What are my chances for UT-Austin?

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Hi, I’m from Michigan and want to major in either MIS at McCombs or Computer Science at Cockrell.

Background: First gen college student, lower-middle class, half-Asian, half-URM
GPA: 3.4W (went to a competitive high school, class rank is top 10 percent)
SAT score: 1870 (670 math, 600 reading, 600 writing)

Schedule: 9th grade:
AP World History
Advanced Algebra I
Geophysical Science
English 1
Spanish 1
PE

10th grade:
AP US History
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
Spanish 2
American Literature
Advanced Baseball & Conditioning

11th grade:
AP Micro/Macroeconomics
AP English Language
AP U.S. Government
Honors Precalc w/ Trig
Honors Chemistry
Spanish 3

12th grade:
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Psychology
AP Computer Science
Computer Applications
Intro to C#

I currently have a 3.8W GPA in my senior year

Extra-curriculars:
Football (Varsity junior, senior year)
Baseball (Varsity junior, senior)
Track (Varsity sophomore, junior year)
National Honors Society (4 years)
Developed mobile app for local charity, which is currently on the App store
Student of the Month awards
Congressional Recognition Award
AP Scholar Award

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You’re scores are low but you may be pleasantly surprised. Go for it! Only problem is UT by law only accepts 7% out of state students and 2% international students so it’s very competitive. Also, just FYI scholarship dollars for out of state students are extremely scarce…practically non-existent which stinks. Out of state tuition is pricey.

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Scores are on the low side but I don’t see it as an impossibility.

I used to live in Michigan too, why not apply for University of Michigan? Ross is a very good business school and Engineering at Michigan is pretty top notch as well. I’m actually considering going back there as well for one of my choices.