Texas legislature can be messed up sometimes...

<p>My dream school has always been UT Austin college of Natural Sciences...</p>

<p>I went to an extremely competitive high school in Texas in which EVERYONE tries (half of our class of 640 has a 3.85 weighted GPA - grade inflation, i know).. Unfortunately, I messed around fresh/soph year which caused me to not be in the top 10%.. I'm not stupid, at least I don't think I am.. When I try, I understand concepts pretty easily..</p>

<p>I don't want to go far from home, I love Austin.. I have looked at Rice (too hard to get into), A&M(don't really like it as much), and Baylor (i hate the fact that they're religious and it would be WAY too expensive).. UT would be like 7k dollars per year, that's nothing.. baylor would be like 30k..</p>

<p>The stupid 10% law that was enacted like 20 years ago is really making me suffer.. If you know anything about it, you know that me not being in the top 10% REALLY screws my chances badly. </p>

<p>Getting into a state school is not supposed to be hard, especially for someone who's decently smart. Now, it seems the only option for me is doing the stupid "CAP" program.. jesus christ... I don't want to live in some dumb party school (UTSA) where the average SAT score is literally like 1490 for a year. I want to learn and get ready to apply to medical school..</p>

<p>So here I am stressing out literally doing EVERYTHING in my power to make my application more attractive before UT's deadline on December 1st..</p>

<p>-I've been volunteering 40 hours per week my entire summer, by the time school starts in august I'll have circa 600 hours.... I have been studying my ass off for the SAT, sitting here at 2:30 A.m memorizing every single Direct hits vocab word and taking practice tests, I'll need a 2100+ if I want even a decent chance at UTA..
already set myself up for a fun FUN FUN senior year- </p>

<p>ap calc bc
ap physics c
ap chem
ap bio
ap literature
ap gov
ap economics
anatomy&physiology</p>

<p>I wish I could just get right into UTA, i'm really stressing out about this. A student like me doesn't belong at UTSA (not trying to being arrogant at all, I just mean that I'm going to be 99% more motivated than everyone there.) </p>

<p>I don't want to mess around anymore. I just want to get into UTA natural sciences, do everything in my power to get a 4.0 and destroy the mcat and get into med school... I wish colleges didn't judge you as an adult on grades you got as a 13-15 year old..</p>

<p>Anyway.. if you read all of this.. haha you must be really bored. Sorry, just had to vent</p>

<p>So you messed around freshman and sophomore years, and now you’re angry that you don’t have the same opportunities as your classmates who didn’t mess around freshman and sophomore years? And the Texas legislature should have made provision for people who mess around freshman and sophomore years?</p>

<p>The saving grace is that apparently you’ve realized the error of your ways. You can still get into a college, probably a fairly good college - and people who have outstanding records at less-prestigious colleges are accepted into medical school all the time. Concentrate on doing well this year and on finding a college you can afford and can get into, and move forward with your life.</p>