I have to repost this because it’s not letting me edit my last thread. Please, any input would be very helpful. I’m deciding between applying to McCombs (what I really want to do but very competitive) versus applying to economics in the COLA (much easier to get in and then transfer out)
I am currently a junior at a public high school in texas and my stats are as follows:
Class rank: Top 22% (weighted 4.1 uw 3.5) - i Know its bad, i somewhat slacked off a little until my junior year
Also have only taken honors/ap classes.
ACT : 35(could maybe do better,am taking it in a month)
SAT Subject tests: Have taken the math one, got around 720 but i know UT doesnt look at subject tests
EC: member of multiple honor societies, business organization, math and science teams
Leadership positions: class officer, secretary of the science National honor society and historian of the future business leaders organization.
Also helped found and start a club dealing with children in poor countries and fundraising for them. Have also raised over 5,000$ in research for various causes and am looking to start my own small startup business / charity.
Have over 100+ community service hours
2 jobs; one is tutoring and another at retail
Have had an internship at a business firm, and have spent much of my summers volunteering.
Will work hard on my college essays and could get good teacher recs from my business teacher.
Please let me know if i have any chance of getting in i Have wanted to go here since my freshman year of high school.
*Also, major awards would just include Ap scholar award
Additionally, I have played the piano for 6 years but I don’t think that matters because I haven’t won any awards for it.
transferring into McCombs is not any easier. To transfer you need to have 24 credits or more, 1 year of Calc, 1 year of Economics, and really need a 3.8 GPA to feel safe. I think the lowest I’ve heard is a 3.6. So if you can’t get in to McCombs right away, you could try this. Worst case you stay in Economics, and then take the McCombs Business Foundations series. Its basically a minor in Business for students who are not in McCombs but want Business as a minor.
In late 2016, the internal transfer requirements will change:
http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2015-2016/uc_change/bus/internal_trnsfr.pdf
You’ll have to have 26 hours in residence instead of 24. The minimum GPA will move to a 3.25. They say in this document that it has not been below a 3.4 in reality even though the website has said 3.0, Moving to a 3.25 will just give people more realistic expectations.
So would it just be smarter for me to take my chances with McCombs, even though I have an extremely slim chance of getting in, rather than get in economics and transfer out?
Are you willing to stay in Economics if you get into it and then can’t transfer into McCombs? That is the question. If not, then apply to business. If you can make something outside of business work as a plan B, it may be a good way to go. But there were plenty of people who got capped this year even going the COLA route with better ranks than yours.
@gettingschooled thanks! I don’t think i would be willing to stay in economics if I couldn’t transfer out, so it would probably be wise for me based off that to apply for business. Is there anything i could do that could potentially strengthen my application to McCombs and draw a little light off of my class rank?
I realized I never specified my ethnicity and income. I am Asian and my parents make a good amount of money around maybe 300,000$ collectively annually. I know neither of these factors will helpme in the application process though.