University of Texas at Austin admission

Hey guys, I’m a senior currently in the application process living in Texas. I’ve been a little worried about getting into my dream school, the University of Texas at Austin (preferably Mccombs). The main reason is my GPA and class rank. As you may know, UT has an auto-admission process that accepts the top 7%. I am not in that top 7 percent. If you could give me a straightforward answer of whether or not I can get in, that would be great.

GPA: 3.1
Class Rank: 86/539 (top 16%)
Unweighted: 11.7 (unusual scale, but take all honors and AP courses)
SAT: 1740 superscore (610M, 590W, 540 CR)
ACT: 30 superscore
Preferred Major: Entrepreneurship

ECs:
-Started a club called Young America Capitalists where we compete in a virtual stock market (got 7th in region)
-Interact club (Treasurer)
-Student to Student (Treasurer)
-Teen court attorney for the city court
-Debate/Speech - compete in Mock Trial and Congressional Debate
-Pole vaulter for the school and for a club
-Future Business Leaders of America

Work: Spent this past summer, overlapping school a bit, lifeguarding at 40 hours a week.
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
Essays: From what I’ve written, they are very good because I have had a major life-changing experience that resulted in a paradigm shift.
Income: over 200k a year
Recommendations: Municpial court judge, economics teacher, and pole vault coach

Senior year course load:

AP Statistics
AP English IV
AP Biology
Debate II (Honors)
Track
AP Government
AP Economics

Also, I was wondering If UT takes 1st semester of senior year into consideration because the application deadline is December 1st and we do not get our transcripts until after that.

If you need any more information to judge my chances of getting into UT just let me know! Thanks!

I don’t think UT superscores ACT: http://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-that-superscore-act-complete-list (most don’t)

I live in Texas too, and it looks like you’re a pretty decent fit. That GPA seems to be the only thing holding you back, but you also look to be taking difficult classes. I’m fairly certain UT doesn’t take first semester transcripts into consideration, but don’t quote me on that.

UT does not superscore…with that said. I would say UT is a reach for your with your stats. Although an outstanding essay may help.

Are you applying to McCombs? Then you are probably looking at CAP. It is tough to get into UT.