I know that an expanded resume is not required, but is it okay to use one to elaborate and expand on the extra curricular that you put on the ApplyTexas application? I do not have many officer positions, but I did show leadership in those EC’s- just not by getting an elected position.
Don’t give a school more than it requests. It just annoys them.
@TheAvidSeeker @GMTplus7 The PURPOSE of the expanded resume is to give additional information. Yes, absolutely do include additional leadership info here - that’s exactly what it’s for! Both of my sons were able to include substantial leadership info without any major elected positions. For example, doing an Eagle project in boy scouts. Leadership in real life is often “self-appointed,” and that is fine.
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Put in the resume what you think is important–particularly hours per week or total hours for each activity, as well as what a concise description of WHAT you actually did. For Plan II, the expanded resume was very important, not sure about other majors. Don’t be overly wordy–trim it to essentials into what YOU did and how much time you spent per week, per term, or total, whichever is more important.
I feel as if I might overestimate some on accident. Would UT check this? Also, can’t you just send in the same resume you use for admission to Plan I? @EngPII
Also, I know UT uses the Academic Index for your ACT mad SAT scores, but do you possibly know if you can send UPDATED and better scores as time goes on( and before the deadline )
Yes, you can send updated scores up until December 31st that will be counted in your AI.
@TheAvidSeeker, yes you just submit one expanded resume–it would be used for any holistic review and also for Plan II.
@EngPII I feel as if along the lines of listing my EC’s and my activities on them, I might overestimate my hours or get something wrong than how it actually is. Does UT check to make sure your EC’s are right? I’m afraid I might on accident write something that is not true that I thought was true.
Of course they do not check. They process tens of thousands of applications. If you put something on the resume that they do not believe, your PAI score will reflect it. Be careful not to make mistakes and have someone proof read it for you.
@TheAvidSeeker, in any application, try to be as honest as possible. Be conservative if your tendency is to over-emphasize how much you actively engaged in an activity. That’s why stating “2 hrs/week in Spring Semester,” and like statements are augmented by what YOU actually did, not the group, but YOU.
The idea is to paint a picture for a reviewer of who you are and what you stand for, what you value and what drives you. Stay truthful, and don’t get into the weeds too much with bullet points. Paint a broad picture as you work on multiple drafts of a resume, and fill in / redact / clarify / refine in a concise manner.
@EngPII and @gettingschooled
I was told by someone that the PAI and AI do not give partial points. Meaning, for example, on the PAI, you either get a score that is a whole number- no partial points. Also, I was told that ethnicity basically is one full point on the PAI.
I looked at the site and found no confirmation for either, could any of you guys find out?
When I looked at the Best Practices document, it is pretty clear that AI goes to at least one decimal point and PAI does not.
As for the point for race/ethnicity, that is not what UT represented to the Supreme Court both times it argued in favor of its affirmative action policy. They said race/ethnicity is contextual and that they can’t quantify the impact of race on admissions so I not sure who told you that but I would ask them to show you when they read that.
@EngPII Do you know of any templates I could use for the expanded resume? Or at least model on? I’m a little confused too how you submit your resume? I’m assuming it’s from a word document and then you turn it in a pdf file then send it
Yes, the resume you will upload in the UT file uploader that you will see after you have submitted your basic application. I thought UT had a template on the site in admissions somewhere.
They do.
http://ddce.utexas.edu/schoolpartnerships/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Expanded-Resume.pdf
They also provide a list of action verbs some may find helpful.
@Thelma2 Do you know if you are allowed to send updated test scores even AFTER you applied? For example, I am retaking the ACT in September, but I am going to just send my ACT score from April. If I do better on the September ACT I will send that too so it can help in the AI formulas. Do you have to send in ALL your test scores the moment you apply?
You can send scores from your new tests after you apply and after you send scores from earlier tests, as long as they are sent by Dec. 31st. It is just your application that is due by Dec. 1. UT will use the scores that give you the best AI.
That said, because you are auto admit, UT won’t know that until they receive your application and transcript. As soon as you get that in, you can complete the housing application and submit the fee and be in a good spot for getting your dorm preference.
Then sit back for the long wait for your major decision. Some majors were released earlier in bits and pieces (no whole majors at a time) but the majority of Business and Engineering received their decision the third Friday of February. That has been the case for 2015 and 2016. Will it be the same in 2017, who knows.