Texas graduate 300k+ students every year. If all top 6% apply to UT, it will be 18k. This will be way more than UT can admit.
Does UT break state law not giving all admission/CAP?
UT Austin’s common data set indicates ~19,500 admissions for the 2018-2019 cycle (current freshman class). If everyone eligible for automatic admission applied, I have no reason to think they would not be admitted.
In fact, the automatic admission threshold is set with exactly this in mind: https://news.utexas.edu/2017/09/15/growth-in-texas-drives-automatic-admission-to-top-6-percent/
Ok, that makes sense. I see it will be 5% or 4% pretty soon.
Realistically, I would think many of the top 1-2% choose Ivy League schools or schools that offer more scholarships on academic merit.
Also many are admitted to UT based on the % but will not attend because they are not admitted to their major.
Yes, they calculate that only 50% of the top 6% apply, and from the auto admit applicants another 50% does not accept. But like this article states more and more will apply and that’s why they have been reducing the top% number. I posted it already a lot, I like the stats and they make sense ?
https://www.theparentsdean.com/blog-1/2019-ut-admissions-the-new-reality
In a crazy situation where something like this were to happen, I believe they have laws with this legislation that mandates a lottery be held if the number that had to be admitted under the top 6% rule exceeds a certain number.
@KWimbs The statute is here: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.803 . There is no mention of a lottery. Instead, the mechanism to prevent overwhelming enrollment at UT Austin is to begin filling the freshman class with first percentile applicants, then second percentile, and so on until 75% of the available space is filled.