Chances and dorm question

Colleges & Universities The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Stats:
GPA: 4.07 W 3.83 UW (I expect it to go up to a 3.9 after this semester is finished)
ACT: 27 (might retake next September but i want to apply early so i don’t know)
SAT: Taking this sat. i expect 1800ish
RANK: I think 80/553 I know for i fact I am top 25%</p>

<p>Community Service:
Headed a coat drive and will head a couple of projects over the summer
I am trying to get an unpaid internship at the YWCA</p>

<p>Work experience:
Waitress/busboy in local Italian restaurant (1 Summer)
Working at country club (This summer and probably next)</p>

<p>EC’S
Knight’s way (Leadership program)
Showchoir
Plays and musicals
Student Director
Theater Angels
NHS
Principal’s advisory
Junior Class board</p>

<p>Extra’s: White/female/jewish/from illinois</p>

<p>DORM QUESTION:
In jester is it possible to stack your beds to have a futon or is there enough room for a futon?
If you can’t have a futon where do your guests stay?</p>

<p>THANKS!!</p>

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<p>Most of the furniture in Jester is built in so this would not be possible.</p>

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<p>Average test scores and top 15% won’t cut it for UT. Reach.</p>

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<p>Get the SAT score up as high as you can to have a better chance, and try to take on as many prominent leadership positions or a single very prominent leadership position for your single year.</p>

<p>Also, one area that is really underlooked on the application is the essay. I don’t know if the 2009-2010 prompts are out yet but if they are you need to work on them way ahead of time to get the best essay possible. The two essays are weighted almost as highly as your entire four years of extracurriculars.</p>

<p>The odds aren’t in your favor but it won’t be impossible. If the SAT/ACT doesn’t get any higher though you aren’t going to have a very good shot at all.</p>

<p>As for most dorm rooms, you don’t really have room for a futon. Your guests would sleep on the floor.</p>

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<p>I’ll be honest. </p>

<p>Your GPA is decent, but not be good enough. It’s already hard enough for people not in top 10% in Texas to get in, nonetheless out of state students. </p>

<p>Because UT has to accept ALL top 10% applicants, and also because it’s a good education for a decent price, many many people accept. Thus, the majority of the available spots are filled by these people. The University doesn’t like it, which is why they want to lower the percent to 7% and up the selectivity (which favors those with good ECC’s) but for the moment it’s still top 10%. </p>

<p>My friend had a 4.2 (not top 10%, was a few people away) and got rejected. I also had a friend that was one person away from top 10% and was CAPPED/UTSA.</p>

<p>My advice is for you to:</p>

<p>+Aim for a higher SAT score, many people who apply to UT have around 1800 area. Try to get 1950+. </p>

<p>I’ve met people who were not in top 10% but got in, but keep in mind these people were exceptions. My roommate was top 18% (she had a 4.1 W), got a 2150 on her SAT scores and was president of Spanish Club, Captain of Bowling Team. In addition she writes kick-ass essays, so, my other advice is:</p>

<p>+Write an awesome essay. Look at the prompts early on the common app and think of some way to stand out. I suggest speaking on one specific personal experience and then applying it to your overall life. </p>

<p>Because you’re out of state the odds are more against you. Like most public state schools, the acceptance favors residents. </p>

<p>I was five people away from top 10% but managed to get into top 10% second semester of senior year and sent in my new transcript right away. I was President of HOSA, had interned with an Orthopedic Surgeon, OBGYN doctor, and Cardiologist for three years. Volunteered at Hospital for 2 years and also went to Vietnam for two months and helped out at an Orphanage. </p>

<p>Despite all this, I still don’t know if I would have gotten in if I wasn’t top 10%. </p>

<p>The best you can do is work your butt off and write a great essay. UT does consider exceptions to the top 10% rule, so it’s not impossible but it’s a definite reach. </p>

<p>Good luck! BTW, don’t apply to business because I don’t think you’d get in. Try applying to something easier, increases your chances. </p>

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<p>You can bunk the two beds in Jester to make more room. So yea, you can have a small futon but it’d be very crowded.</p>

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<p>No, you cannot bunk the beds in Jester. They are built in to the wall. You can, however, retract them into a couch-like think when not in use to give more space.</p>

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<p>OP, what school/what major are you applying for? </p>

<p>If you are applying as undecided, I think you will be less likely to be admitted but if you are applying to a program that sort of needs more people (like geosciences or Hindi/Urdu), you have a better chance, especially if you can get your test scores up.</p>

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<p>I want to go into film in all fields such as writing, producing, directing, acting, costuming and almost every other position available.</p>

<p>But more specifically directing and writing screenplays</p>

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<p>Well, you can either take the English route, which is in the College of Liberal Arts, or the Radio-Television-Film route, which is in the College of Communication. COLA is much easier to get admitted to than Communication.</p>

<p>If it’s just your goal to get in, you might want to try to apply for an under-represented major like geosciences or nursing, then transfer into your chosen college later.</p>