Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Gender: F
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Location: North Carolina
High School: Public
High School Type: sends quite a bit of grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.86
GPA - Weighted: 4.55
Class Rank: top 25% (63 of 403)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 610
SAT I Critical Reading: 650
SAT I Writing: 600</p>

<p>SAT II World History: 710
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 650
SAT II French: 760</p>

<p>AP Scores: 4 in AP world, AP environmental and AP french language</p>

<p>Classes Freshman year
- PE ( A both semesters)
- Biology ( A both semesters)
-Honors English I (A both semesters)
- Honors Geometry ( A both semesters)
- Concert Choir ( A both semesters)
- French II ( A both semesters)
- World history ( A both semesters)</p>

<p>Classes (Sophomore year)
- Chemistry (A both semesters)
- Honors contemporary world history (A both semesters)
- Honors Algebra II (A both semesters)
- Honors French III ( A both semsters)
- Civics &economics (A both smstrs)
- Concert Choir/ Health(A both smstrs)
-Honors English II (A both semesters)</p>

<p>Classes (Junior Year)
- AP World History ( A both semesters)
- AP French Lang (B first semester, A 2nd)
- Advanced (honors)Pre-Calc (C first semester, B 2nd semester)
- Honors English III (A first, B 2nd)
- AP Environmental Science (B first, A 2nd)
- Us History (A both semesters)
-Concert Choir ( A both semesters)</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes
- AP Calculus BC (2 semesters)
- AP English Literature (2 semesters)
- AP Physics B (2 semesters)
- Honors Physics Lab (2 semesters)
- AP Human Geography (2 semester)
- Treble Ensemble (2 semesters)
- Advanced (honors) French Literature (2semesters)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>National Honors Society
National French Society
French Club
French Singers
Spanish Singers
Habitat for Humanity (2 years)
Played Piano for 7 years (had to stop)
Leadership positions: Started an Animal Welfare Club
Vice President of Spanish Singers
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior class council
Track
Volunteer/Service Work: Worked at Art Center Summer 2009
over 150 hours of service learning hours</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: Junior Marshall
Placed 17th National French Exam</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, but honestly the chances of you getting in are very slim :(. Its extremely difficult to get in if your not top 10%, its extremely difficult to get in out-of-state. You have both those, so it would be extraordinarily difficult to get in.</p>

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<p>Bring your class rank up. People in the top 10% in Texas have a hard time getting in. If you are below 10% out of state, your chances are very, very, low.</p>

<p>And just out of curiosity, how is GPA weighted at your school? That’s a very high GPA for a (relatively speaking) low rank. The valedictorian at my school had a 4.45 weighted, I was ranked 28th with a 4.4, and top 10% cutoff was 4.05. (Class size 1361). Honors were 4.5 max and AP were 5.0 max.</p>

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<p>If you get an A in an AP class you get 6 points, B= 5 points, and so on.
If you get an A in an Honors class you get 5 points, B= 4 points, and so on.</p>

<p>I think the reason why my rank is so low is because there are so many people at my school who take an insane amount of APs and get As in all of them.</p>

<p>But thanks for your feedback! :)</p>

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<p>UT limits the # of OOS/international to 5% if I’m not mistaken. (Read it in an email they sent me)</p>

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<p>OOS and International are 8% right now, and can be no more than 10%.</p>

<p>Everything is looking bad for you except for one factor: you are Latina. This is a tremendous asset. They do look at your race/ethnicity in the process for OOS admits and this will be a huge help for you, especially because your numbers are so much above average for a Latina. Get the test scores up even higher and the rank up if you can and you will have an awesome chance.</p>

<p>Don’t count on it, but you have a much, much better chance than a white or Asian OOS applicant with the same stats, who most of these chances are going to be based on.</p>

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<p>You should try the ACT if you have time.</p>