<p>Nothing yet</p>
<p>Just got this email when I asked for an estimate as to when we would receive our admission.</p>
<p>"Hi (my name),</p>
<p>We don’t release final decisions until late February. If you are guaranteed admission through automatic admission, then you should receive an “intent to admit” letter, but I’m not sure when those go out. I’m sorry that I can’t give you a precise date, but the best I can say is that you’ll have the decision before March 1. Because of the way our admission process works, we don’t typically admit students prior to this time (even auto admits) regardless of when a student submits their application. Please let me know if you have other questions!</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>ADRIANNE SCHROEDER | Admissions Counselor
Office of Admissions | The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 8058, Austin, Texas 78713 | 512-475-7330 | bealonghorn.utexas.edu"</p>
<p>I posted previously that my son found out in Sept but I went back and checked and it was October (10th, I think).</p>
<p>I guess that after UT “over-admitted” almost 1000 students this year they are going to be very careful with next year admission and can delay notifications until they can see the whole applicant pool.</p>
<p>Cwillbounds - Thanks so much for the admissions update!!! It helps with the waiting :)</p>
<p>Has anyone in the top 10% heard from UT about admittance yet? Im dying…</p>
<p>Still nothing for me!</p>
<p>Still nothing on my daughter yet.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t doubt for a second that this Abigail Fisher vs. UT Austin Supreme Court Case is a contributing if not the ONLY reason we haven’t received notification yet. Based on this article, if race as an admissions factor is barred, then the 75% cap for automatic admissions policy will be disbanded. This means Texas will have to begin admitting the top 10% rather than just the top 8% as they are now, leaving little to no room for anyone in-state outside the top ten percent in their class. Very peculiar.</p>
<p>[Analysis:</a> What would happen if Supreme Court strikes down UT admissions policy? | Texas on the Potomac | a Chron.com blog](<a href=“http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/10/analysis-what-would-happen-if-supreme-court-strikes-down-ut-admissions-policy/]Analysis:”>Analysis: What would happen if Supreme Court strikes down UT admissions policy? - Texas on the Potomac)</p>
<p>It is ironic that even if the law is struck down, Abigail wouldn’t have been admitted, being her rank was at 12%. But I don’t see how that case would affect current auto admits.</p>
<p>I think the point of the article is that the Texas legislature convenes in January and may consider changes to the top 10% law at that time. Also, if the Court renders an affirmative decision for Fisher before March 1, it would make UT’s current admissions process, e.g. 75%/25%, mute. The implications of this case, along with the surprisingly large freshmen enrollment in 2012, is no doubt affecting the time table for 2013 admissions.</p>
<p>The point of the article is that the legislature has already addressed what would happen if the holistic method UT currently uses is struck down. The cap of 75% on auto admits will be removed and the entire class will likely consist of top 10%. Any revisiting by the legislature in January is not going to retroactively throw out auto admission.</p>
<p>The court won’t issue the ruling until June of next year. Any changes would probably apply to the class entering in the Fall of 2014. I don’t know why they are waiting, but can see why applicants are frustrated.</p>
<p>Actually I think the scouts will release decisions in Jan.</p>
<p>I’m really confused about the different laws and legislations which are being discussed. BUT, I have a question! So, are 75% auto-admits based off first come first serve top 8%? And then the other 25% of seats are filled based off of wholistic review? I’m really worried now… My app won’t be submitted til late Oct… Does being in top 8% no longer guarantee a spot? :/</p>
<p>My understanding is the acceptance % is calculated by looking at the potential high school graduating class in Texas, and then seeing what % gets them to 75% of the freshman class (adjusting for their normal yields, etc.). Since the Texas classes are growing, the % is shrinking. Its gone from 10% to 9% to 8% this year, and I believe it drops to 7% next year. So this year if you are in the top 8% you are guaranteed admission, 8.01% you are not. The remaining 25% is for holistic review. One important point is that if you are a Texas student not in the top 8%, you are still put into the “Texas 75%”, not the holistic 25%. This means that “if” there are still spots left over after the students in the 8% or under category have made their college selections, you will compete with the other “non-8%” Texas students for the remaining spots in the 75%. For example if the 8%ers make up 73% of the UT freshman class, then the non 8%ers will compete for the remaining 2%. So this in theory will be much tougher than if you were in the holistic 25%.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks texansfan1! That makes sense.</p>
<p>Doesn’t it look like it’ll be a 4-4 tie?</p>
<p>So I was kinda worrying about this, so I went to S.B. 175 to read the actual specifications of what happens (I am applying from out of state, so while I am top 1% at my high school, I still have to compete in the 25% holistic division and don’t want it overturned). Lisiatc is correct, as we, the high school class of 2013/college class of 2017, will indeed be unaffected. </p>
<p>The law reads in S.B. 175, Subsection K:
“(k) A general academic teaching institution may not offer
admission under Subsection (a-1) for an academic year if, on the
date of the institution’s general deadline for applications for
admission of first-time undergraduate students for that academic
year:
(1) a final court order applicable to the institution
prohibits the institution from considering an applicant’s race or
ethnicity as a factor in the institution’s decisions relating to
first-time undergraduate admissions; or”</p>
<p>So as predictions don’t expect a decision from the Supreme Court until Spring/Summer 2013, that easily won’t be before the deadline for applications (December 1), so those of us in the 25% holistic division for Fall 2013 admissions have nothing to worry.</p>
<p>Source:
[81(R)</a> SB 175 - Enrolled version - Bill Text](<a href=“http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/SB00175F.htm]81(R)”>81(R) SB 175 - Enrolled version - Bill Text)</p>
<p>This is a correct citation of the bill that became law, however the text of the bill was incorporated in the Education Code, Chapter 51, section 803. The statutes are the law, not the bill. (A bill changes existing statutes or provides new ones.) Texas is about to have the 83rd legislature, so this bill was passed nearly four years ago. It doesn’t look like it was changed in the 82nd, so the conclusion is correct.</p>
<p>Here is the full section titled Automatic Admission: All Institutions [EDUCATION</a> CODE CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION](<a href=“EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION”>EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION)</p>