<p>trust me, the way to get in if you’re not in the top 10% is to apply to an easy major</p>
<p>education, dance, etc. are wayyy easier than business, engineering, natural science, and even liberal arts has become more competitive lately</p>
<p>Here are the testing scores by school within UT:</p>
<p>[SAT/ACT</a> Scores | Why UT? | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/scores/index.html]SAT/ACT”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/scores/index.html)</p>
<p>According to this, architecture and business have the highest standards (of testing), whereas nursing and social work have the easiest. Given that health care is a major growth industry, those both sound like excellent choices (and nursing pays fairly well, generally).</p>
<p>The architects are smarter than the engineers?!? The horror. (oops, the structural engineer in me coming out! We consider architects to be kind of flaky, lol).</p>
<p>It looks like the engineers are smarter than the business majors, though (1304 SAT vs. 1265).</p>
<p>@MaineLonghorn: I don’t think I would go that far. My guess is that they use a high benchmark to keep the architecture numbers low (or, conversely, they keep the numbers low and therefore only the very top scoring students get in). I am speaking generally and not just about UT here, but architecture schools are notorious for making things harder than they have to be (outrageous deadlines and incredibly heavy work loads in order to weed people out). I guess that we need more engineers than we need architects?..</p>
<p>Only 350 OOS got in this year. I did but sweated waiting for the decision. I am #2/736, 4.75 GPA, 2-sport varsity athlete, community service, job since I turned 16. UT was the only place I applied (crazy, I know) because it was the only place I wanted to go.</p>
<p>timp1206, what are your stats?</p>
<p>@mtzgrl: Would love to know your source for the 350 OOS admits. That is dramatically different from the 4-5% goal for freshman class. Do you perhaps mean 350 enrolled?</p>
<p>No, that was the acceptance rate I was given by a friend of the family who is a former Regent and still closely associated with UT. The 10% rule greatly slashed the number of OOSers accepted because so few spots were left.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m not doing the math correctly, but the question arises: unless the applied/admitted/enrolled numbers statewide were dramatically different from previous years, WHY would there be THAT many more people qualified in the top 10% this year vs. last year?</p>
<p>I am tired and perhaps not thinking clearly and analytically at this time of night, but it seems like 350 this year vs. 1000ish last year is a major difference. So why would the instate number change that much? Or is is just that the instate numbers don’t have to change perceptibly to effect a major change in OOS admits since there are relatively few admitted anyway (1000 vs. 350)? </p>
<p>This is NOT a good thing for UT, if mtzgrl’s numbers are accurate. Geographic diversity is important in a flagship public university. No respected state university wants to be perceived as admitting only in-state students. Am I wrong here?</p>
<p>Vail, I totally agree – it is definitely not good and does the opposite of what it was supposed to do, which was to create MORE diversity on campus. idk why the numbers were so different this year, but I do know that very few OOS students got into their first-choice majors and waaaaay more qualified candidates than ever before didn’t get in at all. It affects not only OOSers but all non-10%ers too. It will likely get worse unless the law changes. idk if 8% will make a diff, but maybe if they just made it 5%? All I know is I worked my butt off for four years and never figured on stressing so much about getting in, but that’s what happened.</p>
<p>I guess my son should be even happier that he got into his first choice major and was selected for LAH. We knew OOS numbers for LAH would be low (less than 10), but didn’t realize the freshman class numbers overall would be so low.</p>
<p>MTXGRL…do you mean that 350 OOS were admitted or 350 is the number that are actually going to attend? I would expect that the OOS yield is much higher but the percentage that actually attend is lower. My H is a lifetime Texas Ex. In the March newsletter it stated that approx 15000 applicants were admitted but only half of them would actually attend (approx 7500 in the freshman class for 2010). That number was not broken down into OOS and instate.</p>
<p>@SWTCAT: You are absolutely right and I have trouble believing those accepted numbers from mtxgrl. In 2008 there were approx 4,300 applicants OOS, 1,000 admitted and 295 enrolled. So the 350 OOS</p>
<p>@SWTCAT: You are absolutely right and I have trouble believing those accepted numbers from mtxgrl. In 2008 there were approx 4,300 applicants OOS, 1,000 admitted and 295 enrolled. So the 350 OOS number would be much more in line with an enrolled OOS population this year. It will be some time before the 2010 numbers are available, so it will interesting to see what has actually transpired.</p>
<p>@MTXGRL, here are my stats:</p>
<p>Junior in Texas</p>
<p>GPA: 90.49 (College Prep School)
ACT: 30</p>
<p>Sports: football, track, cross country</p>
<p>EC’s:
*Founder and president of Young Republican’s Club at my school
*National Honor Society
*Young Men Service League
*Key Club
*Operation Kindness
*and random community service projects</p>
<p>@timp1206: So, the question everyone will ask: What do you anticipate your class rank/percent at the end of this semester? (This is what they will use to determine your auto-admit status.)</p>
<p>I also find the 350 number impossible to believe. At our high school I know of 8 kids who were offered Admission this year. 1 or 2 will actually enroll. Last year my daughter was the only applicant and acceptance. There is no way they would have accepted 8 kids from a small LA suburban high school if they only accepted 350. Impossible.</p>
<p>Socal Dad - Maybe your daughter made such an impression at UT that they said “We MUST have more like her!!!” ; - )</p>
<p>I think it was a case of many kids hearing she loved it, visiting her, and taking a shot. It is now on the radar in our community. Hopefully, it will continue to grow.
I sometimes worry that my daughter did more to enhance the playboy party rankings, than any academic rankings.</p>
<p>LOL Socaldad…I am hoping that is not my daughter next year :)</p>