McCombs School of Business Admissions Question

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I was reading the information regarding admissions to McCombs on their website when I came across this:</p>

<p>"The top 10% law guarantees admission to the University. It does not, however, guarantee admission into the McCombs School of Business.</p>

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<li>A maximum of 75% of the class (approximately 900 students) is admitted according to rank. The Office of Admission begins with those students ranked in the top 1%, followed by top 2%, and so on until 75% of the class is filled.</li>
<li>The remaining 25% of our spots (approximately 300 students) are admitted through a competitive process. Students from non-ranking high schools, foreign, out of state, non-top 10%, and those who are not admitted into the first 75% compete for the remaining spots. Rank (if students have one), essays, honors/awards, leadership activities, community service, test scores, and special circumstances are all considered in determining admission for the remaining 25%.</li>
<li>If not admitted to McCombs as a freshman, UT students will have the opportunity to apply for admission through the internal transfer process."</li>
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<p>A little information about myself:</p>

<p>I checked Unspecified Business as my first choice major.
I WAS ranked 18/460 when I applied (top 3.9%), but am now 15/460 (top 3.2%).</p>

<p>My acceptance letter and the website say that I've been admitted to the School of Undergraduate Studies (Undeclared).</p>

<p>If the admissions is based on rank, was mine not high enough? They say they admit around 900 based on rank strictly, so I guess it wasn't.</p>

<p>But my friend who wasn't in the top 25% of my school got accepted into McCombs.</p>

<p>Is there any way I can appeal the rejection by sending in a new transcript?</p>

<p>Or is there a way to get in another way? Or should I just forget about all of this and try and get in my sophomore year (if that's possible)?</p>

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<p>I was top 3.8 and did not get in. My friend was lower than me but he got in, and his SAT and ACT SUCKED! But he did have a disability and connections in the school so I think that’s how he got in. -.- Anyway, try the internal transfer your sophomore year.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t do the appeal. I talked to the counselor and he said unless their was a genuine mistake on your application that could’ve hindered your chances, appealing looks kinda bad on your half. :confused: You could try though…my counselor at UT advised against it though.</p>

<p>He said last year the lowest GPA they were accepting for Internal Transfer was 3.6 and they did accept a few that were 3.57 - 3.59. And it said it MIGHT get lower since their grading system changed.</p>

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<p>this is very strange…my assessment says you should have got in.</p>

<p>■■■■■ alert?</p>

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<p>u should send your new transcript in.
It’s worth a try, and I say u have a good chance :)</p>

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<p>I might only consider doing that appeal thing If my rank shot up a lot. Hmmm…>< </p>

<p>But yeah…I thought it was weird. Many peeps from my school got in who were lower than me in both rank and SAT/ACT. -shrugs- Who am I to say though. Must’ve had AMAZING essays. Haha.</p>

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<p>But I thought the admissions was based solely on rank if you’re in the top 10%.</p>

<p>I just assumed that I barely missed it since the 900th person admitted was probably like a top 3.7%er. But even that is a pretty big assumption.</p>

<p>My letters of rec and essay were definitely good enough too.</p>

<p>Does anyone know a specific phone number I could call or an email address to ask some questions?</p>

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<p>I feel the exact same way. :confused: I wouldn’t call them to complain though because that would be wrong way to do it. Do the appeals, would be better in that case.</p>

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<p>tell us what you find out, aryakk
i was top 3.8 as well, same situation as you x]</p>

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<p>I guess I really have nothing to appeal.</p>

<p>I just laugh at the fact that I would have a better chance of getting into McCombs if I was in the 11th percentile instead of the 3rd.</p>

<p>And I doubt that moving up a couple of rankings would put me into the 900 that were admitted, if they even considered those types of changes after sending out admissions decisions.</p>

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<p>Any insight?</p>

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<p>Called an admissions woman. She said that they aren’t doing the “900 from top 10%, 300 from outside” thingy this year.</p>

<p>They are admitting everyone based on qualifications regardless of rank.</p>

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<p>Way to change the game in the middle. Seems they could have announced they were making a change a couple of years ago.</p>

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<p>^
Interesting. I would have never thought they would changed it WITHOUT informing students (or did they do that?). That seems like a shady move.</p>

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<p>Not to boast, but I’m even more surprised I didn’t get into McCombs immediately. </p>

<p>Will they allow any waitlisted students to join McCombs or is it all filled up.</p>

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<p>i think they will if space is open, when will you know something from the admissions regarding the wait list that your on</p>

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<p>May 13th. For some reason they are allowing until April 1 for you to decide if you want to even join the waitlist.</p>

<p>I wish they made you decide sooner so that they would be able to notify you sooner.</p>

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<p>Sweet jesus, there’s even a waitlist that I didn’t make onto?</p>

<p>Maybe I wasn’t as qualified as I (and my counselors) thought I was.</p>

<p>My friend got accepted and he’s in the 27th percentile at my school, and his grades aren’t too hot because he slacks majorly. I originally thought this was because he was being assessed in a different pool of applicants (those outside of top 10%), but the woman on the phone yesterday told me they scrapped that scheme and just put everyone in the same pool together.</p>

<p>The irony in all of this is that he copies MY work to get through school, and he ended up getting in.</p>

<p>So, life lesson for everyone:</p>

<p>Slackers win in the end?</p>

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<p>^No, I think the life lesson is that you don’t let people use you for your work and submit it as their own.</p>

<p>Nonetheless - I’m sorry that you didn’t get into McCombs; it appears as though you’re very academically driven. Do you have good ECs / volunteering / community service?</p>