Would Bill 175/52 Help or Hurt Me?

Colleges & Universities The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Would repealing the top 10% rule help or hurt my admission chances?</p>

<p>I am a junior from Houston and I am very interested in UT but I’m afraid it is a little out of my league…</p>

<p>GPA- 3.83 WEIGHTED(low rigor; only one or 2 APs per year) currently ranked 149 out of 613(hopefully on the rise, I will take 3 APs senior year)</p>

<p>SAT- expecting 2150+ for june</p>

<p>EC’s- pretty weak: 4 year basketball(2 year letter), 4 year cross country(2 year letter) at a 5A school with 2600+ students, National Merit Qualifier(waiting to see if it is commended scholar or semifinalist, probably just commended) NHS, and hopefully creating a new club at school… sadly i think thats it</p>

<p>Should I want Bill 175 to pass?</p>

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<p>your class rank is 149/613 which is about 24%. That’s not gonna get you into UT. You better hope this bill passes.</p>

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<p>so the bill will help?</p>

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<p>What class rank would you recommend? I can probably raise it to around 90-100/613</p>

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<p>Repeal would help you, but it ddn’t happen this session.</p>

<p>Your stats are good, though the rank is realatively weak. Aim for the best grades possible and what happens happens.</p>

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<p>“What class rank would you recommend? I can probably raise it to around 90-100/613”</p>

<p>Top 10% means exactly that. 10%. Not 24-25% where you are now. Throw in the fact that 20+ of your classmates will probably drop out before graduation, you’re looking at dropping out of the top quarter. Raising it to 90 won’t work because 10% is #61. Not that any of this matters since as the bill currently stands there won’t be any changes until fall 2011. However, your SAT should get you in.</p>