In need of some advice/help/consolation! (UT Austin)

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hey there,
I'm new to the forum, but I have some questions regarding my future...
First of all, I know that where I currently am academically will not get me accepted into UT. I currently have a weighted GPA of 3.87 (weighted), am 122 in my class (top 20%), and am in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. I hold officer positions in the German Club and German National Honor Society at my school, and am an active member of National Honor Society and the SOAR mentoring program.</p>

<p>Now, I am an extremely intelligent girl (not to too my own horn, but...), I just cannot seem to get myself to do my homework, and it's gotten to the point where it's ripping my family apart. I get mostly B's, with a few A's and C's, but let's just say that I'm most likely NOT going to be happy when revised ranks/GPAs come out at the end of this semester.</p>

<p>I guess my main question is, if I totally work my derriere off and manage to make it into the top 8% (or whatever it is for 2013 graduates) of my class by the and of my junior year, will I be accepted into UT?</p>

<p>I apologize if this seems like a dumb question, I'm just freaking out here... </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I moved this thread from another forum and am bumping it to the top of the list.</p>

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<p>yeah you’ll be automatically admitted if you’re in the top 8%.</p>

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<p>Yes you will get in to the university if you’re still in Junior year and manage to get in that top % requirement by the beginning of Sr. year.</p>

<p>Not sure how your history will look when it comes to the major or honors program, but yeah. No problem with auto-admit for UT.</p>

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<p>dabauss</p>

<p>From all my life experience and all my “basic” math skills I doubt it’s possible to jump from top 20% to top 8% within 1 semester (you already know your fall grades would not be great, right?). This kind of jump is just against all the math rules.</p>

<p>Also, in public schools senior class is usually smaller than junior because “the bottom” students often don’t meet credit requirements for graduation and stay “juniors” for one more year. It means that some “unfortunate” kids in the very bottom of top 10% during junior year go down to 11% even if they keep the same rank.
If you are #50 out of 500 kids you are top 10%, if you are #50 out of 490 kids you are not top 10% anymore.</p>