<p>Okay so I know I am in the top ten percent of my class, actually top 1% of my class, but for schools such as UT Austin, or TAMU, or UT Dallas, how much will my SAT/ACT affect my college application in getting to the school that I want to go to? My sat/act scores do not look too good for my application because I am not a big fan of standaridzed test, but let say I want to go undeclared into UT Austin school of undergrad studies. Is there a certain SAT score to get in or will I undoubtedly be "cap"?
Is there also a certain requirement for the TAMU admissions to engineering or can I just go undeclared for the first two years than do an internal transfer to the Look school of engineering?</p>
<p>A mediocre SAT won’t keep you out of UT if you’re going in as undergraduate studies. It might affect your chances of being admitted to engineering or business, but other than that I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>From what I have heard A&M is first come first serve in terms of majors for top 10%</p>
<p>UT I think factors in SAT/ACT for their Business and Engineering schools but will still give you admission for their Arts and Sciences school.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how it would affect being admitted to your major at A&M, but at UT they definitely take standardized testing into account when admitting people to the more competitive majors, like those in the engineering school. In any case, you are automatically admitted to both, so worst comes to worst you can just transfer into your preferred major after a year or so.</p>
<p>So when Texas schools is looking into automatic admission, they look primarily at your junior year in high school? IF my rank in senior year goes down a bit, will it affect my automatic admission to that particular school?</p>
<p>What are your scores? You should do reasonably well in ACT if you are in top 1%.</p>
<p>TAMU and UTD dole out merit scholarships based on your test scores. So it might be worth good money to do well in those.</p>
<p>Yes that is kind of the problem. I am not really a good test taker, nor do I like standardized tests like the SAT/ACT.</p>