<p>I applied to UT the day before the deadline. </p>
<p>I am not in the top 10%, but I am close.</p>
<p>Hard to say. Texas resident or OOS? Test scores? GPA? ECs? What school within UT did you apply to? Business is harder than Education … it matters.</p>
<p>Sorry, I realized I was really vague in my original post.</p>
<p>I am a Texas resident.
Rank- 50/450
GPA-5.3 on a 6.0 scale (not sure of the 4.0 scale)
SAT- 1740 (not happy about that)
I have taken 3 AP’s so far. Passed all of them with 3’s and 4’s.
I am in all AP’s this year. I also plan on taking six (maybe more or less) AP tests this year.</p>
<p>I am also Undeclared.</p>
<p>You should hear back from 2/15/2011 to 2/28/2011 (I just called them today.)</p>
<p>@Chance: Best wishes. I think chances are good. Can you explain the 6.0 scale? How does that work?</p>
<p>Thank you both!</p>
<p>To answer the question, At my school honors or AP classes count more towards your GPA than regular classes do. An A in English AP is better than an A in regular English.</p>
<p>We use both the 4.0 and the 6.0 scale, but 6.0 is the one that most people know at my school. </p>
<p>I know that this was not a great answer, but I really have no idea how to explain it.</p>
<p>The 6.0 scale is when classes are weighted, or at least that’s how it is in my school.
A level course will yield:
an A as a 4.0, a B as a 3.0, a C as a 2.0 and so on.
An honors/pre-AP course yields:
an A as a 5.0, a B as a 4.0, etc
And an AP course gives you:
an A as a 6.0, a B as a 5.0, etc</p>
<p>It’s impossible to make an actual 6.0 on the scale, since many schools require you to take basic 4.0 electives and such.</p>
<p>Thank you for explaining that better. </p>
<p>I had no idea what I was really talking about. :)</p>
<p>Of course! Best of luck on your admission!</p>