<p>UT Austin has a very good nationwide reputation, I wouldn’t say any worse than the other schools you listed. However, if you are top 1% of your class with test scores to match, you should be looking for merit scholarships.</p>
<p><a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/scholarships”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/scholarships</a></p>
<p>It is worth placing a call to your top choices and asking them about merit scholarship information, or looking online yourself. The best situation to be in is to be looking at several colleges and comparing the expected cost after merit scholarships.</p>