McCombs Chance Me - out of state

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I am high school senior interested in studying business and want to know if I have a realistic chance of getting into McCombs at UT Austin. My biggest concern to admission is that I am an out of state student. I’ve heard that as an out of state student it can be extremely competitive to get into McCombs, so I want to know if I have a realistic chance.

GPA on 5.0 scale: Unweighted - 5.0… Weighted - 5.6

SAT: 1480

AP Test Scores: Calc AB (5), AP US History (5), AP Language and Composition (4)

Senior Course Schedule:

  • AP Computer Science
  • AP Microeconomics
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Environmental Science
  • Business Law Honors
  • Entrepreneurship

Other notable business courses: introduction to business, investment planning, marketing, accounting honors

ECs:

  • Soccer (club and school all 4 years)
  • Business Professionals of America
  • National Honor Society
  • President of Teen Advisory Board for Ronald McDonald House Charities near Loyola Medical Center… biggest commitment besides soccer
  • Basketball coach for community youth league

Essays:

  • I’ve outlined them so far… should be pretty good

Letters:

  • Teachers knew me well and liked me so should be good too.

Is there a realistic chance given my current body of work and if I continue to do well my first semester of senior year?

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Forgot AP Literature and Composition for senior courses.

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You have got a chance. Your GPA is great, your scores are good, tough schedule and good ECs. Make your essay great because you will need to stand out. That being said, there are no guarantees at UT so UT is a reach. Also, financial aid at UT is not generous. If you did get accepted be prepared to pay the entire OOS amount. Make sure you apply to some safeties in your own state.