Chances for Red McCombs Business Kingdom

Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>I am a senior who is about to send my application out to UT. I am going for finance, and my backup major is economics. I go to a small private high school in Texas. </p>

<p>Class Rank: 10/91
UW GPA: 3.62
----I had a huge upward trend in GPA. Prior to Junior year it was a 3.48, now it's a 3.62. I went from rank 19/91 to 10/91 in 1 year. Will this help?
SAT: 2190; 700 CR, 730 M, 760 W w/ 11 essay</p>

<p>Extra Curricular's:
-Co-founder and treasurer of FBLA chapter at our school
-Tier 1 hockey for 2 years in hs, 10 years overall
-Varsity Golfer Junior and Senior yr
-African Library Project (Raised 4500 books and 800 dollars to build 2 libraries in Africa)
-Academic Meet (Placed 1st in Editorial writing, 2nd in headline writing, 3rd in ready writing. Each competition had around 40 kids)
-Started a financial literacy class at school
-Young republicans club-- club representative (9, 10, 11)
-NHS Fundraiser Committee (organized canned food drive for NHS)</p>

<p>Volunteer service:
-children's home: 48 hours
-Goodwill: 35 hrs</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Walked dogs for 2 years
-Private tutored for 1 year</p>

<p>Honors and Distinctions:
-NHS (2,3,4)
-Mu Alpha Theta (3,4)
-Hockey team captain (9th grade)</p>

<p>I think my essays are overall pretty strong. Especially essay C (the required one).
What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>In addition, I’ve taken one of the most rigorous course loads our school offers. (Every class is honors or AP, unless it was a religious course)</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Your GPA trend means nothing. Your rank is out of the top 10. Your GPA is low. It’s all going to come down to this (in sequential order)
-rank
-GPA
-sat
-extra curricular
-essay</p>

<p>Your sat is good, and I guess your essay is good and your EC is good. If I had to bet you will be on the edge/reject. </p>

<p>Freshman at McCombs. I may sound harsh but you can’t sugar cost anything. </p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>Edit my 1st post. I read it again and I want to change mine to edge/accepted, leaning more towards accepted. Make sure you really emphasize all the EC stuff you do that shows you are willing to lead and take (smart) risks. </p>

<p>Good luck hope my 1st post didn’t deter your hopes and dreams!</p>

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<p>@MrDrProfessorSir‌ - Hey man, thanks for the reply. I agree, my rank and GPA are low, and I’m pretty worried about it. In the C essay I talked a lot about my involvement in business related EC’s, so I think that’s good. Hopefully your right about leaning towards accepted. </p>

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<p>@MrDrProfessorSir‌ - Would you mind if I DM’d you my essay? I know how important it will be for me, and I want to hear someone else’s opinion on it. </p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>