University of texas, austin

ron11612002
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:43:53 +0000

Hello everyone. I have a quick question about utexas’s admissions process. Im worried that my school is not of a “quality institute” for utexas. SO they won’t weigh my excellent GPA so heavily. My school is AASCB credited so that has to mean something. Well here is an excerpt of what utexas said:

Transcripts and Grades
Graduate programs require official transcripts of all college work that you have undertaken. Even one or two courses taken at another institution should be reported via a transcript. Order transcripts from all of your postsecondary institutions early in the fall.

Institutions usually set a minimum undergraduate grade point average for admission to graduate school, generally a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (a B average, although some departments might admit students whose grades fall below that average). Your undergraduate grade point average is a strong indicator of your ability to do graduate work, and admissions committees consider it carefully. They will look not only at your grade average but at the quality of the undergraduate institution where you obtained it. They will look closely at the grades you earned in your major, particularly at upper division courses in that subject. Patterns of improvement could be significant if you did not start out strongly.

Note that they say the QUALITY of the institute. What does that mean? Most schools are quality. If anyone can explain what they mean, I would appreciate it. I understand if the school is not harvard or princeton but if your in a decent tier 3 school, I don’t see why you have to worry. by the way, I go to the same school in the league of rutgers newark, seton hall, and pace.

Thanks
Ron