<p>Hey everybody, I was hoping you would all be able to give some feedback on what my chances of getting into UT are.</p>
<p>Current out of state junior</p>
<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 Language & Composition this year
Taking AP Spanish, 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>I'm applying first choice to McCombs, but my second choice is Government, I'd be happy to get into Texas at all. </p>
<p>Chances?</p>
<p>It’s not like UT is especially hard to get into… even for an average person of average intelligence, but with high aspirations who is willing to put in the work needed. Now if you were asking about your chances of getting into Harvard…you’d be getting “somewhat low” as your answer.</p>
<p>Really Brisby?
You don’t think UT is hard to get into. UT has become one of the most competitve schools in the nation, with over 30,000 hopefuls applying and only about 14,000 actually being accepted I would disagree. </p>
<p>Texashopeful, I think you have a great GPA and can put together a well rounded resume, lastly focus on your essays, with your writing expierence it shouldn’t be too hard and I would think about getting a couple of letter of recommendations just to boost your app. You are looking good so far. Keep up the hard work and it will pay off. Hope you get accepted, Good Luck
Hook em’</p>
<p>what is your class rank? UT’s instate admissions go pretty much by top 9% and I am sure they use the rank as one of the indicators for OOS.</p>
<p>It’s really all about class rank, unfortunately.
And Texas is not the hardest school to get into, but it’s not the easiest either. The acceptance percentage is fairly high, but it is almost certainly weighted that way because of the auto-accept policy. Make no mistake, unless you get in on the high school rank thing, it’s not easy.
And, as far as Harvard and every other selective private college go, if you made all A’s next fall and brought that CR up to the 770 range, you’d have as good a shot as most people. It’s all about the essays, really.</p>
<p>I don’t see why Texashopeful can’t get in. His stats are well above average, even now. Even so, he should still try to improve them for scholarships. I have a few friends from my high school who got in with a 1800-1900 SAT score, which is easily achievable by studying for the average guy, like it was for me. But Texashopeful has notably higher scores, which should more than compensate for the out-of-state discrepancy.</p>
<p>SAT score is not an indicator of how one gets into UT. Most of their admissions are based on class rank.</p>
<p>Both class rank and SAT/ACT scores are important admission factors for all students except auto admits. The rubric for holistic review admits, which includes OOS applicants, is comprised of Academic Index and Personal Achievement Index. The AI is a numerical calculation based on class rank and standardized test scores, plus a bonus for curriculum in excess of the required minimum.</p>
<p>See <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report13.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report13.pdf</a> beginning at page 4. Go to footnote 9 at the end of the report to get the AI formula applicable to the business school.</p>
<p>Well my school doesn’t rank its classes</p>
<p>Did anyone read that he was out of state…</p>
<p>@Texashopeful, here’s what UT says: “For students from non‐ranking schools, a rank is estimated using the students GPA and grade distributions provided by the schools.”</p>
<p>@iambored10, yes, I read the OP is from OOS! Did you read the holistic rubric I posted? I gather your concern is there’s too much focus on rank in this discussion. That’s fair. In addition to the Academic Index (based on rank, SAT/ACT and HS curricular rigor), all OOS and in-state non-auto admits (and auto-admits going for competitive schools like Bus, Eng, Comm, etc.) need to be as strong as possible on Personal Achievement Index factors:</p>
<p>The Personal Achievement Index (PAI)
o Scores on two essays
o Leadership
o Extracurricular Activities
o Awards/honors
o Work experience
o Service to school or community
o Special circumstances:
�� Socio‐economic status of family
�� Single parent home
�� Language spoken at home
�� Family responsibilities
�� Socio‐economic status of school attended
�� Average ACT/SAT of school attended in relation to student’s own ACT/SAT
�� Race (authorized by the UT Board of Regents in 2003 and implemented in 2005)</p>
<p>Also I’m fairly certain I will be at least a National Merit Commended Scholar. Chances?</p>
<p>TxArtemis - Are you at UT? One first needs to get into UT before he/she can get into McCombs. It is easier to predict based on the department rules what it takes to get into a particular department (McCombs, engineering, Plan II) but what are they using to admit OOS at UT these days?</p>
<p>I think you’re in. :]</p>
<p>Then, yeah, I’d say you’ve got commended in the bag. Unfortunately, in TX the cutoff isn’t so generous. (I’m not exactly sure what it is) But, in Louisiana, some of my friends that got Scholar had lower scores than 215.</p>
<p>So just updating my stuff</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>Chances anyone?</p>
<p>It really does depend on the rank. The cutoff in TX is 217.
But, since you are out-of-state, I think you will be fine. Just to be safe, I wouldn’t apply for McCombs Honors (you can switch into that your second year). </p>
<p>I hope you get in! Austin is a great city and UT has an amazing student-body.</p>
<p>Just to clarify a few things…</p>
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<li>Whether you are National Merit commended or semi-finalist/finalist, that fact will be considered as a part of your Personal Achievement Index. It will not bump your Academic Index (rank + SAT/ACT + any bonus for course rigor). Commended is a good thing to be able to list in the “national awards” blank, but standing alone, it doesn’t make admission a lock. Semi-finalist (and ultimately finalist, which almost everyone attains because it basically requires little more than paperwork, a corroborating SAT score and an essay) is an entirely different ballgame! It will standout no matter where you apply…it’s kind of like sticking a gold star on your application folder. A lot of schools like to boast the number of National Merit scholars enrolled, and there are some schools in the country (not UT) that give full rides or other big merit monies to attract semi-finalists. (In Texas, I think UTD, UH, Tech and Baylor are known for showing the love, but it changes from year to year.)</li>
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<p>So…Texashopeful…if you find out in September that your 215 qualifies you for semi-finalist in your state, your application strategy may change! (To be clear, Texas was 215 last year. Past cutoffs by state: [National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html))</p>
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<li>UT doesn’t penalize you for reaching, so go for McCombs Honors if that’s your desire. I think aiming high always helps UT applicants because if you are on the line for admission to your #1 and they ultimately decide they just can’t admit you, they will be motivated to try hard to make #2 work for you. When you add Honors to your first choice, it arguably gives you another bite at the same apple, because you can be denied Honors but admitted to the major. And then, if you don’t get that #1 major choice, they will consider you for your #2 major (and then finally UGS).</li>
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<p>Good luck, and hook 'em!</p>