<p>extracurriculars:
robotics club
fbla 2 years
psychological society
Beta Club 2 years
Rank:
94/415
ACT composite : 28
science:29 math:28 reading:30 english:26
APs:
Biology 5
Us 4
macro 4
World 4</p>
<p>taking calc ab, stats, psychology, physics b, environmental science, and ap lang</p>
<p>GPA:
3.75</p>
<p>Sorry but top 22% with a 28 MCAT doesn’t look too positive for an OOS. With these numbers, you’d need a hook to make you stand out but you haven’t mentioned any so unfortunately I’d have to say that your chances don’t seem too bright as of right now.</p>
<p>… and just an FYI to future “chance” posters, race is an underestimated factor of the application. Affirmative action is real and it will affect your chances. Please tell us your race.</p>
<p>I’m African american</p>
<p>I don’t think the chances are good, sorry. Still apply because you never know!</p>
<p>I disagree. I think with affirmative action on your side, if you increase your ACT a few points I think you have a decent likelihood of being accepted. But, your current ACT is too low.</p>
<p>Make sure and check how OOS students fare before you decide to apply. On my S’s visit - they were told the freshman are not guaranteed housing, and OOS kids are not guaranteed to get into their major of choice. There were other things, I don’t remember them all . It was at the top of my S’s list - and he spent an hour in this session and left, crossed it off.</p>
<p>molto, </p>
<p>UT’s affirmative action is mostly taken care of by the top XX % rule already. The idea is that if you take a cross section of the top 10% or so of every high school in Texas then you should get a relatively diverse entering class. However, I believe there are still other, weaker ways that affirmative action can affect the admissions process. Even so, his/her OOS status may cancel out the benefits of affirmative action leaving him/her back to being a normal applicant, one with a decent ACT score but a well below average class rank.</p>
<p>@MaterMia, like many schools, space in on campus housing is limited for everyone, it doesn’t matter if you are in-state or OOS. If you really want to go to UT and you think you have a reasonable chance of admission, you can pay the non-refundable $50 housing deposit as soon as you submit your application–you don’t have to wait to be admitted. That deposit reserves your place in line for housing. It’s the same re: majors–no applicant, in-state or OOS, is guaranteed first choice of major. UT holistically reviews all apps for admission to your 1st choice of major, if “no,” then to your 2nd choice of major, if “no,” then if admitted, you’ll start in the school of Undergraduate Studies and work into a major. </p>
<p>The one “fault” you can lay at UT’s feet is that like most state flagship universities, UT is set up to serve its own citizens first. There is a state law that says no more than 10% of the freshman class can be composed of OOS and international students. So that’s why the competition is rough for OOS applicants! </p>
<p>@OP, we’re just a bunch of strangers on the Internet. We have no way of knowing how you will present yourself in essays or what your letters of recommendation say about you, just to name a few of the many “intangibles” that are considered in addition to rank and test scores. If you think UT is for you, apply! The college application process is all about putting yourself out there; you don’t ever want to look back and say, “what if?” One way to measure where you stand is to Google for the Common Data Set of the colleges on your list. UT’s CDS for the class of 2010-11 shows where your top 25% rank and 28 ACT fall. <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ima/sites/default/files/CDS_UT_Austin2010-11_FINAL.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ima/sites/default/files/CDS_UT_Austin2010-11_FINAL.pdf</a></p>
<p>Am I considered a resident if my parents are military and their tax residency states Texas as their residency even though we live in georgia. Also, does that increase my chances?</p>
<p>^I believe that would get you under in-state tuition and nothing more. You would still be considering an OOS applicant, but if accepted you would pay in-state tuition if taxes are filed with Texas as the state of residency.</p>
<p>trix:</p>
<p>take the ACT again</p>
<p>my son raised his score from a 31 to a 34, with ZERO studying.</p>