Will being outside the top 10% screw me? Chances for UT Austin College and McCombs?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to get into UT. My only other in-state option is TAMU ( auto-admit ), which I really didn’t enjoy or saw myself thriving in. I would honestly take UT regular Econ over TAMU, even if I got into the Business Honors at Mays. It seriously would suck if I ended up at TAMU lol… I’m also applying to a bunch of OOS schools that I probably won’t get into lol…

Even though I have decently strong test scores, I’m scared not being in the top 10% will screw me. A bunch of people last year weren’t in the top 10% and didn’t get in. Although, my SAT scores are far better than theirs, idk.

Do you think I have any shot for McCombs? I think my 770 in SAT Math and 35 on ACT Math might help me out. But my class rank is trash compared to most McCombs people in the top 3-5%. To be honest, I think I should count myself lucky if I even get into UT’s school of liberal arts because UT is so class-rank oriented lol

Stats:
UW GPA- 3.700 (Huge upward trend - effed up freshman year )
Ranked 84/806 ( Top 10.4% )

W GPA- 4.7250
SAT - 2230 ( 720 CR 770 M 740 W )
ACT - 32 Composite ( 32 E, 35 M , 33 R , 29 S )
SAT Subject Tests - BAD ( 690 US History, Around 700 for Math/Literature )

AP SCORES: APUSH ( 5 ) Psych ( 4 ) English Lang ( 5 ) World History ( 3 )

Senior Schedule:
AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, Calculus AB/BC, AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics

*Will graduate with 13 AP courses.

Extracurricular:
Debate Captain ( LD )
President and Founding Member of Philosophical Inquiry Club
Founding Member and Leader of a Church-Based Organization ( Distributes Flowers and Cards to Elderly Homes )
Head Activities Director for Church
Tech Solutions Club ( Nerd Herd )

No Major Awards except AP Scholar with Distinction

Community Service: ( About 120 hrs )
Volunteered at Special Education Facility
Service Trip to Fix Poverty-Ridden Homes and Communities in West Memphis
Homeless Ministry

Ethnicity - Asian
Gender - Male
State: TX

Essays: Worked damn hard on my essays- I think they’re pretty good.

Teacher Recommendation Letters: Semi-decent, nothing outstanding or special

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You sound a lot like me before I got my class rank up (my school calculates them every quarter and I was fortunate enough to finally make top 8% at the end of this last quarter). Personally, I still applied to Economics in COLA instead of McCombs because class rank matters so much, and I’m on the bottom end of auto admit (58/840). That being said, your test scores are better than mine. If you really want to apply to McCombs, go ahead and apply, but I wouldn’t hope too much. It all really depends on the test scores of the auto-admits this year, and there’s no way to find that out. However, being an Asian male probably isn’t doing you any favors at UT.

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I think you’ll get into UT / maybe not your preferred major / and I think it will be late spring before you know. I think your standardized scores and upward trend will show well in review. Good luck.