<p>Is there a certain deadline for the top 9% to submit their application or can i submit mine on december 1 and still be automatically admitted (i'm in the top 4%). Also when I submit my application do i have to submit essays A and B with it, or can i submit them at a later date?
Thanks</p>
<p>there is no certain deadline, but its first come first serve. UT can only fill up to 75% of their class size with auto admits, so if by the time you applied they already filled up the 75%, there will be no difference between you and other people who are not in top 10, other than the fact that you will have a higher achievement index than others due to your higher rank…</p>
<p>I’m guessing by early November or earlier, 75% of the spots should be all filled(Pure estimate…not based on official data whatsoever)…as most of the people I know in top 9 all submitted their app late September or early this month(including me). </p>
<p>You don’t have to submit essay with the application, but UT won’t start processing your application until they receive your essay(and all other stuff such as transcript, test scores etc)…so it really doesn’t make any sense to submit them at a later date, as it makes no difference at all…</p>
<p>but yea, if you want to be auto admitted, i strongly suggest you submit your app ASAP…I think you are already a little behind…</p>
<p>The above post is not really correct. The law and modificaton on the “Top 10%” (SB 175) states that 1. The University is to automatically admit enough students to fill 75% of available Texas resident spaces. 2. Each fall by September 15 the university will notify Texas school officials of the class rank that current high school juniors need to attain by the end of their junior year in order to be automatically admitted two years out.</p>
<p>This notification in September, ie, the 9% for this entering class is the projected percent that will fill the 75%. The University will admit anyone that meets that requirement (and the minimum test score, etc) up until the deadline of December 1. So someone, like the OP in the top 4% can apply on December 1, and still be admitted under the law. If that means 76% of the class is made up of auto admits, then so be it, but the OP has until the deadline. </p>
<p>Now with that said, OP, you must have a complete application at that time. That means your essays and resume must be uploaded by the deadline. And please remember that there are always those students at 11:50 PM on December 1 that panic because the server is slow and the application fails to upload. This is not UT’s problem. Please make sure you are uploading a few days before. No one feels sorry these type of deadline pushers.</p>
<p>@collegeshopping
well…sorry if I misunderstood the adjusted law…but I was told by my counselors that its done on a first come first serve basis. Not everyone in the top 9 is guaranteed a seat. The percentage is not connected to the actual 75% class size by their definition.</p>
<p>But I guess what you have said does make sense as well…I have read that part of the policy many times too, but since it did NOT specifically say that the percent is what “current high school juniors need to attain by the end of their junior year in order TO BE IN THE 75% CLASS SIZE and consequentially automatically admitted two years out.” I went with the interpretation of my counselors…</p>
<p>@im1knight</p>
<p>Collegeshopping is absolutely correct in the way SB 175 is interpreted. Per the above, UT must post on their website what class rank constitutes “75%” of the freshman incoming class. This is done during September of the junior year of the affected class so they have time to prepare.</p>
<p>The information is posted here on BeaLonghorn:
[Automatic</a> Admission | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/after-you-apply/automatic-admission]Automatic”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/after-you-apply/automatic-admission)</p>
<p>As you will see, Fall 2012 applicants are admitted if they are Texas residents and in the top 9% of their class. There is no “cap” on the admittance–meaning this is not a first-come, first-served situation. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that school counselors can be helpful, but there are so many universities that they may not be well versed on the particulars–even for a flagship school like UT. Familiarize yourself with the BeaLonghorn site as that is where most all of your answers can be found.</p>
<p>@txex86
Alright, glad to know that for future advises i’m giving to other people. I’m not affected either way as I already submitted mine.</p>
<p>Sorry for any confusion caused my previous post.</p>