<p>Hello everyone! I'm a member of the Student Government Out-of-State Student Agency at UT, and I work with the admissions office as well as other agency members to put together events for prospective out-of-state students. I also participate in online chat nights, and I'll be at the prospective student panels this coming spring. I'm an out-of-state student myself (from Portland, Oregon), so I feel confident that I can answer many of the questions that you might have about coming to UT from a different state! Just in case you were wondering, I'm a freshman majoring in chemical engineering.</p>
<p>If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask. The Out-of-State Student Agency is relatively new, and we're trying to increase our presence in the admissions process as well as online so that we can support all prospective students and make you feel comfortable and confident about coming to UT. Some ideas for questions: admissions, housing, classes, moving to a new state, making new friends, campus life, Austin life, getting involved in research, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for checking out this thread, and I hope to see at least some of you on campus!</p>
<p>I have tried to ask you questions twice and sent 2 PM’s. We are OOS from FL and am very interested to know OOS tuition waiver / in state tuition opportunities. Also is it possible to change major from say Computer science in CNS to Computer Engg in Cockrell and availability of OOS Scholarships in both these schools as well as Scholl of Business. </p>
<p>tampadad – I apologize! I did not see your two messages until today. </p>
<p>Out-of-state tuition waivers are definitely possible. The admissions and financial aid offices allocate a certain number of these waivers to each of the schools at UT, and I know for a fact that the greatest number is allocated to engineering. I don’t know how many, however, and I can’t really speak for the relative numbers between the other schools. </p>
<p>I know you asked for my stats and such – I did have a very high SAT score and fairly solid ECs, but I wouldn’t discourage anyone out-of-state from applying to UT even if they think their stats aren’t “excellent”. I don’t know the criteria used to award the waivers, but it’s obviously not impossible to get one! You don’t need to fill out any special application to apply for a waiver; you’ll receive a letter a few weeks after your acceptance letter if you are indeed awarded any sort of scholarship or waiver (at least for engineering).</p>
<p>Yes, you can change majors between schools. If you are accepted to computer science in Natural Sciences, you can apply for a transfer to Engineering. I believe this can be done at orientation (or possibly earlier). The next possible opportunity to transfer into Engineering would not be until the end of the first year at UT. By the way – technically, computer engineering is not a separate major. You would be in electrical engineering, which has an internal branch dealing with computer engineering.</p>
<p>Please let me know if I didn’t address a question entirely, or if you have any more questions!</p>
<p>When I checked last year, there were only 7 or 8 OOS tuition waivers in the entire school of engineering, for ANY student (freshman through senior). So they are pretty rare. My son didn’t get one, but I know there was another poster (or poster’s son) who did get one. He is going to apply for in-state residency before Fall 2011.</p>
<p>Do you mean doing simultaneous majors in business and engineering? That’s something I considered doing at first, but once I fully understood the demands of the engineering curriculum, I gave up that idea very quickly :P</p>
<p>I personally think that each of those programs (BHP and engineering) are quite rigorous independently of each other, so doing them together would be very difficult. I don’t know anyone who is doing this. I do, however, know many engineering students who are doing the Business Foundations Program, which is sort of like a minor.</p>
<p>I am Asian and I want to major in accounting. Is it hard to get scholarship( like half?) at UT? And what should be my sats score to b safe? And what r the important criteria to get accepted? thankkkk u</p>
<p>Thanks Soadquake981. I know some who are doing BHP with PlanII. Is it mostly Plan II that goes with BHP ? What is plan II ? All i know is it is liberal arts, but don’t have too many details. It seem to be specific to UTA.</p>
<p>Also how hard is it for OSS to get into BHP.</p>
<p>@kikocupcake – There is only one major university-wide scholarship that I can think of (Forty Acres Scholarship), but the application deadline for that one has already passed. Any half-tuition (or similar) scholarship would most likely come from an individual school, and unfortunately I don’t know how the business school does their scholarships. As for SAT score and other criteria – just remember that since you’re not a Texas resident, your application will be reviewed holistically. Generally, the out-of-state acceptance rate is about 23%, if that helps. The difficulty for admissions is probably on par with schools like USC and Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>@tampadad – Plan II is a program that allows students to major in anything they want, and also simultaneously major in “Plan II”, which is a liberal arts major in itself. I probably wouldn’t do a good job explaining any more about it, so you can read more here: [Plan</a> II Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/about/]Plan”>http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/about/). As for out-of-state acceptance to BHP – since it’s an honors program, it shouldn’t be any more difficult for out-of-state students than for in-state students.</p>
<p>I have some more questions. We applied in Nov (for BHP) and are yet to hear any thing, while they seem to have notified most of in state students. When do we hear back both for business as well as honors program.</p>
<p>How does UT Austin compare to University of Michigan and University of Illinois ? (My D has got accepted to both for CoE and plans to do Dual major in business and Technology). </p>
<p>Also does school of business offer any scholarships (there is not much of information on their site).</p>
<p>@tampadad – Out-of-state students won’t receive decisions until February at the earliest. You can expect to not hear from UT until then. As for comparing UT to Michigan and Illinois… it really depends on what your criteria are. In terms of academic ranking, UT is on par with those two for engineering, and surpasses them especially for chemical and petroleum engineering. UT is also in a warmer climate, and it’s located in a larger and more vibrant city. I also got into those two other schools, and I chose UT Regarding business scholarships… I don’t really know anything about that. I would assume that McCombs offers scholarships, but I don’t know how many and in what denomination.</p>
<p>Thanks Soadquake981. scholarships are a key consideration for us. She got university achievement scholarship at Urbana and some other at Michigan (I believe they provide CoE scholarship decisions later). But biggest incentive at UTA will be in state scholarship if she gets a good scholarship offered by UTA. </p>
<p>So we are keenly awaiting for decision. When does UTA let us know about the scholarships ? Is it with the decision in Feb or again much later ? (We don’t qualify for need based aid, as we are middle class, but at the same time 50K annually is just too much)</p>
<p>Also the Out of station tuition waiver i automatic if she gets 1000+ USD scholarship or are there any conditions/ selection process later ?</p>
<p>@tampadad – Assuming your daughter has good-to-excellent stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. You should hear about scholarships a few weeks after the admissions decision, so look for something in the mail around late February or March. </p>
<p>You bring up a good point about the $1000+ rule – I totally forgot about that. It should be automatic as long as the scholarship is “academically competitive”. I don’t know exactly what that means, but you can read more about it here: [Out-of-State</a> Tuition Waivers - Cockrell School of Engineering](<a href=“Financial Support”>Financial Support)</p>
<p>One other thing I want to mention is that all out-of-state prospective engineering students should definitely apply for the Engineering Honors Program if you’re even remotely thinking about coming to UT. The deadline was December 1, though. For future reference: it’s not that hard to get into, and I heard that most or all freshman in the honors program this year got automatic $9000 scholarships. I didn’t apply to honors because I never thought I’d be coming to UT, but I regret it now… it’s a lot harder to get into the honors program once you’re a student at UT!</p>
<p>No, you do NOT automatically get an OOS tuition waiver if you get a $1000+ scholarship. This was in the link: “Students meeting the eligibility requirements will not automatically receive a tuition waiver. Out-of-state tuition waivers are extremely hard to obtain because the Cockrell School is allotted very few of them for undergraduates each year. Most of these waivers are already promised to students on a multi-year basis as part of a scholarship packet.”</p>
<p>My son’s stats were pretty good and he didn’t get a waiver. That’s why we’re trying to get him in-state residency status.</p>
<p>I have heard the engineering honors program IS hard to get into (1500+ SAT minimum). My son didn’t apply to it, because he didn’t expect to be accepted into biomedical engineering! Now he wishes he had tried!</p>
<p>MTA: When my son called the engineering office to ask about the “automatic” waiver since he got the scholarship, the lady politely laughed! She explained how hard it is to get one.</p>
<p>Of course, a FEW people get them, so it is possible!</p>
<p>Well, that’s strange. I just assumed that they were telling the truth when they mentioned the $1000+ rule. Isn’t it in Texas legislation? If they don’t have enough waivers to go around, they should really make their policy more transparent. Oh well, I’m getting off topic!</p>
<p>Not to detract from this discussion about scholarships, but does anyone have any questions regarding academics or student life? I would be happy to answer any more questions about scholarships or financial aid as well, but I’m just trying to diversify the thread.</p>
Regarding business scholarships… I don’t really know anything about that. I would assume that McCombs offers scholarships, but I don’t know how many and in what denomination.</p>