Do I have a shot at the School of Communication? Freshman entering fall 2011.

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>State: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 3.62; unsure of rank, but I should be just outside of the top 10%.</p>

<p>SAT (total highest): 1860- CR:600, M:560, W:700
SAT (highest single date): 1850-CR:600, M:550, W:700
ACT: composite 25, E:26, M:25, R:25, S:24</p>

<p>Courses:
9th grade-
Pre-AP Biology (B)
Pre-AP English I (A+)
World Geography (A+)
Algebra I (A)
Spanish II (took Spanish I 8th grade) (A-)</p>

<p>10th grade-
Chemistry (B+)
Pre-AP English II (A+)
Pre-AP World History (B+)
Geometry (A)
Spanish III (B)</p>

<p>11th grade-
Physics (B+)
AP English III (A+)
AP US History (A+)
AP European History (A+)
Algebra II (B)</p>

<p>12th grade-
AP Environmental Science (B+ so far)
AP English IV (A so far)
AP Economics (haven't started yet)
Dual Credit Government (summer class) (A+)
Pre-Calculus (B so far)
Intro Accounting (Dual Credit at local college) (A+ so far)</p>

<p>Extra-curricular activities:
Yearbook Staff (9- head photographer)
Newspaper Staff (11, 12- editor-in-chief)
Journalism Team (11-12- captain)
National Junior Honor Society (9)
National Honor Society (12, will be inducted in Spring)
Karate (9- purple belt)
Theater (9-10, did several productions)
Piano (9-12, National Piano Guild)
Volunteer organization 1 (9- trustee, 10-12)
Volunteer organization 2 (10-12- Manager)
Volunteer organization 3 (11-12)
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (11)
DECA (12)</p>

<p>I also have a ton of journalism awards at the local, district, regional, state, and national levels.</p>

<p>What are my chances at the UT-Austin school of communications? My SAT score is fine for the comm school, but since I'm not in the top-10%, it's a little low (about 40 points). Do I have a shot?</p>

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<p>If you have good letters of recommendation maybe.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I plan on getting recommendations from my journalism adviser, my communication studies teacher, my business teacher, and the public relations director for my school district.</p>

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<p>Not to burst your bubble but your credentials look almost identical to mine in high school and I didn’t get into Comm. I’m a freshman this fall and I got into my second-choice major - rhetoric/writing, which is quite close to the same thing as journalism - but I have to go through the application process again to transfer to Comm, which is highly competitive. Honestly, it has a lot to do with the number of people that graduated from the School of Communications - and the specific major you’re applying for - last year because that’s the only number of slots they will fill with incoming students.</p>

<p>Not saying you won’t get in, but Communications is kind of picky so don’t rely on it too much. Make sure you have a good second-choice major to fall back on just in case. You can always apply to transfer like I’m doing.</p>

<p>Good luck and Hook 'em!</p>