Melting Down, Chance and help PLEASE

DarthRosenberg03
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:28:51 +0000

Hi all. I’ve been a lurker on the site for a couple months now, but haven’t really been freaked out enough to post until now. SATs came back today and… yeah, didn’t do as well as I thought. Guess my test anxiety is really rearing its head at the wrong time… ugh.

I KNOW I’m not getting in full blown (Summer program/CAP possibly?) with these stats now, but I was hoping some of you could help tell me exactly what I need to do to make myself more appealing. I’m obviously signed up for the next 2 SATs and hope to improve by 200 points ideally. What’s the easiest major to get into so I can apply for that? I’d like to apply for RTF/Journalism, but an internal transfer is WAY easier apparently, so just getting in for anything is my goal as of now.

And should I get CAPed, is that just what I should do (because I really hate Arlington and the thoughts of going there for a year) or is transferring from another university (most likely Baylor) just as good?

Please, please help. I’m really having a freak out as UT is pretty much the only place I’ve wanted to go ever since I visited. Tell me what I need to change to make that happen.

SAT:
Critical Reading: 690
Writing: 590 (should be so much higher)
Math: 520

GPA: 4.0 (the only possible issue is I’m homeschooled, so I don’t know what UT’s policy is on looking at that… or if they’ll even consider it much at all)

and my 2 essays are VERY good. Writing is definitely my strong point and, like I said above, that would have shown in the score were I not so incredibly nervous.

ECs: they said list EVERYTHING and be specific at Discover UT, so that’s what I did.

2 recommendation letters, 1 from an alumnus and 1 from the vice president of Baylor.

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