I am afraid that, since I have a low UW gpa and class rank, I can't get into a good computer science program. What should I do?

[ucbalumnus]

@Sweetgum

Not the OP, but Texas is very focused on class rank so that is probably where the angst is coming from and it’s not completely unfounded. UT Austin has automatic admission for a certain class rank — top 6%? top 10%? can’t remember exactly — and the OP’s rank is below that automatic admission threshold.

UT Austin has automatic admission for top 6%, but that does not include automatic admission to competitive majors like CS. All other Texas public universities have automatic admission for the top 10%, but that also does not necessarily include automatic admission to competitive majors. However, less selective Texas public universities often have additional ranges of automatic admission that can go to much lower class ranks (although often in combination with SAT or ACT scores).