Chances of UTA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a high school junior, and going through a crisis.
I want to attend UT Austin and hopefully do an internal transfer into Mccombs
I recently took the SAT (2290:800M800CR690W) and plan on taking it again in January (Going for 2350+).
My class rank is pretty poor, 24-30 % (competitive school), and my GPA isn't all that great (3.4 UW, 4.9 W)(I'm also in the IB program, so rigorous course load) , but i do have tons of extracurricular to make up for it (But only about 5-6 leadership positions, 1 international competition that i placed at last year, competing again this year)</p>

<p>UT has changed their auto admission rule for my year, they are making it top 7%, and the rest are holistic review.
My chances of UT Austin?
What major should i apply under to get the internal transfer?</p>

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<p>I’d say a low match at this stage.</p>

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<p>hi catria, why is it a low match…? i think the SAT scores are really competitive.</p>

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<p>The SAT isn’t the weak spot of your application… maybe I was too lenient about UTA. You have a shot for UTA though, so I might say match. Your UTA hopes hinge on whether the adcoms understand how competitive the school is.</p>

<p>Do you have a backup plan?</p>

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<p>I’d say he’s in. Even with that rank, UT will not pass up a student of your SAT scores very easily. Also I just saw that he has a 1600/1600. You are definitely into UT Austin itself, maybe probably not the business department. If you want to eventually transfer into business, I think it wouldn’t hurt to do Economics or just be in undergraduate studies for your first year.</p>

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<p>Hell, I’d say you have a 50-50 shot at the business department, too. Don’t count yourself out and prematurely accept that you will have to transfer in.</p>

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<p>You’re in at UT Austin. They’re not going to close the door to someone with that SAT. Obviously just try to get that GPA for scholarship reasons and such. Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1426652-ohio-state-chances.html#post15139798[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1426652-ohio-state-chances.html#post15139798&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>To summarize:</p>

<p>McCombs direct: Match
UTA regular: Low match</p>

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<p>I was in a position akin to yours not too long ago. By that, I mean last week lol. I had a 2230 sat, 34 act and leadership and extracurricular a that were all pretty solid but I was in the top 18% in my school, also a really competitive schools where I took all the hardest classes. They accepted me, and honors accepted me, and plan 2 accepted me, I think you will get into mccombs no problem, I think ECs + sat score and definitely that international competition are more than enough to overcome that gpa. People on this forum are usually top 10 or better so they might be a bit more cynical. Good luck!</p>

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<p>“UTA” stands for UT-Arlington. Don’t call it that. It’s just “UT” or “UT-Austin.”</p>