Essays with Automatic Admission

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I just started getting ready to fill out the application for UT on August 1st. I am automatically admitted being that I am in the top 7%. Duke is my first choice and am putting most of my time towards that application (ED). </p>

<p>Being that I am automatically admitted already, do I need to try on these essays?
I don't mean to come off a lazy or pretentious, but if they truly don't matter, I will just write a couple of sentences, and focus on my Duke essays.</p>

<p>Thanks for your time and consideration!</p>

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<p>It sounds lazy and pretentious. There are people here that would kill to get into UT and you’re asking them if it’s cool if you purposefully slack on your application.</p>

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<p>amlewis</p>

<p>They will automatically admit you to UGS if you don’t put any effort in your essays.</p>

<p>And I am not even sure that the application would be considered complete if you write only a couple of sentences. Most likely not.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help Ya Ya.
And I apologize if I offended anyone.</p>

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<p>Just my two cents on this because of personal experience… I was also an auto-admit for UT Austin, but that didn’t mean I slacked on my essays (my other friends did however… I advised heavily against it but no one wants to listen to me LOL).</p>

<p>Later, I got interviewed for a prestigious university scholarship. During my interview, they actually referred to one of the essays I wrote about. They told me it was beautifully written and asked me a few questions about it. I’m not saying I got the scholarship based on that one essay, but think of what a bad impression it would have been if I slacked on it. So even if the school doesn’t look at them heavily, scholarships do.</p>

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<p>That is very interesting, and something that hadn’t even crossed my mind.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ll make sure to put my best effort into these essays!</p>