<p>Hey there,
Just wondering if anyone has heard of any instances of people receiving their acceptance but have not qualified for the instant acceptance in-state for Texas Schools.</p>
<p>Also I was wondering if you guys could check out the supplemental resume I submitted and guage my chances considering that I'm not admitted under the top-ten rule. I am in my second year of AP English and wrote some very compelling essays with the help of both of my AP teachers and some very capable peers. Thanks again.</p>
<p>Cheers,
Vince</p>
<p>(sorry about the formating it got a little screwy when uploading it to google docs.)</p>
<p>Which college did you apply to?
I’m not asking because of your resume, I’m just curious. :]
I think you have a good chance of getting in. It’s always iffy, though, because there are a lot of well-qualified kids like you who don’t get in for some odd reason. Probably because there are too many of them.
Sorry, I sound like Debby-downer. Don’t be discouraged, I’m sure you’ll be fine!</p>
<p>You’ve got a solid chance. It all depends on what college you applied to (Liberal Arts, Geosciences, or Natural Sciences are the easiest to get in to).</p>
<p>I applied to cockrells engineering (biomedical engineering) first choice and liberal arts as a back-up I wish I would have done natural science as a back up but that’s okay.</p>
<p>Hey you are in the same boat as me, we will know in MARCH. i cant wait hopefully i get in but if not i will be at Texas Tech in the fall… but yea i talked to my admissions counselor for the Dallas area he just said to hold tight and keep my fingers crossed. and i have been googling decisions for regular admission should be known by March - Early April</p>
<p>You’ve got probably a 50% chance at liberal arts and a 10% chance at BME. Your math SAT/ACT score is not very strong, which will hurt you, especially in engineering admissions. From your resume, I see you haven’t taken calculus, which is another demerit (considering your school offers it). UT admissions is very stats based (unfortunately). I doubt they even read half the essays :(. </p>
<p>And you can switch from liberal arts to natural sciences immediately, if you get in, as they are both open schools (last time I heard, don’t know if this has changed…). </p>
<p>You seem to be very good/interested in the liberal arts, may I ask why you want to pursue BME? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys. Navyarf, I really enjoy my ap biology class and am considering microbiology as well for a major. It seems like today graduating with a MLA is equivalent to not graduating at all. Im a pretty motivated indivdual, it came as a surprise to me what you said as about the scores as I’m almost 150 above the mean at UT. I guess it doesn’t really matter because I’m not guarenteed admission due to my rank. I really due appreciate your honesty, I’ll be sure to post updates as soon as I get them.</p>
<p>The low (and deceptive) SAT mean at UT is partly a result of the top 10% policy. Students with high class rank and low SAT scores from mediocre high schools are admitted, dragging down the SAT mean.</p>
<p>From anecdotal evidence, top 20% combined with a 1400+ M/V SAT will usually get a non top 10% student in. When you get down in the 1300 range, admissions becomes iffy. When you get down in the 1000-1100 SAT range, it’s almost always a no. You are actually competing with a different group of students when you are not top 10%. In the non top 10% pool, UT selects athletes first (for obvious reasons…), then kids with special talents, and then finally everyone else is compared (most likely) with a SAT/GPA/Class rank type formula. In this pool, I imagine UT likes to select students with the higher SAT’s first, to boost their US news ranking and overall reputation (trying to balance out the auto-admits with low SAT’s). </p>
<p>BME is more engineering than biology. Students who are not strong in math/programming tend to struggle with the quantitative requirements (calculus, physics, etc). So definitely take time to think about it. </p>
<p>Agreed, graduating with a liberal arts degree from UT isn’t the most advantageous situation to be in. A lot of UT’s undergraduate LA programs are not extremely strong. Best to choose a “hard” field provided you like the work and can handle it reasonably. </p>
<p>If you do get CAP, with your ability, making the transfer requirement should be no problem </p>
<p>I want to send my sincere thanks for taking the time to write all that, I kinda needed a reality check I understood that there really were to seperate pools just not how competitive the non-top-10 was. Thanks again.</p>
<p>Have you heard from Honors yet. Do they take into consideration number of APs taken? Just wondering how they do it or if it is just by Scores and GPA</p>
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