McCombs Chances - Not AA

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I know chance threads are pretty useless but please give me some insight so that I can calm (or steel) my nerves as I wait for decisions to be released :smiley:

GPA: 3.75/4.00
Rank: 121/784 (feels bad fam)
SAT Composite: 1540 | 790 math, 750 reading writing
SAT Subject Tests: 730 Math II, 720 Biology - E

ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP

Community Service Projects (citywide, schoolwide) 4 hours || 40 weeks
AP fund (raised funds for needy students to take AP Exams)
Bandage Drive (collected bandages for serving center)
Young Voter Project (helped get students registered to vote)
Started and led these projects to benefit the community in lacking areas.

Non-Profit Store (national) 4 hours || 40 weeks
DELTA PRIDE (online sticker store, proceeds go to LGBTQ+ foundations)
Opened this store in order to benefit a special interest group.

Model UN (local), President & Chapter Founder, 3 hours || 40 weeks
Founded in order to give students the chance to explore global diplomacy.

Serving Center Internship (local) 8 hours || 12 weeks
Learned about client work and assisted in center management.

Orchestra (local), Librarian, Historian, 4 hours || 40 weeks

DECA (local), Community Service Coordinator, 2 hours || 15 weeks
Coordinated the annual service project and involved all DECA members.

Environmental Society (local), Director, 2 hours || 36 weeks
Founded so students could give back to the environment and community

Biology Olympiad Team (local), Captain & Founder, 2 hours || 20 weeks
Founded so that students can competitively explore natural sciences.

GirlForward Explorer Hour Teacher (local) 2 hours || 10 weeks
Helped immigrant girls grow accustomed to American life.

Debate (local), Congress Novice Coordinator, 4 hours || 40 weeks

Current Events UIL (local) 1 hours || 20 weeks

HOSA (local), Fundraising Committee Chair, 1 hour || 15 weeks

VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Hospital Volunteer (100+ hrs)
National Honor Society (15 hrs annually)
Mu Alpha Theta (10 hrs annually)

AWARDS

Academic
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
4.0 GPA Award
Current Events UIL 2nd Place Districts
Debate Honor Distinction

Non-Academic
DECA Service Project State Advancement
Midwest Conference Selected Orchestra
National Mark of Excellence Orchestra
Carnegie Hall Premier Performance Orchestra
Congressman Cater’s A-List Recognition
Level One rating Solo at Solo & Ensemble
Letterman Award
Reflections Award of Merit and Honor Literature

PAID EMPLOYMENT
Retirement Home Server
Election Poll Worker

My entire application is structured around the fact that I want to go into social entrepreneurship (undergrad in business (focus on entrepreneurship), go to medical school for cardiothoracic medicine, and finally work on improving urban living through my own non-profit by improving the health, economic, and environmental aspects in a city).

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Are you IS or OOS? While your EC look really strong, your GPA and rank seem low for McCombs and your rank definitely doesn’t qualify for auto admit. If you’re OOS, then it’s probably a reach, but perhaps the National Merit will offset the low GPA/ranking.

What’s your weighted GPA?

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This thread is void now because I ended up getting accepted to Business at UT Austin !!! :slight_smile:

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@SlayMeLove Congrats!

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@UT2324 Thank you !!

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Congrats StayMELove! Have been posting here about something …and your success proves my point!!
Keep pointing out how you cannot compare GPA and ranks …see here students or parents posting about their GPA as 4.0 UW and see them with 1400s or low 1500s etc. and low scores or moderate scores in AP testing — meaning, really OK scores in common testing!
Also, have read here, GPA UW 4.0 and the person said they were 41st rank among class of 600 or so??? Let us say there were more people getting perfect UW 4.0 --these make you wonder about grade inflation!
Just look at the response to OP – GPA or rank being low --how can somebody say that without knowing the competitiveness of the school with so many schools giving away GPA 4.0 for so many kids! Hence, I hope people do no judge students based on GPA or rank …
There are few Top 20 High schools in the country in my metro area …and know one school where even the Topper in one of that school has 4.0? But in fact, already, few kids from that Top school - Non-auto admit to UT system, have got in to Stanford (CS), U of Chicago, other top schools? If that topper had posted the numbers, people would say that GPA is low …because it is only 3.92 UW GPA! That person would get any of the Ivies or other top schools based on the school ranking and reputation among top colleges!
This is the problem I had with UT Austin…but seeing that you got, gives me hope! Also, I wish they would the same for BHP too rather than go blindly by GPA or rank from one school because it helps the schools that are inflating the grade while some of the top kids from top schools (may not be auto admit) are left out!

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Meant to say --the Top school --even the Topper Does Not have 4.0 GPA!

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Meant to say --the Top school --even the Topper Does Not have 4.0 GPA!