<p>Does it make any substantial difference in employability if you with
2.0-2.5 GPA in a liberal arts major you graduated from:</p>
<p>UT-Austin
or
Some other high alumni-base U's like Texas A&M, etc.</p>
<p>Are you a graduating college senior or are you planning to limit your GPA to the 2.0-2.5 range?</p>
<p>UT-Austin doesn’t have a particularly strong liberal arts program as it is, due to the top 10% rule. I know people who graduate from top liberal arts schools with near perfect GPA having trouble finding jobs. I would imagine it would be pretty tough finding a decent job with a 2.5 GPA from UT’s liberal arts program. Furthermore, your prospect for graduate school would be severely limited.</p>
<p>What is the 10% rule?</p>
<p>Tentai - Texas law is that any TX high school senior graduating in the top 10% of their class is guaranteed admission to any public university in the state (but not necessarily guaranteed a slot for their preferred major, just to the university). As you can imagine, UT Austin is a huge draw for those applicants. Beginning with Fall 2011, UT has indicated they will only admit the top 8% automatically to allow for more spaces for non-top 10%, OOS and international students.</p>