Hello, I am currently a junior in highschool trying to see if I can get into UT mccombs undergrad. My Stats:
GPA:
Unweighted-3.75
Weighted-4.29
Rank- top 15%
ACT:
33
English:35
Math:34
Reading:33
Science:31
EC: Shadowed a cardiologist and business executive for more than 100 hours. Started my own fundraiser and raised in total $10,000 for a cancer patient. Varsity basketball for 2 years. Speak 5 languages(from Pakistan). NHS member. Student council representative. President and founder of dodgeball club. Vice president/secretary of Muslim Student Association. Volunteered almost 150 hours. Etc.
Ik my GPA and rank is not great at all, but I feel like my EC’s and ACT score will boost my application a bit. What do ya’ll think my chances are?
Reach. The acceptance rate for in state students not in the top 7% is only 15%, and McCombs and Cockrell are even more difficult to get into, so definitley no guarantees
Unless you write very compelling essays and higher SAT/ACT scores or an IB degree, I’d say your chance is small.
@CertifiedCC no disrespect but the average SAT on the UT MCCOMBS website was a 1315. My ACT score equates to a 1500. Is my score not high enough already?
source: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Career-Services/Statistics/Student-Demographics
@MambaMentality Those scores are weighed down by individuals who get in automatically
McCombs is popular and quite competitive and a lot of auto-admits will choose McCombs.
I am only saying that having a high score is one of the things that you can help you to get in. Even if you are lucky to get in, you will unlikely be awarded any merit-based scholarship from UT.
FYI – My son was admitted to the UT engineering this year without being in top 7%, His ACT composite score is 35, and his SAT scores are also in top 1%.
I don’t mean to discourage anyone, but my D had very similar stats this year and was flat out denied to McCombs. Her school doesn’t rank and she is around top 11%, 3.9 unweighted GPA, 1450 SAT, and National Merit Commended. We were shocked and disappointed. I am an alum with 2 degrees and have now completely disavowed UT — they will never see another penny from me. Good news is that she will be attending a better, more highly ranked university in Virginia. I don’t think I recognize UT anymore — it’s no longer the university I attended. The very sad events of yesterday and 13 months ago certainly make me relieved that my D will attend a much smaller, better ranked school in Virginia. Yes, we’ll have to pay out of state tuition, but it will be worth it, especially for the professional connections within the DC area.
@JackM82 Being a auto-admit gets you into the University but not into the specific school per say Mccombs. So how would the scores be weighed down? Just trying to learn more about the admission process, if I sound hostile I apologize.
@Longhornalum2 Hello is that a 3.9 out of 5 or 4?
@MambaMentality It is a 3.9 unweighted, which means 3.9 out of 4.0. But GPA is irrelevant, because UT Admissions does not even consider GPA in the admissions process. Instead, the admissions office heavily weighs class rank. I’m sharing our disappointing experience in an effort to spare others the pain and soul-searching we went through this past February when my daughter received the rejection email. My advice, and I think what others are saying here, is unless you’re in the top 7% it behooves you to have a number of back-up alternatives. My D would have applied to a lot more schools than she did had she known she would ultimately be rejected by McCombs, but instead she only applied to a handful of other universities. Thank heavens her #1 alternate choice in Virginia recognized her value and accepted her, which was ironic since we figured that was the one university that would likely reject her since the out of state admissions rate is only 20%. I’ve learned a lot about the admissions process this year and now understand that there is a lot more of a “lottery” element to the entire system. Unless you’re an URM (under-represented minority), 1st generation student, athlete, etc. great test scores and extra curricular activities certainly help, but they offer no guarantee of admission anywhere.
Based on the classmates of LHS accepted this year to McCombs, your stats are definitely sufficient to gain admission to McCombs. What is equally important and can’t be known from your stats are the rigor of your classes, the rigor of your school, and your unique extracurriculars that will contribute to a class that is diverse in interests. Also, leadership is very important – did you participate in clubs or did you form the clubs? Did you participate in sports or did you find ways to be exceptional as a teammate or player? These are revealed through your essays. No different than what matters when applying to any other school. Plenty of auto-admits were denied admission to McCombs while plenty of non-auto admits did gain admission.