<p>They don’t accept 100 people that’s just around how many attend the school for BME each year they accept more than 100 because a lot of people who get accepted don’t attend ut so they need to accept more than 100 for BME. The total number of undergrads in the BME Department is around 450.</p>
<p>Oh thank goodness. Someone told me that over the summer and I have been freaking out!</p>
<p>@Readster on my status, it changed from “application is complete” to “Application is under review” like last week. Will ut accept me into the college of undergraduate studies first and then Cockrell if I get in?</p>
<p>@Schmitty3333
Wow, I apparently commented on this thread before.
Anyways, last year I went through this same process as a non-automatic admit. The “application is under review” status only changed when Cockrell made its decision late in February.</p>
<p>@Fredjan Wow that is a really long time. That is what I have been hearing though from a lot of people. I got into the engineering school at the university of minnesota last week and I live in minnesota. Would it be worth the extra 25,000 per year to go to Texas over Minnesota? My Dad still wants me to go to Texas and will pay for it, I was just wondering.</p>
<p>@Schmitty3333
To be honest, the difference in cost is up to you. You could, for example, go to Minnesota and fund your master’s with the money you saved.
However, if your dad can pay for it, and you really want to attend Texas, you might want to consider owning real property in Austin (say, a condo in your name), establishing residency for tuition purposes (takes one year), and then re-selling it later.*
**Take my advice with a grain of salt. I highly suggest you contact out of state students at UT from previous classes and see if they’ve successfully acquired in-state status through this method. I know that several Class of 2018 people are attempting this.</p>
<p>@Fredjan thank you. Are you attending Cockrell right now? If you are, how competitive and difficult are classes there. Is it possible to maintain a 3.5?</p>
<p>If you buy real estate and live in it, it IS possible to get residency status in a year, but it’s not easy. My son got it back in 2011, before they tightened the rules (you didn’t have to live in the property you bought back then). He had to jump through a lot of hoops, and <em>I</em> had to do a lot of work! The first semester he was to get in-state tuition, he fell so ill that he had to move home and never got to take advantage of the reduced cost :(</p>
<p>@Schmitty3333
I can’t answer that. Chose not to attend UT.</p>
<p>@MaineLonghorn
OP’s parents could buy real estate, have their son live in it, and rent it to his classmates for profit. At least one person in the class of 2018 did exactly that.</p>
<p>Yes, but there are more hoops to jump through than just the real estate one. I’m saying it’s possible, but not easy. One of the questions involved how much support the parents give the student. </p>
<p>Ok so I just had a couple more questions. What is the acceptance rate to Cockrell specifically and even BME if someone can find it? What is the average GPA of engineering students while in college?</p>
<p>Ok so im pretty sure I won’t get into BME, but Civil engineering was my second choice major and I am kind of leaning towards doing that as of now. Is Civil Engineering much easier to get into at UT? If so what are my chances at Civil Engineering?</p>
<p>Did u get in yet?</p>
<p>Haven’t heard anything yet</p>
<p>Civil Engineering is generally one of the easier engineering majors to get into</p>
<p>@FutureOilBaron </p>
<p>What about mechanical?</p>
<p>what about aerospace engineering?</p>
<p>@ScreenName529 I believe that mechanical would be moderately difficult. If you have decent test scores compared to your fellow MechE applicants, you’ll get in. Of course, getting in is one thing but staying in Cockrell is another. </p>
<p>@vs1997 I would assume that AE falls in the middle of the difficulty spectrum</p>
<p>How about electrical and computer engineering, comparing to Mech E and BME?</p>
<p>@FutureOilBaron what is the 4 year graduation rate for Cockrell? I imagine it shouldn’t be too bad. I got into Purdue’ engineering program and that has a very low 4 year graduation rate. How does the difficulty at Cockrell compare to other top engineering schools?</p>