University of Texas at Austin Chance

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. The main reason is my GPA and class rank. As you may know, UT has an auto-admission process that accepts the top 8% (this year) and I’m top 14%. If you could give me a straightforward answer of whether or not I can get in, that would be great.

GPA: 3.06
Class Rank: Top 14% out of 500+ students
Unweighted: 11.7 (unusual scale, but take all honors and AP courses)
SAT: 1840 (610M, 670W, 560 CR) (10 essay)
Preferred Major: Applying for Business and Regular Undergrad

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 - UIL State Qualifier and TFA State Qualifier
-Pole vaulter for the school and for a club (takes a lot of my time)
-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: Very good - edited extensively by English teacher
Income: over 200k a year
Recommendations: Municipal court judge and Debate coach

Senior year course load:

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

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

SAT to low and so is class rank. Apply at Texas Tech

You might get pace or cap. You need like a 2200 on your sat with that rank. plus your class isnt that big.

What major are you applying to?

You won’t be competitive for UT-Austin. Try some of the other schools in the UT system, A&M or Texas Tech.

The OP is a senior, so he should have heard from UT by now. Please read the OP carefully before applying. This one is five months old.