<p>Congratulations to all who have been admitted to Plan II. It's a great program with wonderful opportunities. For those who are hoping to get some handle on what they may be looking for, I am starting this thread for either admitted or rejected students to give their stats.</p>
<p>Rejected:
SAT: 1600
SAT II: 800/760/800
7 AP's taken so far, 5 of which are 5's, others were 4's, another 8 being taken in May
Rank:3/450
Race/gender: white guy
Only minor leadership positions
State level academic winner in various events
Money prize winner in writing contest
Published a few times in small journals
Hook: National ranking in extracurricular activity</p>
<p>it was superscored and obviously not helpful in this particular case but I have gotten into a couple of other great schools and hope to find out even more yes’s on april 1</p>
<p>wow your stats had you set, the only reasons i can see is maybe a lack of ECs, but not really because you’re nationally ranked in something (sports i presume?) and i think the essays killed you. Also, Austin doesn’t superscore, they take your best test date, not sections from across dates. Did you make/apply for LAH?</p>
<p>I’m into TCU, UVA, Baylor and Vanderbilt. Waiting on the others. Didn’t know about UT not superscoring, that’s interesting. I did not apply to LAH; I didn’t really learn about it until after I had already applied but I have heard some very nice things about it. Are you guys doing Plan II?</p>
<p>sorry, thisismyhandle, I’m sure there’s a great school out there just hoping you will attend it. would you mind posting some stats so future applicants can get a feel for their chances?</p>
<p>sorry to hear that @thisismyhandle ): and yeah a lot american universities don’t like international students so much unless they’re absolutely superb and the top 10 percent rule at UT austin doesn’t exactly help you guys either. You’re right about the politics that go into it though, however I’m sure you can overcome them and go to another great school.</p>
<p>SAT: 1510/2310 (750 reading, 760 math, 800 writing)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 730 English Lit, 670 US History >.> yeeeah haha
IB Diploma Candidate, 4 Physics 5 Spanish. Basically I sucked.
AP’s: 5 Human Geo, 5 English Language, 4 US History, 3 Spanish
Top 6% in senior class of 1490. My public school is ranked in top 5% of the nation.
Race/gender: asian chick
Top leadership positions every year in JROTC (except for this year, but I’m second in command and first in command is usually reserved for a west point hopeful/scary manly guy.)
International in academic competition (JROTC related) and piano
published 2 books (nothing fancy, just a speech writing guide for middle school students)
decent volunteering service
small local art awards
wrote blog for 2 years on parenting teens and how to connect better/how we think</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that as an asian chick, what really made me stand out was JROTC…and being 3-time regional champion for riflery. The shooting kind, not the spinning kind.</p>
<p>I had one average rec and one great rec, and seeing as how my GPA was going in a vicious downward trend, I concentrated on my essays.</p>
<p>great job, etceterae and accountingcat, I am sure you will do Austin proud. I think that my best fit is probably elsewhere. I have not been offered anything at UT. I believe they changed their National Merit policy.</p>
<p>My son got waitlisted for Plan II, but made it into Honor’s Engineering with a $36K scholarship. 2340 SAT, 4 out of 640 class rank, 7 ap exams all 5’s, will take 5 more this year. Varsity lacrosse, theater and science fair winner all 4 years. Plan II is clearly looking for something else!</p>
<p>wow, those are great stats, utalum. sounds like you are one very happy family with that huge scholarship and the honors designation. thanks for helping to give out more info on what plan II might be looking for. all the best to your son!</p>
<p>I got in and I have little clue to what they look for, haha. It’s a concealed mystery! :O</p>
<p>All that’s apparent is that they place huge emphasis on writing and being well-rounded, and then they look for, literally, “Plan II-ness.” XD it’s self referential.</p>