<p>1980 SAT
90.89 avg at highly competitive oos high school</p>
<p>Captain football team
National Honor Society</p>
<p>Community Service</p>
<p>What is your class rank?</p>
<p>my school doesn’t rank- estmate top 15%.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>What school are you applying to. That might matter. Class rank for OOS does not have the same importance as instate. I would say, depending on the difficulty of the school, you are in the mix. If they accept less OOS than last year, a little more difficult. It they repeat last years acceptance levels, you are in the range. Not sure how many this year. They accepted more for 2009 in an attempt to change legislature. Now that they have succeeded, it is tough to say how many will get admitted. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I agree with so cal dad. Your school/major will matter. If you are going into geosciences, you are in. :D</p>
<p>The thing that just about every college, university, school has in common across the country, is diversity. Unfortunately, that word has changed meanings a lot over the years, to basically refer to race or gender. However, the colleges/universities want diversity from all types. And out of state and international is very important to them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a public school or an Ivy league elite private. They all want this diversity. A student from Nevada has a better chance of getting into Penn State, than an applicant in pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Ohio. Why? Because Penn State has more than their fair share of applicants from those 3 eastern states. But they probably don’t have a lot of applicants from Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, or South Dakota. Plus, in state money is usually a lot cheaper due to state statutes. However; the out of state student doesn’t get the same discount. There are still a lot of scholarships and such, but the end price for an OOS student is more than an ISS. </p>
<p>I’ve seen students from Alaska get accepted to Tulane and Brown with lower scores on SAT and GPA than students from areas close to the school who didn’t get accepted. Obviously, if you don’t apply, you can’t get accepted. So definitely apply. If you don’t apply, I can guarantee you 100% you won’t get accepted. But being an OOS student actually gives you a bit of an advantage. Unless of course out of state is right next door. Obviously, UT austin probably has quite a few applicants from Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. However, they probably don’t have a lot from Vermont, Hawaii, or Alaska. But still; you have to apply to get accepted. Hope it works out for you.</p>
<p>One can never predict what exactly the UT Admissions Officers will be thinking, but “state of residence” is not listed as one of the factors to be taken into consideration for UT admission for not-top-ranked-from-a-Texas-high-school students. A list of factors considered in the Academic Index and the Personal Achievement Index used by the UT Admissions Office to determine admission is on the bottom of the second page of this report.
<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report11.pdf</a></p>
<p>I actually know as many people from Hawaii as I do from Oklahoma… Imagine that!
I also know 4 people from the same high school in St. Louis.
Dont worry about where you’re from or what your chances are just write awesome essays and hope for the best!</p>
<p>Ugh, those essays are killers! My son is struggling with them. The HONEST answer to who has impacted him most would be his parents or grandparents, but they don’t want that answer, according to the speaker at the info session. It’s hard for him to come up with an alternative answer. He’s also trying to figure out what “issue” he wants to write about, without it sounding trivial or full of cliches. Sigh.</p>