Final chances: University of Texas

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Caucasian male, in state. Going to a fairly competitive private school.</p>

<p>SAT first try: 2030 (630 M/660 V/740 W)
SAT second try: 2080 (610 M/670 V/800 W)</p>

<p>Overall Mixed and Matched Score: 2100
UT SAT score: 1280</p>

<p>AP Test Scores:
English Language and Composition: 5</p>

<p>GPA: 93.7 W (school doesn’t calculate uw, nor do we do a 4 pt scale)
Rank: 15/75</p>

<p>Curriculum:</p>

<p>8th Grade:</p>

<p>H-Algebra I: 89/81</p>

<p>Fresh:
H-Geometry: 81/85
H-English: 88/87
Biology I (Honors not offered): 92/89
U.S. History (Honors not offered): 92/90
New Testament Survey (required):95/92
Public Speaking: 92/94</p>

<p>Soph:
H-English II: 86/88
H-Algebra II: 88/84
H-Physics I: 91/86
H-World History: 91/89
French I: 94/85
Theatre Arts I: 99/99
Old Testament Survey (required): 97/94</p>

<p>Jr.:
AP English III (test score: 5): 89/93
H-Pre Calculus: 81/80
H-Chemistry: 78/84
French II: 80/89
Human Geography (No honors history courses offered to Jr.s): 88/90:
Computer Applications:95/97
Bible Doctrine (required): 96/96</p>

<p>Sr.:
AP Calculus: 82/
AP English IV: 93/
Economics: 92/
Church History: 99/
Journalism: 99/
Desktop Publishing: 95/
Yearbook: 94/</p>

<p>ECs/Awards/Honors:</p>

<p>National Honor Society (2 years)
National Junior Honor Society (1 year)
NASA High Scholar Aerospace Scholar (1 year)
Work experience as a Dallas Mavericks Ballboy (5 years)
JV/V basketball (2 years JV (co captain 1 year), 1 year varsity, 3 years total)
Sports Editor of High School Newspaper (1 year. Sr. yr.)
Calculus Club (1 year, Sr. yr.)
Theatre Involvement (acting in a few productions, being a runner in others, 1 year)
Debate (Freshmen year. Debated, and was a lawyer in a school mock trial)
Tennis (1 year)
50+ hours of community service including being a youth instructor at my church and Volunteer Math/science tutoring for Middle Schoolers and HS underclassmen</p>

<p>Superb essays, expecting pretty good recs</p>

<p>Also, as alternatives, what are my chances for the honors colleges at Baylor, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma University?</p>

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<p>bizumpage!</p>

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<p>hey! you've got stats like mine! yay! i hope you get in!</p>

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<p>You're applying to UCLA?</p>

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<p>I thought UT ONLY did sittings, not mixed matched.</p>

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<p>Thats why I said my SAT score was 1280. Which now that I think about it, its actually 1290. The first time I took the SAT I did 660 V, 630 M.</p>

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<p>Chances aren't looking too well.</p>

<p>Good luck though.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Vyse - Based on my son's experience, Texas Tech Honors College evaluates the whole person in their admissions process (including the essays). My son had an "up-trend" first semester in his high school senior year which he communicated in early January to the Admissions persons in the Honors College. He was accepted in the first round with credentials similar to yours. </p>

<p>Now having completed three semesters at Tech and found teachers and friends he really respects, my son is doing extremely well academically (above the 3.8 grade point average of the Honors College students) and holding campus leadership positions which his high school record would not have predicted. Tech's Honors College for whatever combination of reasons has lit his fire. And this all started before our first visit to Tech with "I'll never go to that hick town of Lubbock".</p>

<p>If you are interested, read the Honors College thread in the Texas Tech portion in the Colleges forum. I think Tech's Honors College has a lot to offer (this coming from a University of Chicago alum).</p>

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<p>Yeah, I read your post in there. It doesnt sound any easier to get in though than UT's regular program.</p>

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<p>yep...i'm automatically in @ UT and A&M, so i decided to apply to alot of out-of-state schools. UCLA's a reach, especially oos, but some people from my school got in last year w/worse stats than mine. Alot of their admissions decisions seem pretty random, so i applied anyway. goodluck w/your apps!</p>

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<p>bump again</p>