<p>I go to an early college high school in texas.
I will graduate junior college with AA in business admin in may '11 then high school in june’11. College GPA 3.65/4.0 (phi theta kappa) high school GPA 4.95/6.0 rank 27/81 (yep, small high school)
I took the ACT end of sophomore year-21 </p>
<p>ECs:
Ballet dancer- principal with company- 8 hrswk (injury prevents 12 gr involvement)
dance student-5 hrs/wk 9-11
company co-chair welcome/ kickoff events
started my own business last fall-sales over $5K ytd
training for marathon 12 gr
fencing 12 gr</p>
<p>Service:
Ballet dancer-principal-highest level performed for underprivledged students
Church “habitat” programs 9-12
church acolyte 9-12
germany girl scout summer camp teaching english 11 gr</p>
<p>Awards:
US Congressional Awards-bronze, silver, gold certificates, bronze medal
Rotary scholarship for summer abroad program 11 gr
Choreography Awards 9-11 gr
NYC dance scholarship</p>
<p>I have 2 jobs: I intern for chamber of commerce 11 and 12 gr
and local tram host/tour guide summer - present</p>
<p>My ACT score is low, but it seems to me that if that is supposed to tell the school whether I am '“college ready”, the 72hours I will have when I graduate should tell them I am ready. </p>
<p>My essays are about how my school is quite a bit different than the regular hs in the area. and how my business came about.</p>
<p>So will you go in as a Transfer student? I have never seen this situation posted about here. How many credit hours are directly transferrable to A&M? </p>
<p>If you are going in as a “1st time in college” your stats are very low, you need to retake the ACT or take SAT. Your class rank is also low. Your special high school is probably known to the admissions at A&M. </p>
<p>I would chime in but I really don’t feel like I can speak up for transfer applications since I have no experience with that. I would agree with klparker in saying if you were applying to be a first year freshman you wouldn’t get in. As a transfer student though I have no idea.</p>
<p>A&M and most others I have checked including UT austin say that since all college credit was earned before high school graduation, I would still apply as a freshman. All but 4 hours will transfer towards the BBA in accounting. Honestly, I don’t know how much better I would do if I take the ACT again. The school is new (we are the first class to start and go all the way through senior year) and there has only been approx 50 graduates before me. It’s tough to be ranked high here at this school-everyone is brilliant it seems. There was another student last year with a lower gpa and he got in. I really want to go here!</p>
<p>cpr2, my son is a sophomore now at A&M. He graduated from a private college prep high school with only 80 in his graduating class. They did not rank at his school, but I know he was in the lower half of his class and he was accepted to A&M (he had also earned an ROTC scholarship). I learned from his experience and that of others in his class that admissions departments put a lot of stock in the type of high school you come from to evaluate your ability to perform well at college. They are well aware of the selectivity of prep schools and know that the kids that attend them have to be above average students to be accepted to attend. This is not true of all private schools, but I can assure you the admissions officers know which prep schools fall into this category.</p>
<p>I can understand not being ranked high in a high school where everyone is brilliant. I totally get that.
What I do not get - and I am quite certain that A&M will not get as well is - why did you do so poor on your ACT? This will not look good to college admissions. If you are at an exceptional High School - college prep - how could you possibly fall so low on the ACT test? It is a big red flag.
You have to retake it and you have to do better. A&M isn’t going to understand the attitude… the attitude that ‘they’ should know what kind of school you are at and accept you on your body of work in High School as a show that you are college ready. I wouldn’t bet my college admission on this. seriously. You need to put your best into your college application. You gotta do better than a 21 - 'cause a 21 wont get you in at A&M.<br>
Why not just retake ACT & or SAT and not risk it?</p>
<p>I agree with that analysis klparker. The SAT/ACT scores should reflect a school with a higher caliber of academics. As I said earlier, not all private schools necessarily equal greater academic knowledge. Usually the benefit of the doubt is given when the GPA at a tough school is lower yet the SAT/ACT is proportionally higher, and not the other way around. I vividly remember at a parent presentation I attended at A&M, when my son was in the application process, the example was given of a student admitted because he was top 10% of his class, yet received a 700 COMBINED math & verbal on his SAT. This did not bode well for success at A&M. One of the great faults with the Top 10% Law.</p>
<p>gxgal7 - my daughters graduated in 2009. Her high school is rated Exemplary. HOWEVER, My daughters high school did not weigh AP or Dual credit classes any differently than a regular class. (This did change for the graduating class of 2010) There were three graduation plans. minimal plan, recommended plan, and the Distinguished plan.
In my daughters class there were a huge amount of kids in the top 10% - even 4 of the top 10 kids in her graduating class that never took an AP or Dual Credit class. kids who graduated on the minimal deploma were ranked evenly with thoes who went through the Texas Stars program & graduating with the Distinguished deploma. Yet they got automatic admission to UT & A&M. Big flaw in the top 10% plan as you stated above.</p>
<p>(:these kids who shouldnt be in A&M or UT due to the 10% rule do leave room for incoming transfer students:))</p>
<p>Okay, I messed up with the ACT scores:
Eng 23
Math 26
Reading 21
Science22
Writing 7
This was taken my soph. year so I think that’s why it was low. Total composite was 23.
I was thinking that having my own business, loads of college classes that transfer to my degree would be strong enough for admission. I mean, if I were a transfer student, I think it would be good enough to get in.</p>
<p>if you were a transfer student your ACT/SAT would not matter, your gpa and composition of courses taken would matter
But you are not a transfer student.
You need a 26 minimum ACT.
You need closer to a 30 to get in the Mays College of business</p>
<p>Ditto on what klparker312 said. A 23 is still pretty low. You’ll probably have too many hours if you didn’t get in this year and apply for transfer. I think you need a specific amount of hours needed taken in residence at A&M.</p>
<p>I think the residence hours at A&M is 60 hours.
Cpr2’s hours earned while in high school will not count towards the excessive hours rule, so no problems there.</p>
<p>Holistically, you look great. Awesome EC’s, great accomplishments while still in high school… I wouldn’t go so far as to say that you have NO chance, but there is NO REASON you should not take the ACT again or the SAT, especially if you last took it as a sophomore… I mean, why would you not take it again? Especially with the ACT, which is a test people tend to do better on the more they’ve learned. You took it as a sophomore. You should definitely take it again. Good luck, and Gig 'em!</p>