As the title states, I very recently found out about this, and it has utterly destroyed my admission chances. I am extremely upset about this, because I was misinformed and had my entire Freshman year planned on this misinformation. So is the way of the world I suppose. Anyways, my cumulative GPA will be around a 3.71 with an A, B, B, C in my Dual Credit classes. This is the only downside however, as the rest of my application is extremely strong, so I am somewhat optimistic. I would enjoy some chance me’s, even though I know my situation is extremely hard to gauge.
Currently a University of Texas at Tyler freshman planning to transfer into McComb’s school of business at UT Austin next fall. I will have Calculus 1 and 2 finished, along with Micro/Macroeconomics. I am still finishing Calculus 2 currently, but I have a 97 in there right now and without a doubt will finish with an A+.
UT Tyler GPA: 4.0
Hours (by end of 2017 Spring semester): 45
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Resume: President of the Financial Management Association. Single handedly grew the organization to nearly 5 times its original size.
EC: 12 hours a semester of volunteering at a food bank.
Essays: I consider myself a fantastic writer, so a 9/10 is safe to assume. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to write about my Dual Credit grades specifically because I recently found out that they were factored in.
I have four letters of recommendation from ALL of my professors last semester, excluding the online one. Two of them are excellent and in detail. I care a lot about Finance and have the highest GPA possible, represented well in my essays. If I get denied, I plan to appeal with two new letters of recommendation for a total of 6, and write an excellent appeal essay. I plan to write letters to admission (I understand they aren’t supposed to consider this in applications, but it’s worth a shot). The admissions office knows very well who I am, as I have contacted them many times and continue to do so until I am officially denied.