semester.

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So before anything, he is already at a disadvantage since he has to compete for the last remaining 25% of the spots.He then has to compete with everyone else, including in stater's which generally have an advantage. They aren't exact, but they are pretty close. I have friends that apply and talk to admissions counselors.</p>

<p>I hear of people in the bottom end of the top 10% getting rejected at McCombs quite a bit. But they still can transfer in rather easily if they are pretty smart.</p>