<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I am a high school senior planning to apply to UT, A&M,UC Berkeley, and UCSD engineering. As these programs are very selective and fill up fully, when should I apply for freshman fall 2015 semester? I am taking the SAT in October again, so should I send my application early and send my scores in later, or should I wait till I get my October scores back to send my application? I want to send them early enough.</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>Are any of those schools rolling admission? I doubt they are. In that case as long as you get all your info in before the deadline you are good. Non-rolling schools don’t look at the applications until after the deadline. </p>
<p>For which schools would you be in-state? Will your parents pay $45K+ for an OOS public school?</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad UT is rolling admission for people in the top8% in Texas. And i’m in Texas, but not top 8%</p>
<p>I would definitely send your application first. Most deadlines are around Nov. 1 for early, and the October scores probably won’t be available by then to send in, especially if you want to see them before you send. I would email the individual schools and ask them about their policy for the October SAT. Most schools will definitely allow you to take it, but you might need to rush the scores. It just depends on the school, so I would ask.</p>
<p>For the UC schools there is no early admission. It doesn’t matter when you submit your application for fall as long as you get it in by the deadline. And for your sending your scores you’ll be fine as well. They even accept December SAT scores. While I do not recommend to wait till last minute, you could technically send you application for Berkeley and UCSD on November 30th and it won’t affect your chances of getting in. </p>
<p>UT Austin is probably a reach if you are in an automatic admission category (top 7% or whatever).</p>
<p>UCs do not have early admission programs except for UCR, where students with sufficiently high stats after junior year can sign up for guaranteed admission in June or July.</p>
<p>Will your parents pay for a UC OOS?</p>
<p>You can only apply for the UCs in November. For UT and A&M, get a good product as soon as ApplyTexas goes online (it might be up now) as only 25% of acceptances at either institution is reserved for non-automatic admits. Keep in mind that you have to get in for your major to get accepted, afaik, so it’s an uphill battle against a massive number of applicants, especially for Cockrell. Don’t forget to apply Honors too- you could score some serious money.</p>
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Then IMHO there is nothing a large CA public offers you that you can’t get in Texas. You can get the same large classes and lack of personal attention for much less, with plenty of money left over to spend summers vacationing in CA if that’s what you want. The UCs are a good deal for CA residents, but IMHO not at all worth it for OOS. On the other hand if your parents are willing to make a $100K gift to the UC system in OOS tuition, as a CA resident let me be the first to thank them for their generosity!</p>
<p>You can also get a bit more personal attention at UT Dallas and some A&M satellite campuses. If you’re doing engineering, UT is probably a much better offer when it comes to chemical, petroleum, and some other fields- and it’s close to the front of the pack for fields like electrical (and CompSci is up there if you get Turing). If you’re in-state and get $12k/yr Honors (max for EE Honors, not sure about the other programs), 4 years at UT ($60k) is about the same as a year at Berkeley (tougher to get Honors + the financial aid doesn’t offset the OOS tuition premium) which would perhaps only be worth it for EECS (and that’s a huge perhaps). The only reason to pick a flagship UC (Berkeley or LA) over UT would be if you didn’t get in. A&M also seems to be more willing to offer financial aid for merit-based reasons but it slightly behind UT in most engineering fields (although that shouldn’t matter much to an undergrad). I’d seriously focus on getting into UT with Honors (if you’re thinking EECS, go for EE Honors and have CS as a double major since EE Honors is easier to get into than Turing, Dean’s, or Plan II) because that’ll be a ridiculously good option.</p>
<p>If you’re top 10% in Texas A&M does an automatic admission. When I was there by the time admissions got to the 3.8 gpa area all spaces for engineering were full</p>
<p>Okay I am planning on applying to Aerospace. And my question is, is there an advantage to submitting as early as possible even if the school does not have Early action or decision? Like for UT (which is my primary choice), Cockrell fills up pretty quickly! But, I want to send my application around mid October or beginning of October. So would I be able to send in my scores immediately after they come out? </p>
<p>UT Austin has auto admit for top7%, but that doesn’t guarantee those people admission into their major. I don’t think UT looks at applications for Cockrell or Mccombs or any other competitive school until the due date for all applications</p>
<p>@vs1997 I know people who got into Cockrell and McCombs after applying in October, so you should be fine. I applied at the end of October as well- I was auto-admit but I did manage to get ECE Honors.</p>