I was just wondering if anyone knows any miracle cases so i dont get my hopes up. thanks!
I don’t know many UT students but I do remember one family friend going there with 3.65 weighted and 15% class rank he had no hook but earned full International Baccalaureate diploma and took most rigorous courses known to mankind.
UT doesnt take GPA into Consideration. They report that they only look at Class Rank.
You could have a 2.0 GPA and could still get in if you had a competitive rank.
That is only for TX residents.
lol at @KohliTheBeast how can you have a 2.0 GPA and a competitive rank at the same time?
@MKA2017 I was accepted with a 3.07 GPA, however I think the only reason why is because I have very high standardized test scores and great EC’s, and I’m coming from a private school in Houston that doesn’t rank.
UT like, like other schools, will soft-rank. They take into consideration rigor of courses, grades in the courses and academic profile of high school. They get all this data from past applicants. So even if a high school calculates a GPA one way, UT will calculate it’s own rank. This is no different than at any other holistic review school.
@ubetta17 I was trying to make a point. Also, having a 2.0 GPA and being in the top 7% is theoretically possible.
Theoratically, it is possible as I was talking to a UT graduate last night and according to him, significant number of students with low GPA , low SAT and no course rigor get auto admitted because they rank high in their non competitive high schools from rural areas or poor urban/suburban schools. On the other hand solid students with higher GPA and SAT get rejected because they come from highly competitive affluent schools where kids in 11-25% are way more qualified academically than top 5% of other schools.
Texas has a diffrent admission system. UT has to invest a lot of resources into supporting these kids or they end up ruining UT’s graduation rates. This is one of the reasons UT doesn’t give much merit money as those resources are supporting financially or academically disadvantaged auto admits.
Actually NO ONE gets into UT with a low GPA. Students may have low test scores but the only factor for admission if you’re instate is to be top 8%. Period.
In choice of major, course rigor and grades count, so that you better have top grades and excellent rigor if you want engineering or business.
This system was chosen by the people of Texas. The alternatives were either using affirmative action (which overwhelmingly Texans don’t want) or homogenization of school district budgets, meaning higher taxes for the wealthy counties.
This solution is the best for all people involved. That’s why it was chosen. You can’t have your cake and eat it too - the people who made that choice weighted the different possibilities and chose what was fairest and in agreement with their beliefs.
The goal of the University of Texas is to serve all people on Texas, not just the affluent suburbs of Houston and Dallas. The public universities exist to serve the top students from each district throughout a very large, very diverse state. They’re a common good.
Top students who can’t get into UT and have high test scores can get into excellent universities such as UT Dallas, with some if the best merit scholarships in the country.
Also, Texas used to have grants, but a while back the state government decided to convert them to loans so that students had 'skin in the game '.
@MYOS1634 - this year UT auto admits top 7% only.
^ yes it varies depending on the number of spots they have. Then they can admit in state top 10% who have high scores and curriculum rigor. It’s a top school. 
@MYOS1634 The argument for and against the top 7% rule goes way back. There will always be people who are for and against it. Please leave it out of this thread. The important thing to note is that GPA itself is not considered whatsoever. What matter is your rank which is directly related to you GPA in relation to your peers. So theoretically you can get into UT with a low GPA it’s just not likely especially if you live in or around a major Texas city.
It’s not rocket science, you can easily manipulate the system. Just move to a low performing school zone where your kid can easily stay within 1-10% and you get into UT.
@MYOS1634 If UT system wants students to have some skin in the game then why distribute merit money like peanuts to UTD and UTSA etc. why have double standards?
Because UT is the top public university in Texas, highly ranked nationally , its standards of admission are going to be the toughest in the public system. The other universities offer merit scholarships to attract these top students away from UT or other top universities.
The ‘skin in the game’ idea didn’t come from UT but from the state legislature. Other public universities like Tarlerton State or Prairie View are in the same boat. 
That’s the thing, UT’s admission policy is regional quota system, not open merit like UC Berkeley. On top of that, other than some honors programs, SAT/PSAT/ECs play no role.
^they do play a HUGE role… for your major. Being top 7% only gets you in. Then there’s a review to decide what major you can get, and there SAT, EC’s, essays, GPA, rigor… all play a big role. This is especially true for restricted majors like Business and Engineering. And if you’re not top 7% scores play a huge role too.
Note that for UC’s however the primary factor is UCGPA (capped or uncapped, depending on the university). The SAT score doesn’t play a big role, except as an elimination factor among students from the same school. Each year the result threads are filled with students who thought they’d get in thanks to their high SAT scores, thinking it’d offset their GPA. It doesn’t.
But the Top 7% rule only guarantees admission to UT not to majors, especially the competitive ones. So if you are an auto admit from less competitive highschool and your GPA is low, you still have to work hard to get into CS, Business or Engineering.
Well, I got in to the UT Austin CS program as an Out-Of-State applicant with a weighted GPA of 3.65.