how difficult is OOS admission?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hi i'm going to be a senior in high school this coming fall and i was wondering how difficult it is to be admitted at UT from out of state? </p>

<p>thanks! </p>

<p>sean</p>

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<p>Pretty difficult. It’s harder than in-state for sure. Aim for a 2000+ SAT/30+ ACT with top 15% and you’ll be pretty competitive.</p>

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<p>I come from South Dakota, and I dont think many people from SD go to UT. and I’m sure not many apply. Does geographic diversity help my case at all?</p>

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<p>yea it might, if you have high SATs and good ECs you have a decent shot</p>

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<p>I believe that the OOS acceptance rate is around 23%.</p>

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<p>You know that tuition is $22,500 higher per year for out-of-state students than it is for in-state students, right? (Just checking.)</p>

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<p>I have heard in some schools admissions that the geographic area you are from does help you especially if you are as far away from the school as you are.</p>

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<p>yes i know how expensive UT is, but i think it is totally worth it. and i hope being from South Dakota helps my chances!</p>

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<p>are you planning on moving back to SD after college?</p>

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<p>No, I don’t plan on moving back to South Dakota after college. If i did, i would probably go to college in-state. I would like to live in Texas, i think. I have been to the state once and loved it!</p>

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<p>o ok lol</p>

<p>well yea the University of Texas is your best bet…</p>

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<p>If you are set on working in Texas then going to any of the Tier 1 schools here would set you on the right track.</p>

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<p>yup so dont just apply to UT</p>

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<p>The admitted freshman class of 2009 had 14% (2043) OOS students.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/AdmittedFreshmenProfile-2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/AdmittedFreshmenProfile-2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I still don’t get why i was accepted to UT and rejected from UVA when i am a Virginia resident…especially since UT is so hard to get into OOS</p>

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<p>The entering classes of 2005 or 2006 or 2007 or 2008 included only about 4% out of state students. UT made a policy shift in late 2008 for the entering class of 2009, making it a bit easier for OOS students to be admitted - and making it harder for Texas not-top-ten-percent students to get in. This might have been part of their strategy for getting the legislature to change the top 10% law, and it apparently worked. </p>

<p>Some of UT’s reputation for being very hard for OOS students to get in has not applied for the last two years; UT has been nice to out of staters recently, and the number of kids in the Out of State Students Association (UT OSSA) has grown.</p>

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<p>[Out-of-State</a> Profile | Why UT? | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/outofstate/index.htm]Out-of-State”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/outofstate/index.htm)
About the same</p>

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<p>From itry’s link: Admitted Out-of-State Applicants: 2,043 (43% of those who applied)</p>

<p>43% isn’t bad!</p>

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<p>The alumni association member who organized our local new student party said that this year’s OOS acceptance rate was around 23%.</p>

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<p>It’s still hard to determine the difficulty though because there could have been more oos applicants with lower academic crudentials.</p>