My daughter was denied - not deferred - at the Univ Texas at Austin. It was one of her top choices. Three friends in her class were accepted, but comparatively, her grades and test scores make the rejection more puzzling . On top of her good numbers, her sister is currently a junior there with an A average, and her aunt and grandfather are UT grads. She is a National Merit finalist, captain of the cross country team, a talented artist with an extensive volunteer record, and she has great teacher recs. She has had a rigorous course load at one of the top private schools in the city. She is an out of state applicant.
According to her Naviance scattergram, the GPA of accepted students from her school during 2011-2013 was 91.54, and the average SAT was 1360. Her GPA is 96.52, and her SAT was 1570. According to her placement on the scattergram, she was more qualified by the numbers than any other applicant from her school in the last 3 years. And as mentioned, her sister attends there now.
I know that there are myriad reasons why qualified kids get rejected during the college admissions process and that she'll be fine without attending UT. Besides her heartbreak, my concern is this: could there be an unknown and glowing deficiency or error in her application that might be duplicated in her other applications, and if so, how do you figure that out? She is waiting to hear from 4 schools at the end of March, so if there's a problem that we don't know about, how do you figure that out? Will it do any good for her to contact UT and ask?
Thank you for any insight.
UT Mom
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