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Asian Male
1/43 (rural school in TX)
ACT: 26
TOEFL: 270
GPA: 100.3
5AP's taken and 5 CC classes taken(All A's)
State qualed for debate, on varsity team for basketball and golf. Class prez for 2 years and many more.

Chances at:

USC
Notre Dame
Carnegie Mellon
Georgetown

By Vulcano (Vulcano) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 04:46 pm: Edit

Maybe, the ACT really messes you up. Trying uping it or taking the SAT.

I also suggest applying to Tulane.

By Igotdemkickz (Igotdemkickz) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 05:37 pm: Edit

bump

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 05:42 pm: Edit

I am confused. Are you at UT-Austin currently? What are you majoring in? Why did you do your TOEFL? Is English not your native language? What was your ACT math?

By Igotdemkickz (Igotdemkickz) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 05:46 pm: Edit

Yea, im at UT... I was just bored... I didnt apply to any schools except UT so I just wanted to know what my chances are...

Yes, English is my second language. My act math was weak-28... But my SAT math was 660 and it is equvilant to a 30 on the ACT

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 05:55 pm: Edit

What's your GPA at UT?

If financial considerations are not a problem, you lose nothing. However, the schools you are talking about are not necessarily that much better than UT.

By Igotdemkickz (Igotdemkickz) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 05:58 pm: Edit

Money is a problem but not a terminating one. Umm, im stil a rising freshman... If i can keep a 3.5 then are my chances good?

Yea, im not really leaning that much towards getting out... Just wanna know... the school i mentioned carry more prestige, wonder if that matters a lot at business school or law school down the road...

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 06:08 pm: Edit

You don't need better than UT-Austin. It is one of the 10 most respected State universities in the US. Its academic reputation is up there with the best of them. In terms of quality of life, Georgetown is excellent, but Notre Dame is not that good, Carnegie Mellon and USC are good, but not as fun as Austin. And then there's the money. $10,000/year vs $40,000/year. You do the math.

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 06:08 pm: Edit

You don't need better than UT-Austin. It is one of the 10 most respected State universities in the US. Its academic reputation is up there with the best of them. In terms of quality of life, Georgetown is excellent, but Notre Dame is not that good, Carnegie Mellon and USC are good, but not as fun as Austin. And then there's the money. $10,000/year vs $40,000/year. You do the math.

By Igotdemkickz (Igotdemkickz) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 06:36 pm: Edit

bump

By Dazed04confused (Dazed04confused) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 02:38 pm: Edit

If you are a debater looking to do parli in college, those are shotty parli programs. Look at Fordham if you want a Catholic school with a top debate team or Boston U or GW for better debate programs at urban universities.

http://www.apdaweb.org/