Hello everyone,
I have been reading this blog or forum since November and have been anxiously waiting for my decision for quite a while like many other people on here.
I was accepted into Neuroscience major today at UT Austin around 6:00 PM and am extremely happy! I didn’t think I was gonna get into my major at all but surprisingly so I got in.
I am not bragging but I just want to post this because I want people to know that they should never give up hope, because I got in and my stats were EXTREMELY mediocre. Miraculously I even got the Presidential scholarship!!! So don’t withdraw your apps and keep waiting please
My stats for those curious:
- SAT: 1760 (CR: 620, MATH: 630, Writing: 510 lol that one is embarrassing)
- SAT Subject tests: 650 BIO 570 MATH 1
- In state
- Top 3% (I go to a very not competitive high school)
- 3.99 Unweighted GPA 5.3 Weighted
- I come from an underprivileged family low middle class (>$43,000 annually)
- Extracurricular activities:
- Science Olympiad VP
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Muslim Youth Basketball
- Chess Club
- AP tests: Took 4-5 and passed all of them (College Board AP Scholar)
- Wrote required essay and one extra one. I am a horrible writer but I wrote about really meaningful stuff that impacted me as student and person and drove me towards medicine
- Recommendations- AP Biology teacher and Advanced Engineering Teacher 7/10
- No internships research or anything but a decent amount of community service from school, local library, and mosque
I am not very smart and am a horrible test taker (just a hard worker) so don’t think only the geniuses get their first choice major. UT has been my dream school since 9th grade and I can’t wait to attend. I hope everyone on here gets in. Best of LUCK!!! Hook em’
Feel free to ask any more questions.