GPA: 3.93 UW/ 4.52 W

Rank: 48/~680 (~Top 7.03%)

SAT: 1540 (800 M, 740 R)

Past APs: AP CSP, AP CSA, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C-M, AP Physics C-EM, AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP World History, AP Lang, APUSH, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics. (Mostly 5s, few 4s)

This Year: Multi-Variable Calc (Calc III) , Modern Physics (Phys after Phys C), AP Chemistry , CS3 (cs after APCSA), AP Lit

ECS:

• Research Assistant at UH- Worked with Professor and lab group in Department of Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, 1 published research papers, 1 in review (co-author)
• Research Assistant at Rice University- Worked with Professor in Computational Engineering and CAAM
• Software Development Intern at Large National Financial Company
• Math and Science Tutor (Paid) - 300+ hours, taught competition math
• UI/UX Intern at local company
• Data Analytics Intern at oil/gas company
• Meaninful Passion Projects relating to simulation and statistical inferences
• Some others, less significant

Awards:

• AIME Qualifier
• Autodesk 360 Certified, IBM Certified
• TSA State Qualifier/ TSA Regional Placement for Data Analytics
• Placement in UIL/TMSCA State for Math
• Science Olympiad State Placement

Recs:

AP Stats teacher - 10/10 or AP Calc/MultiVar Calc Teacher- 10/10

UH Professor- 10/10

Essays/Supps: 8/10?

Wondering how good my chances are as I am not auto (if my SAT and ECs can make up for it). Ik auto doesn't gurantee ECE, but from other posts I heard it helps significantly.

I am from a country where English is not the first language. However, I have studiied in a school where english was the medium of instruction. Moreover I have got 740 in English portion of SAT.

I have mailed the admission office multiple times but to no avail. Will I be exempt from the English test (like TXST exempted me based on my SAT score)

I'm a junior high school student living in-state and the main school i want to attend for university is UT Austin...

For context, my sibling was able to get admitted with a really good GPA (Around 4.5 weighted) a good SAT score (1500-1550) along with a few extracurriculars. She was able to get into the top 5% of her class at the time too.

Unlike my sibling, I got different grades than her. I never really knew about the importance of GPA and class rankings at the start of high school, so I never understood how much of an impact a school year can have on my college applications.

As a result, I did not achieve the worst or the best grades. I averaged around Bs for most of my classes at the end of my Freshman and Sophomore years (80s-89s in grade points). I favored all of my classes to be AP and Honors courses throughout all the years though, which helped me ranking GPA to an extent.

2 Weeks ago, I was able to get my transcript back from my district, and I found out that I wasn't able to get into the top 10% of my school with a 3.99 Weighted Cumulative GPA based on my performance during my Freshman and Sophomore Years, meaning my current Junior year was NOT yet taken into account. I do not know if I should even think about getting into UT Austin pretty much all of my friends had a higher GPA than me. Some of those who had the highest, such as 1 who was able to get in the top 3% of my school, urged me to think realistically about my performance statistics and just accept that I won't get into such a competitive school in the future, although I want to try everything I have to get into this university.

I'm currently taking 5 AP Courses along with 2 5.0 (PLTW) STEM courses this year which makes all of my classes based on a 5.0 scale. I have some good extracurriculars that I will earn in the future such as Achieving Eagle Scout and continuing as a robotics engineer (FTC). However, I do not think I have any other big extracurriculars to rely on.

If you (as a high school senior/current college student) experienced somewhat of the situation I'm facing right now, please let me know. Do you believe it's still possible for me to get a high chance of being admitted into UT Austin?

I want to determine whether if it is really possible to make a big jump in my GPA and class rank by the end of my Junior year or start of my senior year.

Thank you

I am a prospective transfer for UT Austin & had a couple of questions regarding transfer admissions.

• 24 hours are required to be a transfer student. Does the 24 hours include Dual Credit taken in high school or is only hours post grad?

• I would like to major in Youth & Community Studies within the COE. How competitive is this major, specifically to transfer into? Has anyone who externally transferred gotten this as their desired major?

Several people I know who got into prestigious universities used the Additional Information section to briefly list more activities and skills. I’ve run a large nonprofit and taken on multiple roles with several achievements, which are tough to fully explain within the 150-character limit on the Common App. Since UT Austin already allows for an expanded resume, is it worth using the Additional Information section to add more details and draw more attention for my nonprofit? Do admissions officers actually read through the expanded resume thoroughly?

Hello! I’m currently working on my resume and could use some help formatting it to give me the best shot at getting admitted. I’m planning to major in Aerospace Engineering with electives/minors in Physics and Astronomy.

Here’s what I’m struggling with:

• Honors & Awards: I’ve won several honors and been involved in multiple clubs, but I’m not sure how much detail I should go into for each.
• Skills: I have notable skills in areas like:
  • Programming
  • Game Design
  • Foreign Language
  • Music Production/Guitar
  • Art & Animation
• Software Experience: Should I include my experience with specific programs like?:
  • Photoshop
  • OnShape
  • Blender
  • Unity
  • Godot
  • Procreate
• Extracurriculars: I’m not sure how to organize miscellaneous achievements and activities, such as:
  • Clips from my RPG project (for a Video Game Design course) being featured on the campus TV screen
  • A planetarium presentation and astronomy research I did for class
  • My involvement in TSA and participation in drone competitions

My main questions are:

• What should I emphasize most?
• How much detail should I include for each section?
• Any tips on where to place the miscellaneous activities?
• If anyone has templates that might fit with my major/achievements, I’d be super grateful!

Thanks so much for your help!

Hey everyone! I'm applying to UT Austin and am planning to major in Aerospace Engineering because I love rockets and space exploration. However, I’m also really passionate about astronomy and astrophysics, especially exoplanets and stars. I noticed there isn't a dedicated astrophysics course, but there are options for physics and astronomy.

Does anyone have advice on how I can combine these interests? Maybe a minor or some electives that would let me dive into astrophysics while sticking with aerospace? Any suggestions for research opportunities or classes to get the best of both worlds would be super helpful!

Thanks in advance!

I'm applying through the common app for early action on October 15th, and I'm also taking the October 5th SAT. I don't know what to do regarding my SAT score--should I put my score and just send it in, then request to change it after results come back on the 18th? Does that even work? And if so, how?

Hello!

I want to major in CS but am also slightly interested in Linguistics.

I'm not sure if I should do the integrated program, however, because I want more flexibility in terms of jobs (I heard places like FAANG or other big companies are looking for straight CS majors [also, is this even true? is the major you get at the end of college a double major??]).

If I write my why major essay on why I like CS bc I like languages (so like kinda linguistics) but don't apply to the integrated program, would it look weird?

*Also for anyone in the integrated program right now, how is it? And are you able to transfer out of it and into the CS major easily?

Does taking a UT OnRamp Course affect your chances of admission?

I was just wondering what the chances of me getting deffered during EA are for UT. Is it more likely to get deffered then rejected?

so i’m a spring transfer applying to cola! page said my transcript wasn’t submitted on time but i sent my transcript + an appeal and it got approved. is this a good sign that i might get accepted? or does it just mean that i’ll just be a part of the general review? can’t find any info on this!

Demographics:

• in state applying for Fall 2025
• Ethnicity: North African
• Gender: Male

Academics:

• GPA: 3.5167 UW/4.0 scale 4.7744 W/5.0 scale
• Class Rank: 56/97
• SAT: 1190 (RW: 570, M:620) retaking the October one in 2 days
• AP: took AP Computer Science Principles my freshman year then switched fully to dual Credit by transferring schools.
• Dual Credit Classes: 68 credit hours from my community college, + Associates of Science (First graduating class to have that option), Taken classes like General Chemistry, Biology, Physics. Intro To engineering. etc

Extracurriculars/Honor And Awards:

• Clubs/Organizations: Lead Video Game club for 2 years, hosted tournaments with cash prize and had many participant.
• Volunteering: 115+ hours ranging from Prevention about the Earthquake in Morocco, as well as promoting the early college program in the district to tutoring people in Python
• Work Experience: Current Jobs: is Math instructor as well as a Tech Assistant in a $30M company
• Research Projects: Currently Working on improving a discord.py python bot for my personal friend group's server as well as implementing an AI into my computer to manage my devices, calendar and what not
• Other Activities: Internship that then led into my job where I was tasked to create an automation system that would generate contracts rather than doing it manually. Advocated on behalf of my peers to be able to change our degree plan to be able to take harder class or classes that fit our major in a better way. Hackathon 2023 Winner hosted by Cirrus Logic.

DM me for any other info, there's a lot I wasn't able to cover.

A question I have is, is it possible to still transfer if I don't get in as a Freshman?

this is my second time posting this. i'm at texas resident. i'm a freshmen studying at IU this semester and i applied spring 2025 transfer transfer to ut using my 42 dual credit college credits from UNT to UT's government major. i included a 3 page resume, including my two legal internships (one with a judge), and two recommendation letters (one from the judge and one from my attorney boss), a decent essay, and i had a 4.0 in UNT. what are my chances of getting into ut spring 2025 for government?

Hello. I'm an 18 year old freshman in college studying art at a private art college. I've spent a semester at this school and I'm pretty sure this is not a good fit for me and I'm looking to transfer. I read UT Austin has a good fine arts/studio arts program.

However, I am an out of state applicant. I was wondering if anyone can give me any insight to if I had a chance of getting into the school or program?

A little about my portfolio, college credits, and resume:

I graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA, and currently in college I have a 4.0. After this semester, I will have 24 college credits (I took 9 credits of gen eds when I was in high school, and 15 credit hours this semester).

Portfolio wise- I have a very strong painting portfolio. However, I focus painting and don't have a large range of mediums in my portfolio. But I do have around 17 strong paintings. I also have some other basic perspective work, still life drawings, and other work from this semester I can add as well as time to make more paintings.

For my resume- I have been involved in group exhibitions associated with my high school and within my city. I have won various awards in art and journalism. I was art club president for two years in high school and I was the design editor of the yearbook on my high school yearbook for a year. I have had two jobs, one of which I've now had for two years and still work at. I was apart of my high school forensics team for a year and was a member of the quill & scroll international journalism honor society. I am also a volunteer at my city's animal shelter.

If I were to apply to UT Austin- it would likely be for Fall 2025. I would likely take next semester to save up some money and take a couple classes at my local community college so I had 30 credit hours.

Do I have a chance of getting into the university and the school of fine arts?

Can having a fire essay make up for mid ecs? Esp at UT?

Currently top 5% of my class. I moved schools in freshman year and my school did not weight my old classes how they should have been. Basically they marked them all as on-level :(

I grinded my ass of soph and junior year and was the only student in my entire school to take ap physics C e&m and mechanics in the same year. So I went from like 20% to like 5% so I'm happy that I'm autoadmit but all my friends are like top 1-2%. Not sure how this will impact me but I'll explain it in essays.

Anyways as for the rest

SAT: 1570 (1 try)
UW,W: 3.8, 4.4 (gpa is calculated point by point at our school, traditionally I'd have a 4.0 UW)
rank: 5%ish

ECS:

Founded a nonprofit that tutors kids with special needs. My brother has special needs so this is something I'm proud of and planning to write about. We have 5 chapters in 4 different states.

VP of Communications at another student-run nonprofit that raised 800K+. Worked directly with the board to manage local fundraisers and leading certain projects. My department oversaw 100+ partnerships with local businesses in 2022 and raised ~50K. Featured on numerous news channels.

CIO of a startup. Was the lead programmer for the mobile application, coded using react native and javascript. Participated in numerous startup competitions. Received VC funding to a total valuation of 1M+. The startup eventually failed so I don't know if I should include this

Lead Frontend Developer at another startup founded at CMU. Created the MVP prototype using react and javascript.

Creating an online tutoring service for kids with special needs. Using my inperson teaching knowledge to apply to an online teaching method. Hoping to have actual users by RD

NLP Research program at a local university. The program was a scam (I didn't do anything) but I'm hoping to connect it to my previous EC lol

Personally coded the kinematics and odometry for our robotics team's swerve drive. I left robotics to focus on other ECs but this was really cool

UIL Computer Science Team Co-President. Lead the team and also teach weekly lessons on java programming

Some personal CS projects: a 3D renderer I coded from scratch in C++, and currently working on a fluid simulator from scratch

Tutor at Kumon

Awards:

USACO Gold
PicoCTF 2023, top 100 teams in the USA (top 8% globally)
Highest scoring in my grade for UIL CS for 3 years
Did an online physics competition, ranked 18th out of 1000 teams internationally
National Merit, robotics, awards, other small things that I may or may not mention

I still don't know if I want to do ECE or CS. I'm thinking my profile aligns more with CS but honestly idk if I'd rather pursue a career in ECE. That being said I'll probably do CS so I can apply turing and CSB, what do you think my chances for those are? I'm a little worried because I saw this other post about some guy who was pretty similar to me (probably better ECs) and he got rejected from CS outright :sob: please help !

stats

asian female class of 2025

top 1 percent of class (barely but my class size is humongous) in state

1530 sat score

worked at cafe for two years

founded a small business- sold some artworks (around 1k in profit)

stuco vice president for two years

key club board member for three years

asian culture club secretary for two years

math tutor for two years

art lesson associate instructor for two years

stem leadership program for two years (basically made stem activities for the school and introduced younger students to stem classes and through the high school campus)

two rec letters, one from stats teacher and one from spanish teacher. spanish teacher letter is very strong and 2 pages long

a lot of my honors were art related, one for school but the other three were at the state level.

please be honest!!! thank you for helping me out if you do end up leaving a comment.

hoping the best for everyone

The deciding factor for me between applying early and regular is my recc letters. I have an English teacher that I have really good relation with but not really any STEM teachers which I heard was important for business as well as outside of school recc letters. I’m thinking if I should delay it to develop a better relationship with my statistics teacher this year which I’m getting really good grades in her class, as well as find someone outside of school. What do yall think?

Hi everyone,

I'm a Caribbean national considering applying to UT-Austin for their Master's in Finance program and wanted to get some opinions on my chances of being admitted.

A little about me:

• Education: I have a B.Sc. in Banking and Finance (more focused on banking, which is why I want to peruse a more corp. finance masters) with a 3.41 GPA.
• Work Experience: I currently work at EY, Risk Advisory. I also have over a year of experience at Sagicor (insurance) as an Accounting Assistant, where I worked in General Ledger (GL) accounting and investment accounting.
• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma White Belt
• Other: I've held leadership roles, such as being the National Youth Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago, and I've been involved in various volunteer and extracurricular activities.

Given my background as an international student from the Caribbean, what do you think my chances are of getting into UT-Austin’s MSF program? Any advice on how I can strengthen my application?

Thanks in advance.

My daughter who is top 2.7% is applying to UT Comsci, 3.9 unweighted GPA and 4.79 weighted GPA. good ECAs, Texas resident, what are her chances to get into Comsci in UT Austin?

ACT is 33

TIA

I have a 3.8 gpa and I want to do a Liberal arts major (HDO) . I’m not top 6% but I have pretty good extracurriculars like research and a lot of internships. I also have leadership positions in a few clubs and ROTC. I also have up to 500 hours of volunteering. My SAT score was a 1300. I also took a lot of liberal arts courses like sociology and humanities over the summer through ACC. I also have DECA honors like wining districts and state. And also my act was a 30

Have anyone successfully transferred from cap to mccombs?

Im trying to switch into biomed engineering and if im completely honest I didn’t do so hot on my first bio midterm… so much so that im not sure if ill be able to get an A. I already have an 89 to a stupid on-ramps credit I accepted so im trying to get as close to a 4.0 as possible for the transfer. If I drop it, will that affect the transfer badly?

My daughter who is top 2.7% is applying to UT Comsci, 3.9 unweighted GPA and 4.79 weighted GPA. good ECAs, Texas resident, what are her chances to get into Comsci in UT Austin?

TIA

Hey,

So, I am giving my third attempt SAT on Oct 5th, and the results will be out on Oct 16th. The UTAustin website says that the deadlines of sending score is at oct 23rd. I can send the fast shipping Send Scores, and my SAT scores will reach by 21st, but i am not sure if they would actually receive it by 21st, as previously my scores were delayed by the college board (not send scores), so I don't want to take a risk here. I've got my previous attempt, in which I scored 1430, Can I send it now and also send the new SAT score after I receive it? If I did, then which one would they consider?

Thank you in advance!

Applying for global & intercultural communication with PR as a 2nd choice. Got a 790 on english and 680 math SAT (1470 total). 3.4 unweighted GPA, 4.1 weighted, IB Diploma and 5 APs (4's and 5's). My school only ranks top 10% and I'm under the threshold. I have leadership positions in my school's yearbook & key club, I'm a girl scout, in NHS and a few other clubs. I have rec letters from a UT alum (interned for him) and hopefully also a current UT professor if she responds to my email lol (I babysit for her). I live in central tx, white w/ immigrant parents, female, middle class, 1 parent went to UT.

Please advise if my daughter has a good chance for UT Austin Psychology major. Thank you in advance

Texas residents GPA UW 3.8 School ranking within top 6% (5.8%) SAT 1360 President of health related club FBLA Texas State competition 3rd place Attended FBLA National competition 100 hrs Volunteer at hospitals Orchestra first chair

I’m a senior and planning on applying to UT Austin as a biochemistry major. My unweighted is a 3.95 and I’m in all ap courses. My weighted is a 5.3/5.5. I do well in all my classes EXCEPT for math courses. I wanted to attempt calculus this year (taking AB in fall and BC in spring).

I have a C in the class… 77…. I’ve never struggled so much in a class before (math is my weakest subject) I took pre calc two years ago my sophomore year and it’s just not working out for me. I’m constantly stressed, taking ap chem, ap physics 1, ap lit (more aps in spring sem), president of like 3 clubs/ founder of like 2 organizations/ volunteer consistently on weekends/ and I’m super active in academic decathlon which is a course in my school (we have quizzes and tests like every day).

On top of that I’ve been grinding on college aps and I genuinely cannot handle this anymore. My junior year I took 8 aps and had a much easier time than this. If I end w a B my unweighted drops to like a 3.94 and w a C it’s a 3.91… I know colleges recalculate GPA anyways so I’m really stressed. I go to a pretty competitive 6A school and I’m ranked top 2.5% of my class (24/950) I’ve been reconsidering my whole like plans after high school after this, and I’m genuinely just humiliated I’m struggling so much. My friends all have like a 99 in this course without putting any effort. I wanted to go pre med but after this I’m not sure anymore and need advice. Do I switch majors? What colleges can I even apply to now? Is it better to drop the course? PLEASE PLEASE HELP