<p>3.81 GPA unweighted, 4.24 weighted
2150 SAT (790 Writing, 660 Critical Reading, 700 Math)
790 SAT II United States History</p>
<p>Editor-in-chief of the school paper (Grade 11-12)
Peer Leader- works with getting involved in school and local communities through positive action (10-12)
Model United Nations (9)
Cross Country (10-11)
Winter/Spring Track and Field (9-11)
National Honor Soceity Member (11-12)
Student Council (10-12)</p>
<p>Took AP United States History and AP Lang this year
Taking AP Euro, AP Lit, and AP Gov next year</p>
<p>Newspaper won First place with special merit in judging contest (10)
Newspaper won first place in judging contest (11)</p>
<p>I also volunteer in the community, and I play drums at my church. </p>
<p>In Texas, you have something called the top 10% rule. Basically, if you are smart enough to be within the top 10 % of your class (even in some dumb inner-city school) you are GUARANTEED admission into ANY public university in Texas. There are a LOT of people in Texas. Many people are already guaranteed admission. Hence, very few spots are available for OS students. </p>
<p>My advice is don’t come. Due to the top 10% rule, a lot of people come from no-name schools with a graduating class of like 100. Most are DUMB! UT might sound intelligent from the outside, but when you realize that some people get automatic admission for showing up to HS, you might get different ideas.</p>
<p>OK. Maybe I got carried away. There are some incredibly intelligent people at UT. But compared to it’s peers both in quality and OS tuition, UT is hard pressed to keep up.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback guys! I also got a 215 on my PSAT and I’m pretty sure I’ll be a National Merit Commended Scholar this Fall. Any more chances anyone?</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Texas, but your stats aren’t bad at all for a public state uni, even if you’re OOS. They lead me to believe you’ll get in. </p>
<p>But no offense, why would you wanna go to Texas as an OOSer? People from TX think it’s the center of the world and are conceited. They’ll only associate with you if you’re from their home state. You can probably do better.</p>
<p>Well, on my campus visit it just felt awesome and the people were really warm and friendly. My family’s also from Texas originally, so we have a lot of other friends and family members down there so I guess that’s why I’ve wanted to go there for such a long time.</p>
<p>“They’ll only associate with you if you’re from their home state. You can probably do better.”</p>
<p>Lolwut? That’s definitely not true at all. I don’t go to Texas but I’ve pretty much grown up with the school and spent a heckuva lot of time there, and that’s not true at all. There aren’t a ton of OOS kids, but there are still quite a bit. UT is a big school, there are over 50k students in both the undergrad and grad. Nobody cares if you’re from out of state. Most people will probably assume you are from in state until you tell them you’re not, but they’re not going to say “oh you’re from New York? guess we can’t associate anymore!!!”. People from Texas don’t think that UT is the center of the world, it’s just one of the best schools we have. TAMU, Rice, Trinity, TCU and SMU are the other colleges here that tons of people care about (ESPECIALLY TAMU). Anyway, Texashopeful, don’t be discouraged. UT is a GREAT school. I think you stand somewhat of a chance. Your ECs aren’t anything super special (not to say they’re bad, they’re just not really unique or anything) but your SAT score is good and so is your GPA. Rock your essays and I think you have a decent chance.
Oh and for UT this year it is the top 9%, not 7.5%.</p>
<p>@liv4physicz You must be a exceedingly ignorant person to believe that texans would not associate with someone just because they are not from Texas. I dont understand your reasoning behind this. Theres the possibility that you had a bad experience once, but that does not enable you to stereotype all Texans.</p>
<p>3.75 unweighted gpa, 4.20 weighted gpa
120+ hours volunteering
Work in school guidance department 11th and 12th grade
5 on AP Lang Exam
5 on AP US History Exam
Won a cross country medal at the Manhattan College Invitational, a big regional meet
Won Sportsmanship Award for Winter Track Team
Won Sportsmanship Award for Spring Track Team</p>
<p>D is OOS freshman at McCombs, UT Austin. She loves it!! Yes, everything is bigger and better in Texas, but she has had absolutely no problem with acceptance as an OOS - students in general are welcoming and friendly. There are a huge number of student associations and groups so that everyone can find something interesting to join. There are opportunities to meet people right from the start. There are meetings where internships were presented to all students, including freshman. There are several organization fairs. My D is a non-minority, but she is now a very happy new director of a minority-based student group. She has had no problem making friends even though she knew no one at UT when she left home. </p>
<p>Other factors to consider: Austin is very warm. Depending on the person, that may be good or bad. It was good for my D.</p>
<p>Downside: it is expensive. No doubt about it. Student loans are in our future. But so far, it’s worth it.</p>
<p>For those looking to chance possible acceptance next year, UT officials told us when we visited that they accepted in the range of 47% of OOS students applying. My D’s stats for those wanting to know their chances:</p>
<p>ACT: 31, but had some individual higher scores like a 36 in English
GPA: 4.68 or so
AP Scholar with Distinction, several 5’s, one 4.
NHS, NSHS, NAHS
Our state senate’s Legislative Youth Advisory Council - member for two years
Executive Board of HS Student Council
Cross Country Varsity, Academic All-State; jv soccer earlier in hs
Several awards for her service, including awards from high school peers
Contributing writer to small local newspaper with a few other published items
Several other art and academic awards</p>
<p>The best of luck to everyone applying. UT is a great school!</p>