My chances getting in UT Austin or UMD? How to increase them?

cptofthehouse
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 03:42:59 +0000

Most state schools , particularly the larger ones, which are the two you are asking about, have some sort of UW GPA/class rank matrix that is an important component of the admissions process. You have given us none of that information. Your weighted gpa will then give the schools insight on the difficulty of your curriculum.

Another very important thing is what your planned major is which indicates to what school or program within these universities you are applying. Some of the programs are highly competitive, others more competitive than others.

UT Austin is a whole other category of selectivity over UMD College Park. Because UT-A auto accepts the top 6% of most Texan schools, it has a limited amount of seats left for Everyone else. I do not recall the number of seats left in the last few years and what the % acceptance rate is for that group which is where you would fall as an OOS applicant.