Texas Colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior that is getting ready to submit some applications. Please be honest I will not be offended.
I'm looking at in state schools only and have a list narrowed down to what I feel I can possibly get into.
My number one school is Baylor but I would also consider University of North Texas, Stephen F Austin, and Texas Tech. I'm not sure how realistic it is for a student like me to get into any of those schools let alone Baylor.</p>

<p>Here is my résumé:</p>

<p>Senior</p>

<p>Top quartile of a class of 550
I've taken a rigorous schedule and taken all Ap or Pre Ap classes except a handful of oppertunities.
6 AP classes and 12 pre Ap classes.
I've averaged a B in most of them.</p>

<p>My GPA on a 4.0 scale is a 3.2</p>

<p>As far as my Ap scores in 10th grade I took Ap World History and Scored a 2.
Junior year I scored 3's on AP US history an AP English Comp.
I plan to take economics, government, and English Lit.</p>

<p>My SAT score was not good at all I was sick that day so I don't plan to summit it.
My ACT was a 22 ( scored in top 5% with the writing portion)
I'm planning on taking another ACT test soon and my goal is at least a 24.</p>

<p>As far as clubs and extracurricular's I'm again the school nearly every day 3+ hours extra.
I've done 4 years Baseball (6 days a week 2nd semester 3 hours a day)
2 years robotics ( 3-5 hours 4 days a week and if it is still going on after baseball I go there)
Fishing Club (one day a week for 2 hours, but compete in tournaments around state)</p>

<p>I've had several letters of recommendations from teachers if that helps at all.</p>

<p>I'm also a white American Male, my parents support a good income so financial aid is not a top priority.( could this hurt my application by the way?)</p>

<p>As far as degree, I would really like to go into computer science.
Please be honest and if there are any other in state schools I would be interested to hear about it.</p>

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<p>Below are the automatic admission cutoffs for public Texas schools. You are an automatic admit for Stephen F. Austin. If you can get your ACT up by one point to a 23 you’ll be an automatic admit for University of North Texas.</p>

<p><a href=“Texas Public Universities - Requirements for Guaranteed Admission 2015 - State Forums - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/texas-colleges/1677484-texas-public-universities-requirements-for-guaranteed-admission-2015.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Any idea how much I would need to improve my score to have a decent shot at Baylor?</p>

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<p>Baylor is probably out of reach.
Texas Tech and UT Dallas would be reachable reaches, and Texas State is a match.
Southwestern would be another one you can look into. Also UT El Paso and UT Tyler, plus St Edward’s if you like the city of Austin or UHouston if you like Houston.
What about University of Oklahoma?
For University of North Texas as long as you increase your ACT you’re sure to get in.</p>