UT Austin Class of 2021 Applicants "Non-Auto Admit"

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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Daughter accepted to McCombs on February 17.

In State - Homeschool (NOT for religious reasons), lots of hours at Austin Community College, eclectic education

ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0
Rank: N/A (non-ranking school - homeschooler - mostly Austin Community College)
Other stats: 39 completed hours at ACC, 4.0 GPA at ACC (dual credit)

Essays: 2 (not sure how strong they were - probably pretty good based on feedback)
Teacher Recs: 1 from Calculus I Prof (Austin Community College), didn’t see it, but probably pretty strong, close to the prof and did very well in her class
Counselor Rec: Strong - from her mom/principal/high school counselor

State or Country: Texas
High School Type, Relative Competitiveness (1-5): Not sure how to answer that
Ethnicity: White
Sex at Birth: Female

Other Factors: Had adequate number of EC’s, did some volunteer work in the summers, had 1 paid job tutoring another ACC student in pre-calc and calculus

Honors: Phi Theta Kappa (community college academic honors)

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S was accepted into ChemE in February.

In-state / ACT: 33 / Rank 12% / GPA 4.0 out of 4.0 (school weighs AP classes, but lowest single raw grade in all years was 89%) / 10 AP / Eagle Scout / Band