<p>This thread is for people who have applied and there experiences OOS. Please post your statistics, state and decision. I've been doing a lot of research on this and it seems near impossible to get in so i'm just looking for some first hand accounts. I'll be applying OOS in the fall from NY.
3.4 UW GPA
1500 SAT
34 ACT
Class doesn't rank
Great essays, A- Recs
Ec's- 3 years varsity tennis, treasurer of FBLA and a finance like club, art honors society.
No community service
6 AP's, relatively rigorous schedule. Nothing less than 4's on AP'S
Applying form top 100 public school</p>
<p>DO COMMUNITY SERVICE!!! Colleges are very interested in people with large numbers of community service. Try to at least get 40 community service hours, and if still possible raise your GPA.</p>
<p>My son considered UT-Austin as an OOS application last fall. After talking to friends living in Texas he came to the same conclusion you did, that Texas takes very, very few OOS applicants. The truth is that UT-A can fill the school with in-state candidates who are top 8% of their graduating class. As a result they take only truly exceptional OOS candidates and the financial aid is lousy. He chose not to apply, though two of his classmates did and were rejected (1 - 3.7/2150, 2 - 3.8/2100). The recession is forcing states like California and Texas to take more higher-paying OOS candidates, but it’s hardly a flood.</p>
<p>P.S. Community service is nice, but public universities tend to be numbers driven on GPA and SATs. In-state 3.8/2000 with no community service will get in over Mother Theresa is she’s OOS. Community service has a bigger sway over private schools. Besides, adding 40 hours of CS in your senior year is only going to look like resume padding and not a real commitment.</p>