Class with a small amount of students

Huurpez
Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:12:05 +0000

I currently have a 3.3 GPA in one of the top schools in the city/state/country and while choosing to attend this school was my decision given the rigor, my Senior graduating class will consist of around 206 students and the GPA is so competitive that a 3.3 GPA puts me at the bottom 50% of my class EASILY. I’m a hardworking student, with good SAT scores, but I simply go to an extremely competitive school while taking the most rigorous courses they had to offer (APs, Pre-APs, even when the Pre-APs were so tough and most people dropped them).

The size of my class and the nature of my school makes my class ranking abysmal when compared to other schools in my district with thousands of students to bring me up, not to mention WAY easier classes.

What are the chances of me getting accepted into UT - Austin or Texas A&M University? I feel like the size of my school really discredits the students who are not brilliant but intelligent enough to not fail out of any course or the school itself.