ut grad wanting to apply to ut grad school for spanish

Graduate School
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<p>i am graduating from ut austin with a bachelor's in spanish (minor in english), and a cumulative GPA of 2.9 and upper division of 3.6</p>

<p>i had a rough first year because basically i had no idea what to do with my life, no real drama here, i just wasn't sufficiently prepared as i thought i was. i am a first generation immigrant and permanent resident, came to live here when i was 15. </p>

<p>i've been working as a research assistant for a tenured prof for about a year now, with immigrant families and i've done quite well. </p>

<p>i've yet to take the GRE (plan to take a year off to fully concentrate on this)</p>

<p>i want to apply to the spanish grad program at ut austin, and i know ut doesn't like students to stay for grad school. do i have enough chances??</p>

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<p>and i know ut doesn’t like students to stay for grad school.</p>

<p>Do you mean that you know your own department doesn’t like its undergrads to stay for graduate school? Because this is rarely a university-wide policy; each department’s professors decide how they want to select their own graduate students.</p>

<p>Anyway, there’s no way we can calculate or predict your chances. You may have a lowish overall GPA but your major and upper-division GPA, combined with an otherwise outstanding application, may gain you entry. If you went to UT for undergrad, why don’t you ask a trusted professor that you were close with about your competitiveness as an applicant to his/her department? Otherwise, all you can do is apply and hope for the best.</p>