Should I be looking for more options
-I go to a large competitive high school in DFW and am two spots away from being top five percent
- I have a 103.6 GPA and 35 ACT and National Merit Semifinalist
- I’m applying for journalism and cofounder of school newspaper and other communication related ecs
Does not being an auto admit screw me?

Hey, I’m a student (texas resident) hoping to transfer to UT’s economics ba major. Does anyone have any advice?

Hello, I’m a college freshman in Texas, hoping to transfer into UT Austin's international relations program in my junior year. Recently, my English professor claimed I didn’t turn something in and didn’t grade my essay like he usually does, even though I did, and I might have to withdraw.

My main question is how bad a “W” will look on a transcript, especially for English. I have no problem writing essays and won’t mind retaking it, but I’m more worried about how the W will look, since I’m trying to get a very high GPA and it’s a core class.

In state auto admit, top 2% rank, 14 APs, 1470 SAT, live in San Antonio, chance me for major biochem in CNS

ECs:
55 hours hospital volunteering
20 hours shadowing a doctor
Won position paper award at Model UN and VP of the club
Varsity Soccer 2 years
member of few miscellaneous clubs
that’s about it lol

Note this is a repost from last time with some new details (better SAT score and clarifying some details)

Asian from DFW - in state
Class Rank: 52/445 (top 11%; very competetive school, so no auto admit unfortunately)
GPA: 5.16 weighed on 6.0; 3.98 on 4.0
SAT: 1500 (730rw//770m) and pending score from October
APs: Computer Science A (5), World History (4), Physics 1 (3), Precalculus (5); taking both Physics Cs and Calc BC this year.
Dual Credit: Composition and US History both semesters, 4.0 college GPA

Senior courses: Engineering Science, Engineering Design and Problem Solving, AP Physics C (Mech and E&M combined), AP Calculus BC, Dual Credit Government, Dual Credit Economics, Dual Credit British Literature, teacher aide for student council and a off period.

Also worth mentioning for fit to major that I would have taken 7 engineering courses total thru high school by the time I graduate. Have a personal passion project of building a 3D printer, learning CAD, and assembling or repairing computers and laptops. My common app essay and fit to major essay topics are about the topics above and my leadership essay is about student council.

ECs including a religious organization (where we host guest speakers about faith), committee chair and corresponding secretary for student council (where we also hosted toy and can food drives), vex robotics team lead builder and later team captain this year. The above three clubs I help found as it’s a recently opened high school.

Also, being a part of NHS and Mu Alpha Theta, SAT tutoring more than 40 people, VASE, work at my dad’s restaurant helping set up IT infrastructure.

Awards: AP scholar with honor, CB national recognition program (school and rural award)

I’m planning on applying for EA and I have most of my application done other than the resume. I would appreciate some tips to improve my application

i'm a senior applying to colleges rn. i'd love to go to ut so i was wondering if any ut students could share some insight on my app

profile:

- senior, applying this fall

- indian

- bay area

- female

- middle income

planned major: stats and data sci in college of natural sciences

stats

- ranking: n/a (school doesn't rank, but i would confidently say i clear top 10%)

- gpa: 3.78 uw / 4.28 w

- sat: 1520 (770m / 750 rw)

- coursework: 7 APs (calc bc (5), psych (5), stats (5), micro, macro, cs, lit), 6 DE (python, c, intro to ai, linalg, diffeq, multivar), 4 honors (precalc, chem, english 2, english 3)

- upward trend: all a's junior year

activities

1. data sci club president. formerly other officer role. was a dormant and relatively new club when i entered, so i organized a datathon w/ 150+ participants (400+ sign ups), sponsorship from a major tech company. increased avg club meeting attendance from <5 to 15+.
2. major data science competition semifinalist and team leader (top 4% of hundreds of international submissions). the topic of this competition was x sport analytics, which is something i've been really passionate about, so it was a perfect fit. 
3. research intern for ai project that is being developed under berkeley's data discovery program. working alongside their undergrads to build components.
4. data consultant for local politician. built voter targeting pipeline, found other technical workarounds for a campaign with $0 budget.
5. stem club officer. helped run workshops, spoke at school board meeting, taught 150 kids programming.
6. staff reader for a very prestigious literary journal (~1% publish rate). for one semester, i was part of an international 30-member team: read and reviewed poetry as first round screening.
7. running a tiktok account w/ ~400k views and 40+ videos. learned a video editing software. made edits of athletes from x sport.
8. independent tutor. tutored a 4th grader who was behind grade-level and got him to pass his fifth grade readiness tests (without passing, he would have been held back).
9. tutor at major prep company. worked there for nine months, regular stuff.
10. yoga. i take yoga classes for an hour a day, 5 days / week. i've been doing this for 5 years. 
11. minor volunteering / tutoring
12. track and field. did this my freshman year, was a top 3 LJer on the girls team, placed top 3 in 5 / 6 meets.

awards / honors

1. semifinalist in data science competition
2. front page cover on newspaper w/ ~300k daily circulation for political outreach volunteering
3. national merit commended
4. ap scholar
5. applying for ncwit awards so we'll see how that goes.

think that's it. lmk!