UT Austin URGENT!!!(special circumstance?)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thank you for clicking on this, because this is something that I hold near and dear to my heart. My dream is to go to UT Austin,but I am afraid that my grades will prevent me from reaching this goal. Below I have listed a bit of what my life has been like as well as my academics and extracurriculars. </p>

<p>I am currently a junior in high school who is doing the full IB program. I live overseas and I have been doing so my whole life due to my father's job. I am still an American citizen and I am looking into options for college. I have selected a few schools that I'm thinking of applying to, but my dream school is UT Austin. I know it is a very competitive school and it would be my dream to get the opportunity to study there.</p>

<p>I started of with a strong GPA my freshman year at around 3.88 but when my father was reassigned to a new country my grades began to drop to a B- range and I got a few C's in my more difficult classes. I overwhelmed myself with too many courses (including Chinese and extra Science classes.) I started the IB program this year and my grades have been going up with the exception of one class but that is under control now.My grades dropped to moving to a new country and starting at a new school. I am a Texas resident but I have gotten to experience the diverse cultures of the world since I was a young child.</p>

<p>My question is, do I have any remote chance of getting into UT Austin. Are there any particular schools I should apply to? My interests are in Business (I am doing IB Business and planning on doing it HL,) and in the Performing Arts.</p>

<p>My Academics:
- Doing the full IB Diploma, I am strong in all my classes
-By the time I apply I will be at around a 3.2/3.3 GPA
-My high school does not give out any class rank, I've asked my counselor and they will not provide the university with this information
-SAT: 1920
-Extra Curricular Activities:
Performing Arts- I am heavily involved with the PA program in my school and I have been the lead in my school's musical. I take singing lessons as well as piano lessons. I am also in the IB music class at my school.
Community Service- I am involved in a number of community service projects. Most of them include helping the environment and raising money for worthy causes.
Languages- I can speak English, Spanish, and French fluently. I am currently studying Chinese and Portugese outside of school.
Jobs: I have gotten the opportunity to work at the Embassy for one summer dealing with consular affairs. During the school year I take care of pets (this is because overseas I am not allowed to work because I am considered underage.)
Summer Programs: I have attended various French language courses, and I was selected to attend a leadership conference at Columbia University last year through a program that my counselor recommended me for. </p>

<p>Please help me! I really want to go to this school and I don't know what the best way to get in is.</p>

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<p>I doubt that you’ll be accepted, but luck plays a role in admissions process so… good luck</p>

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<p>UT Austin: Reach (unless, somehow, that amounted to a top-7%)</p>

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<p>I think you definitely have a chance. </p>

<p>There are four things that can happen: You can get rejected, capped, accepted as a summer freshman on a conditional basis, or just straight out accepted. UT looks at a lot more than GPA.</p>

<p>The business school is one of the top in the national, so your chances of getting into that school as a freshman are slim. You’d have to basically have a 4.0 throughout your entire freshman year to get in. But I’m pretty sure that they ask you your top 2 or 3 choices, so if you don’t get into the business program, they can consider you for another program. </p>

<p>If you get capped, you can go to a sister school like UTSA for a year, and if you do well, then you can transfer to UT. A lot of students do this option, and it works out really well for them. </p>

<p>Your GPA is really not bad at all. Just play up the rest of your attributes, like how you can speak multiple languages. Don’t count yourself out before you even try! The things you listed about yourself are pretty impressive.</p>

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<p>If they ask you for two options of schools to apply to, I would put business first and then liberal arts second.</p>

<p>If they just ask for one, go with liberal arts</p>