Does U.T Austin admissiosn consider class size?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I’m curious, because my school only has 77 students, which makes it very difficult to place in the top 8%. I would like to know if they look at that when evaluating one’s rank. Thanks!

EDIT: Bonus question, does anyone know if History is a competitive major? That’s what I applied to. I didn’t apply because I thought it would be easy to get into. I genuinely care about the subject, but I am curious as to whether or not it is competitive.

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I don’t know the answer to this and I have not seen it answered before.

You might ask your regional admissions rep.

Especially if you are in a rural community or other underrepresented area of Texas, I would think so, although you would come through as a review admit and might not hear until late February.

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Thanks for your feedback. I’ll actually go ahead and do that, and then post my answer on here just in case anyone else was curious. I

Thanks!

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It’s difficult to be in the top 8% of any class, large or small. Larger classes are generally more competitive and many students have high GPAs, making the competition just as fierce as a small class. I believe UT uses a school profile for each high school which provides information about the strength of their academic curriculum. Consider yourself lucky that auto-admission for the high school Class of 2016 only requires top 8%, not 7% like last year and next year.

History is a major within the College of Liberal Arts. I think COLA is generally a little easier to get into than Engineering, Business, Nursing and Computer Science. I suspect that may be because some of UT’s most qualified candidates (i.e. super smart in math and science) tend to choose math and science-based majors like Engineering and Business.

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I went ahead and emailed a representative, and they said they take into consideration the fact that a smaller class size tends to how people rank.

I asked about my major because I’ve excelled in all of my extracurriculars, and my SAT score is pretty good. I experienced some hardship at home that distracted me from my courses. I feel like I would have performed significantly better had it not been for that, which is why I’m especially grateful for essay S. Thanks again guys, and wish me luck!