<p>It's actually usually a pretty competitive major. It's weird how this year, liberal arts and natural sciences are more competitive. They are usually fall backs. The only ones that year after year are really hard to get into are business, architecture, and engineering.</p>
<p>I got innnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Just checked like 5 minutes ago</p>
<p>Well Congratulations forcc! Hope you become a Longhorn. Hook 'Em!</p>
<p>Woo hoo! Congrats.</p>
<p>For what it's worth I also just checked to see that I was admitted to Cockrell.</p>
<p>Wow iceman you are lucky...I just checked and found out that I was admitted...to the School of Undergraduate Studies as an Undeclared major. Might as well have been a rejection. No UT ChemE for me...sigh...</p>
<p>disasterpiece02 congrats man!!! at least you got in...you should feel pretty proud getting in OOS...</p>
<p>so what do you plan on doing? UT or somewhere else?</p>
<p>Thanks disaster... Now I don't know the process at all, but could you not enter, take classes suited to a Chem Engineering major, and then transfer in in a year? I may be way off base, so feel free to educate me...</p>
<p>I will more than likely not be attending so my Cockrell spot should be open for someone else. UT was about a week late in notification :(.</p>
<p>Actually that is exactly what you do, and with a decent GPA you transfer in sophomore year. Before you decide not to attend though why not give them a call and ask about their in-campus transfer rates, etc. My S attended one of their info sessions last month and all of this was spelled out. Cockrell is highly respected and it would be a shame for you to make that decision without getting all the information first!</p>
<p>I am aware that I can do the internal transfer after taking Engineering classes for a year, but it's still very disheartening when a top-choice school doesn't accept you in the field you want to be in. I applied to UT with the hope of studying ChemE from the start. Also cost is a problem, as I'm now assuming that I won't get scholarships or anywhere near the necessary financial aid. And yesterday I received a likely letter from Cornell, so I'm more than likely attending there after this news. Go figure, I can get into an Ivy League school but I can't get my major at an OOS public...</p>
<p>Past all the cynicism, would it be possible to appeal my decision if I basically told them that I absolutely love UT and it was dream to study ChemE? I realize that it might be tough to move me around, but is it even worth a shot?</p>
<p>Son just found out that he's in. He had applied to the new Music Industry program but did not get into the music school. He has been admitted as an undeclared major. We're in Illinois. He got a 30 ACT, 4.9 GPA and 53/550 class rank. He'll have taken 8 AP courses, and lots and lots of extracurriculars in the arts, writing and student government</p>
<p>Please help me, </p>
<p>i am international and few people in the admission committee are saying that decisions will be out soon but few counselors of ut are saying that it will be in mid-april. </p>
<p>Can any international ut student tell me when they heard about their decision ? Please, the wait is killing me...</p>
<p>i got in!! to biology!! i never expected to ge in because
i was OOS with 3.8 gpa and 2090 SAT yay!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I got into UT Austin engineering with 3.7 UW and 1420/2090.</p>
<p>Mine is still "in review." :</p>
<p>I just got in. Radio-TV-Film major. It was my first choice of major and university. OOS-suburb of Boston, MA.</p>
<p>ACT: 29; 33e, 26m, 31r, 26s
GPA: 3.3/4 uw, 3.9/5 w. Competitive public HS. Nobody really has over a 4.4w, and they go to Harvard.
ECs: captain of track team-possible state champions, section editor of newspaper, founder of camp newspaper, hebrew school since 3rd grade, and a few other small ones.
I'm a good writer so I'm sure my essays were fine. Same with recs.</p>
<p>I had basically ruled myself out after reading the posts by a few specific members on this board. Just goes to show that you always have a chance. Don't worry if someone on this website thinks it'll happen on a cold day in hell. Also, when I visted UT, the admissions counselor I spoke to said they weigh academics 50%, and ECs/essays 50%. Good extracurriculars can make up for medicore academics, and vice versa. Admissions is never just a numbers game.</p>
<p>It's been real.</p>
<p>Englandrocks, if you are OOS, admissions is not purely a numbers game, if you are a Texas highschhol graduate, it is purely a numbers game. </p>
<p>Be happy you got in, there are Texas kids with better stats than you who are left out in the cold strictly because they were not in the top 10 percent.</p>
<p>From reading the notifications put out by UT this year, I had a feeling that they were going to leave spots open for OOS kids, and that seems to have come to pass. This won't be the case in a few years when ther are more top 10ers than there are spots.</p>
<p>You are so right AG54..I wonder if these OOS kids really know what a huge priviledge and honor it is to get accepted to the University of Texas..There are many, many kids in Texas with way better stats (or just as good) that will not realize thier dream of being a longhorn!! OOS kids, please reliaze that you might as well of won the Texas State Lottery..it's about the equivalent to many of these Texas kids..</p>
<p>damn ag54, it seems like every thread I visit I read some backhanded remark to someone regarding their acceptance.</p>
<p>I'm sorry you percieve it that way. It's not my intention.</p>
<p>In this case, I responded to his assertion that "Admissions is never just a numbers game."</p>
<p>Unfortunately, for many residents in Texas, they have found out that it is just a numbers game and they didn't have the right numbers.</p>
<p>In other threads: For people who are genuinely happy about their acceptances, I am happy with them and congratulate them. For people who are snarky about it (ie.boasting that they only applied to see if they could get in and plan on turning it down for something better), I respond in kind.</p>