What of my chances of getting into UT Austin?

Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Moved to United States two years ago
Now live in Oklahoma
Unweighted GPA : 3.96
Weighted GPA : 4.2
Top 5% of my class
class of 422
total credits earned 31
ACT score 28 -> will take it again in December</p>

<p>Work Experience
06/2011-09/2011 Customer Service Representative at Target 40hrs/week
08/2012-still working Sales Person at HollisterCo. 20hrs/week</p>

<p>Activities
• DECA – Member (12th)
• Yearbook – Photographer (12th)
• German Club – Member (11th-12th)
• Environmental Club – Member (10th-12th)
• Students Against Destructive Decisions Club – Secretary (11th-12th)
• Interact Club – Member (11th-12th)
• ACE – Freshman Mentor (12th)
• Pink Ribbon Club – Historian (11th-12th)
• Edmond Youth Leadership – Member (12th)
• Oklahoma Humane Society – Volunteer (12th)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards
• National Honors Society
o 10th – 12th
• Oklahoma’s Honors Society
o 10th-12th
• First Place in Robotics
o During my freshman year, I was part of the Robotics team at my school, and the Robot that we built managed to receive the first place between 14 other teams.
• Student of the Year
o I was named the Student of the Year, back in my freshman year in Iran due to my academic achievements and extracurricular activities.</p>

<p>Skills, Talents, and Achievements
• Languages – Fluent in Farsi and English and learning German
• Musical Instruments – Played piano for 10 years before moving to U.S.</p>

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<p>Just curious when you have time for homework if you work two jobs totaling 60 hours a week, go to school 40 hours a week, and sleep 8 hours a day. That only leaves you 12 hours a week to study, sleep and do your clubs.</p>

<p>Because you are out of state you will fall under holistic review for general admission and on first glance you appear to be a student that is a Jack of all trades and a master of none. Schools like to see commitment and depth in a resume. Not a whole bunch of fluffy groups that fail to show a pattern of passion.</p>

3

<p>I do not work two jobs, I quit the first one this summer as I said it on my resume.
And I just don’t sign up for these clubs and do nothing, I participate in most of the activities and volunteer in a lot of them. and right now I am the secretary of SADD club and the Historian of the Historian of the Pink Ribbon Club. The reason I did not run for any other position is that I was busy being active in other clubs.</p>

4

<p>approximately 40% of OOS applicants are accepted – my freshman UT son is one of them. His understanding is that some majors are more difficult to get into than others – business/accounting, RTF, all the honors programs, some engineering are very difficult. The College of Natural Sciences and liberal arts programs have more openings. And, financial aid OOS is extremely limited.</p>

<p>Good luck on your search!</p>