<p>I have been looking into colleges in texas, and from everything i see they dont report gpa's... i have a horrible gpa but my SAT is a little below average i got a 1560, 550 M 530 W 480 CR. </p>
<p>Does anyone know that when applying to a school in texas do you have to give them your gpa because i dont think you do. Also with my SAT scores do you think i could barely get into Texas Christian University? I live in new jersey and i have plenty of ec's and stuff.</p>
<p>That a college chooses to report class rank rather than GPA in its common data set for use by USNews does not mean GPA is unimportant. It is important and you have to give them GPA because as part of application you have to have your high school send an official high school transcript. It is that transcript which they actually use to determine admission not what you might mention on your application so whether they ask for you to state GPA on application is really irrelevant to the admission decision.</p>
<p>From what I read in the University of Texas’ Common Data Set, the University of Texas uses class rank and does not use GPA in its freshman admissions process.</p>
<p>But Texas Christian University is a different school which has different admissions criteria. Its Common Data Set says that both GPA and class rank are “very important”.</p>
<p>The “rank culture” in Texas college admissions flows from the fact that UT (and some other publics) follows a statutory admission scheme that guarantees admission to in-state students who have earned the highest ranks, e.g., if you’re in the top 9% of your Texas HS class, you are an “auto admit” to UT’s Class of 2012.</p>
<p>The emphasis on rank as an admission factor–which usually extends to all applicants, regardless of residency–doesn’t mean GPA is ignored. Rank is simply an expression of GPA in context, and your GPA is shown on your transcript. (In fact, if your school doesn’t rank, the state schools working under a statutory formula will give you a rank. Here’s what UT says about it: “For students from non-ranking schools, a rank is estimated using the student’s GPA and grade distributions provided by the schools.”)</p>
<p>So, OP, what is your rank? You will note from TCU’s Common Data Set that 33% of last year’s freshmen were ranked in the top 10%, and 65% were in the top quarter of their class. As for SAT, you can also see your sub-scores are right at the 25th percentile. <a href=“http://www.ir.tcu.edu/zfiles/TCUCDS2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ir.tcu.edu/zfiles/TCUCDS2010.pdf</a> </p>
<p>If you’re Jets fan from NJ, perhaps you became interested in TCU from reading the recent NYTimes article about how “hot” TCU is right now because of their football coach and the significant non-sports contributions he has made to the school. (If you didn’t see the article, do a search for TCU and Patterson.)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>