<p>Anyone know when they start sending out decisions? Anyone received anything yet? Just curious.</p>
<p>I’ve had one friend receive his acceptance back in December. Had a remarkable SAT score and Subject Scores and a lot of ECs in math and science.</p>
<p>Was it via mail or email?</p>
<p>I was accepted to Cockrell today (civil engineering)! I also applied for engineering honors, but there was no mention of it in the acceptance, does anyone know if the honors comes out later? Or does that mean I wasn’t admitted into the eng. honors program?</p>
<p>Online through the status check. I haven’t heard of any other acceptances other than one from my school.</p>
<p>My son was accepted into U.T. engineering today as well. We called Austin and they are sending out honors acceptances next week. One more week to sweat it out.</p>
<p>Just received word that my son did not get into Engineering Honors. Accepted to Cockrell/ChemE and invited to UT VIP. We are not disappointed about this. It is very likely he will be adding a pre-med track to ChemE which means GPA will be crucial. So we weren’t really seeing the value-add of freshman honors. </p>
<p>Good luck to other applicants! :-)</p>
<p>^^ldmom06, how did he find out?</p>
<p>givings - via email. Also rec’d phone call from UT Admissions and they were very complimentary re: ldboy’s app, calling him a top candidate and expressing hope he would decide to attend. Also said Cockrell Admissions, particularly ChemE, was a bloodbath this year. So we do feel the UT love even without freshman honors. </p>
<p>Our concern: We have experience with this (ldgirl was in freshman honors at UNC). It can be a distraction and added pressure during an already intense period of transition. And we are already concerned about ldboy’s decision to create a pathway to med school via Cockrell. He is undecided between grad work in biomedical engineering and medical school and wants both options open. It’s not going to be easy.</p>
<p>Also, upperclassman will be invited to Engineering Honors after 24 hours in Cockrell with a 3.5 GPA and top 10% ranking. So it’s possible to end up in the same place as the few offered Engineering Honors as a freshman.</p>
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<p>Well, that was gracious of them! </p>
<p>And I agree about the pressure worries. Most of the comments I’ve seen re: EHP reflect this and the fact that there are no real benefits other than honors housing, etc.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your son! He sounds like he will do very well wherever he goes.</p>
<p>Thanks givings! Good luck to you as well!</p>
<p>Exactly how selective is EHP for freshmen? I was accepted to Cockrell, but rejected from the honors program, which I originally thought I had a good chance of getting into.</p>
<p>Oh well, you win some, you lose some.</p>
<p>From my conversation with Admissions, just getting into Cockrell is a huge win. She said the competition for spots was brutal.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Cockrell BME but rejected from EHP, and my stats were fairly competitive (top 4%, 2320 SAT, NMSF, high APs and SATIIs). From what I’ve heard, engineering honors admission has been considerably more difficult than years past.</p>
<p>@Idmom, thanks for the heads-up. S. (admitted to Chem E & invited to VIP) just checked his email and learned that he did not get into Engineering Honors. Like you, we are not too disappointed. He had already decided that he did not want to live in the EH dorm even if he got in, and there don’t seem to be many other significant perks besides bragging rights. S. is also interested in the possibility of med or grad school, so as you say, the pressure and grade competition will be intense as it is.</p>
<p>From what I’m reading here, it seems that just being admitted to Cockrell this year, especially into Chem E and BME, is a high honor in itself. I just can’t believe the resumes of some of the very talented kids who weren’t admitted. Bloodbath, indeed.</p>
<p>It would appear only highly qualified applicants with EC’s relevant to engineering were accepted to EH.</p>
<p>zinala - grades are going to be so important for post-grad opportunities, so like you, we actually feel like this decision was providence. Re: housing, we are so clueless. Our son would probably like a laid-back atmosphere in the company of other serious students. I kinda think it’s important for him to get into collaborative academic relationships as soon as possible…so connecting with other engineering students socially is a good idea. But he also likes to have fun. Not wild&crazy, get-arrested kind of fun…he’s the type to go to 6th for the jazz clubs not the jello shots. But he’s pretty social. We have no idea which dorm would be a good fit for such a kid. He stayed in Jester during Honors Colloquium and had no complaints though I thought the elevator situation was ridiculous. </p>
<p>Has your son figured out which dorms he prefers?</p>
<p>@Idmom: As of Dec., when we got the housing contract (after he was auto-admitted to UT generally), he put the Engineering FIG at Whitis first choice (probably already too late) and then Jester East and West (I think in that order). He has stayed at Jester several times for band camp, Honors Colloquium, the football weekend, etc., and thinks it is just fine. He is very social and would do fine in a big dorm. I agree about the elevators–but I think overall it would be OK for a year. We worry about too much distraction, of course (and those Jello shots too!), but he is going to have to learn to deal with that wherever he lives.</p>
<p>However, today 4 of his classmates were also admitted to UT Engineering. If they do decide to attend, he will probably change Jester to his first choice so they can be roommates.</p>
<p>@Pioneer: I think you are right. Also, I think performing well on AP tests in math and science topics, as well as a challenging senior year curriculum, may well have been factors. NMS status also seemed to be favored (no surprise there). I am sure UT would like to keep its NMS numbers up after it stopped offering any NMS scholarship money (boo!).</p>
<p>A classmate from my high school told me that a representative from UT said 1500 M+CR was auto-admit to Engineering Honors provided your rank is decent.</p>
<p>The people I’ve met at UT in the program sorta confirm this notion – I think it’s almost completely based on stats – which is unfortunate for the hard-working students who have merits elsewhere.
this is just speculation, I might be wrong.</p>
<p>zinala, he can still apply to Engineering Honors later on, so no worries. you need a 3.5 to apply I think. The only “perk” is the thesis, which he can pursue without Honors if he really wanted to. Grats on his acceptance!
oh and jello shots are made to appeal to girls, he’d might get a weird look if he asked for one.</p>