<p>Your stats are very similiar to my daughter’s and she got in. I think you have a good chance, it’s just a very long wait…she didn’t find out until February 26th…that’s about when all of the non top 10%er found out last year…good luck!! Also, are you from Texas? Do you have a parent in the Air Force? If your parent enlisted in the military in the state of Texas or they are serving now, you may be eligible for tuition benefits…google Hazlewood Act…or you can PM me if you have more questions…</p>
<p>Wow, this gives me a lot of hope. I really do not want to be CAPed, but if I am, I’ll have to chose that route. I hope this comment does not instill false hope in me. I am a permanent resident of Texas, but I have lived in many countries throughout my life. My parents, and myself were born out of the country, and I hold a Canadian passport. </p>
<p>If there was just something that I could do to guarantee my admission, I would do it. I feel uneasy waiting.</p>
<p>PS: What was you daughters rank?</p>
<p>She was in the 23rd percentile. Her HS is very competitive and had about 25 or more from her class attend this year. We had 13 out of the top 20 kids in her class attend UT this year. We have one other HS in our district and they sent about the same number to UT…I think the key is to apply early and be realistic about your major choice. It is not realistic to put business or engineering or even communications as your major choice unless you are ranked really high.</p>
<p>Did you send in an expanded resume with your application? If not, I would mail one in…just make sure you put your UTEID on it. When we went to Longhorn Saturday the summer before D applied, they really said that those that sent in an expanded resume would stand out from those that didn’t send one in… D sent one in.</p>
<p>Yes! I did apply relatively early… 09/30/2010, I sent in everything that was “optional”, Essay C, expanded resume, two letters of recommendation from teachers, even a counselor’s recommendation, and will also be sending in two SAT Subject test scores.</p>
<p>And I’m applying to Natural Sciences, which is apparently not THAT competitive.</p>
<p>It sounds like you have done everything “right”…Good Luck!!!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
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<p>It would have been better if you would have applied to education, social work, or geosciences. Then you for sure would get in and you can take your basics (calc, chem, bio, whatever you want…) and then transfer into natural sciences internally which is not hard.</p>
<p>You still have a good chance but if you would have applied to one of the aforementioned schools it would have been a sure thing</p>
<p>I would have had to still take some classes required by those specific colleges. But it’s all good, I’m expecting the worst.</p>
<p>^^actually you wouldn’t because the first two years are mostly basics anyway…My D applied as an Education major and changed her mind at orientation. They moved her to undergraduate studies with no problem at all…She is hoping to get into communications and has recently applied for that…it is not hard to change majors…unless you are trying to get into McCombs or Cockrell…</p>
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<p>No, freshman year you will just be getting credits out of the way, you wouldn’t have to take any unnecessary courses and every class would be going towards graduation. There are 42 (i think) required core curriculum hours everyone must take so you could be taking for example, calc, chemistry, history and english and it would all go to satisfying credits for your future intended degree.</p>
<p>If you get around a 3.7 give or take .2 depending on the circumstances, then you can internally transfer into mccombs. For nearly every other school barring engineering and architecture, you can internally transfer with a 2.5 or 3.0</p>
<p>Ah, I see. I put liberal arts as my second choice, maybe that will help?</p>
<p>By the way, is it hard to get a 3.7 at UT? Because I cannot afford to get less than that… as I’m applying to med-school.</p>
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<p>come on man we’ve been over this.</p>
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<p>^that thread gives a good idea about getting into med school. </p>
<p>A huge percentage of freshman pre-meds will never even apply to med school. Then, out of the remaining pre-meds who feel they have a good enough resume and a high enough MCAT and GPA to warrant sending an application, around 60% of them get rejected from every school they applied to. </p>
<p>But 4 years from now if you did not end up getting into medical school, it will not be because you studied as hard as you could and it just wasn’t good enough. You make conscious choices all throughout your school career that will demonstrate how badly you want to become a doctor. During your freshman year you will quickly get an idea of how much work will be required for you to get that 3.7+ GPA (although your sophomore year will likely be even harder), and you can decide if you think it is worth it.</p>
<p>Just wait until you understand what you must put in before you set your mind so steadfastly on something, because statistically speaking, your goals are very likely to change in the next 4 years. In the end, getting into med school will be a personal choice for you</p>
<p>Thanks for the additional info, I was just asking to get some different perspectives/stories.</p>
<p>And yes, I’m 90% sure I want to go to med school. I understand the power of change, (I have been subject to it since childhood), but it’s kind of a process of elimination/love for anatomy/biology that makes me want to pursue the career. I already have good worth ethic, study at at least 5-6 hours a day, so I don’t think I’ll be overwhelmed when I make the transition. I’m expecting freshman year to be easier than my senior year!</p>
<p>holy crap 5-6 hours! Looks like you have the work ethic down already, nice</p>
<p>Does applying to liberal arts and/or having an undeclared major help?
stats
SAT 1790
top 16%
Rank:71/421
150 hours volunteering
7 AP classes
President of 2 clubs
Secretary at one more
Advisor at honor society
NHS member</p>
<p>What chances do i have? im like ready to be rejected already 
Give me the worst?</p>
<p>^Capped, I had a few friends last year that had very similar stats (One was even 1 student out of the top 10) and all of them got capped.</p>
<p>Umm what does being capped actually mean?</p>
<p>You’re denied from the UT Austin but offered to participate in the CAP program</p>
<p>which is a huge downgrade im guessing?</p>
<p>you have to go to a UT satellite school for a year (UTD, UTA, UTSA, other schools) for a year and get at least a 3.2 and for the next year you get guaranteed acceptance to UT lib arts or CNS.</p>
<p>So in short, yes</p>