<p>3.75 uw GPA
55/501 (just outside top 10%, Emory seems tougher than Ivys when it comes to class rank, only 10% of those accepts aren't in the Top 10%)
1550 old SAT - 2200 new SAT
740 Math1 SATII and 740 US History SATII</p>
<p>WEAK EC's the first two years of High School, JV Tennis and some volunteer work, nothing much more.</p>
<p>Junior/Senior: Joined debate and plenty of success, now I'm the Varsity Captain of a nationally recognized debate team. (I have a chance to attend an Emory Invitational Tournament this Spring).</p>
<p>Junior/Senior EC's and Awards:
-NHS
-Interact
-Habitat for Humanity
-Attended an invitational Scholar's Lab for two weeks of debate training
Received some school awards and regional debate success, including the "Distrinction" Merit from the National Forensic's League in just one year of debate, personally ran an entire division of the 'Grapevine Classic', a Tournament of Champions Qualifier <em>national recognition</em>
-National Honor Society
-National Merit Commended Student
-Vice-President and Co-Founder of a new Amnesty International Chapter
-AP Scholar with Distinction, World History-4, Psychology-4, CompSciAB-4,US History-5, English Literature-4, Currently enrolled in 7 more AP classes.
-I also worked for my father at his small business, and even had to help run and manage it while training new employees after my father became seriously ill.
-And some other misc. volunteer work.</p>
<p>FYI my essays tend to be flat... I've been in honors/AP English since they were offered, that and debate ensures that my essays won't be bad per say... but writing has never been my strong point so they won't be awesome either.</p>
<p>Also, if I understand things properly then they will ONLY look at kids in the top 10% first, and if they fill 75% of the spots with kids from the top 10% then they will start looking at others... meh</p>
<p>75% of spots are reserved for top 10% students. Usually the cut-off is around 5.5% because so many ppl want to be in McCombs. The other 25% is reserved for non-top 10% students, OOS students, and nonranking high schools.</p>
<p>Yea, I remember reading that... but in regards to that policy, even if they technically "open it up" to people outside the Top 10%, if they still weigh class rank above anything else and use it as a cut-off... then that policy is simply a formality that has no real meaning.</p>
<p>from my understanding, as a mccombs student, the first 75% of students are admitted based solely on class rank. they go down the list of applicants and the texas residents with the highest rankings get in regardless of SATs and ECs. the cutoff is around 3-4% (mccombs <em>non-honors</em> average class rank was 2.4% this past year and 2.1% the year before). then they holistically consider OOS students and texas residents (that didn't make the first cut) for the remaining 25% of the class. honestly, not being in the top 4% hurts you. not being in the top 10% screws you. long story short, you won't get into the honors program. you being rejected from mccombs altogether is a very real possibility. i just don't know how much weight they will put on your excellent SAT scores. You will get in to UT though. IMHO you have, at best, about a 30% chance of getting into mccombs. I've never met a mccombs students who wasn't in the top ten, but your SAT scores are exceptional. Also the football team brought a lot of publicity to UT this year, which might make it harder to get in (or maybe just a lot more scrub applicants. who knows).</p>
<p>You won't get in. I have never heard of somebody being past top 4% get in to BHP. Its very selective, only 100 people attend. 150 are selected. I doubt you will even get into business</p>
<p>Dissapointing to here... if they have such a selective program I figure they'd use an intelligent admissions process that didn't totally screw over anyone who went to non-ranking or highly competitive schools... I'm being punished for attending a competitive high school and taking competitive courses like Calculus AB and Physics C (both AP) where I knowingly sacrifice my GPA for better college preperation... whereas I could have gone to a much less competitive school and drastically improved my odds of getting in.</p>
<p>I would be quite angry if I were rejected from the regular McCombs program based solely on something so arbitrary, unfair, and unstandardized as your class rank. Despite my love for McCombs, their admissions represents everything I loathe in the admissions process. (I can understand why UT would need to look more at scores and rank since they don't have time to evaluate each candidate out of the tens of thousands of applications they receive... but such a selective program has no excuse for not looking beyond something as simplistic as class rank).</p>
<p>I agree with you and understand where you are coming from, but it's not really Mccomb's or even UT's decision to make. Thier admissions process is really just a product of the top 10% law. The top 10% law holds UT back in so many ways. I went to a private school and know many kids that were rejected from UT that are much smarter than many of my peers at UT. Thanks to the top 10% law UT has to let in dumber kids just because they went to a less competitive school. most of the dumber kids seem to come from small podunk public schools. and then these kids come and fail out and have a gpa that is to crappy to transfer anywhere else that is decent. you should apply to UNC.</p>
<p>I'm no fan of the ridiculous 'Top 10%' rule and would love to see it repealled, but unless I'm wrong here... McCombs can exercise discression in its candidates, since 2001 McCombs isn't forced to take ANYONE from the top 10%... heck they could deny everyone in the top 10% if they so pleased. Now it comes down to their admissions policy and the fact that the Top 10% rule in Texas is bad enough, but I believe that McCombs is exercising this ridiculous policy based on their own admission's philosophy... even if it is one of the worst I've ever seen</p>
<p>75% of spots are reserved for top 10% students. Usually the cut-off is around 5% because so many ppl want to be in McCombs. The other 25% is reserved for non-top 10% students and not-in-the-cutoff top 10% students, OOS students, and nonranking high schools.</p>
<p>You got it perfectly right.... so what were you talking about up on the other post... its true that this ranking thing is totally ridiculous and techincally... UT only has to ACCEPT the top10% people not to the major of the preference.</p>
<p>Heh, now I'm getting confused.... the 25% of spots that aren't reserved for Top 10%'ers, do those spots also only go to high-rankers (Making the rule simply a formality)... or does McCombs actually admit people outside of the top 10%.</p>
<p>Those 25% spots are competitive, based on rank, SATs, ECs, essays, grades, etc. like any competitive private college I believe.</p>
<p>Yes UT IS obligated to admit top 10% ppl...they start with the top 1%..top 2%...etc until 75% of the spots are filled. A top 9% candidate with a 900 old SAT will not get into McCombs.</p>
<p>Yea I got discouraged about the BHP so I didnt even bother applying since nobody outside the top 10% seems to stand a chance.</p>
<p>I got into McCombs and will try to transfer into the BHP next year as a Sophomore, I'm a pretty good student and I'm confident in my ability to get a good GPA, but now I'm interested in tips for transferring into the BHP.</p>
<p>What are the big factors? How does one go about obtaining the average 3.9 GPA that BHP transfer students have? Is SAT still a factor? Etc...</p>
<p>I am a current Business Honors student in my fourth year, and I am fairly familiar with the program's policies. The only prerequisite for a freshmen applicant to be considered for the Business Honors Program is acceptance into the McCombs School of Business. Regardless of one's take on McCombs' admissions policies and how they apply the top 10% rule, to be considered I am a current Business Honors student in my fourth year, and I am fairly familiar with the program's policies. The only prerequisite for a freshmen applicant to be considered for the Business Honors Program is acceptance into the McCombs School of Business. Regardless of one's take on McCombs' admissions policies and how they apply the top 10% rule, to be considered for the BHP you have to be accepted to McCombs. I was under the impression that McCombs holistically evaluates applicants for the 25% of spots that are not determined by rank. However, it seems very plausible to me that strong applicants outside of the rank cutoff may still tend to have relatively high class ranks, making it seem as though rank still receives more weight.</p>
<p>As for the BHP, they definitely do a holistic review of all applications, using what I wound consider "an intelligent admissions process". GPA, class rank, SAT, extracurricular activities and leadership communicated through the essays and resume, letters of recommendation, and even extenuating circumstances are given a thorough review. It is a competitive and selective program, however, the resounding question in my mind is why would anyone not give it their best shot and apply.</p>
<p>The sophomore admissions process give students another opportunity to apply to the BHP. First year students apply during the spring semester of their first year. Again, the applicant is given a holistic review, but this time only college achievements are considered. I recommend going by the BHP office during your first year of McCombs to speak to one of the student recruiters about transferring.</p>