The first round of Plan 2 admits is likely soon, before Thanksgiving. Let us know if you are accepted, your stats, and what you thought was important in your admission. A few things changed this year with admissions. The department no longer posts the average or range of stat data for applied, accepted, and attending students.
Good luck everyone!
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So nervewracking!!! It’ll be interesting/annoying to see when the first admissions come out due to the fact major acceptances aren’t supposed to go out this month at all (although I hope that’s not true). I personally applied to plan II as my second choice major but hope to couple it with BME! I think it’s cool how much of a role the essay plays in the admissions process!
For people planning on pursuing a double-major or dual-degree, are we supposed to hear back from our other major first?
I was told that in most cases, your first choice major will accept you first and then Plan II.
Is there a reason admissions will come out more quickly this year?
@warrenbass how do you know?
@nadiaSW past threads seem to show that the first round comes out around the first two weeks in December, so I was asking the original poster about why this first round will be released before Thanksgiving.
@warrenbass A small batch of Plan II decisions have historically come out at the same time as November major decisions. It seems like last year was the only year that this didn’t happen, and I believe that it was because they made some changes in the admissions process. There is a chance that this could happen again due to the priority deadline being two weeks later, but the Plan II deadline didn’t change from Dec 1st so I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear P2 decisions first.
@freshmesh167 interesting! Thanks for clearing that up.
Has anyone heard anything about when the first wave should be?
Should be soon, unless there are any changes from past years.
@EngPII but only the ones who have been accepted into their major will hear, right? My daughter did Business honors and Plan 2. She had an interview with business honors beginning of October but nothing since then. (Painful!) Assuming she won’t hear yet? I actually think she has a better shot with Plan 2 since essays were written more for Plan 2 than BHP. Hoping her resume will get her in there!
If we for some reason don’t get accepted into our first choice major, will we still be eligible to get into Plan II or is there no way that’s possible?
Yes, I think you are right–the first choice major needs to assess and disposition the app before it is considered by Plan II or any second choice major. Plan II or the second choice major may not make a decision immediately–could be offered or not in later rounds.
Most Plan II student stats are surely Ivy-level stats in any case; the exceptions are unusually talented, thinkers or innovators who are so out of the box they can’t be denied and who are also great writers for their age/experience. And the exceptions have to be VERY few.
Some who have followed Plan II for a minute will also notice that this year, (vs recent years) Plan II did not publish the 25/75 percentile data on class rank, resident, non-resident, international, and test scores for applied, admitted and attending students. There is a new director of Plan II and this is her first admissions cycle, so she may have reasons for not publishing admission stats for prospective students–Student Profiles (on their website) have replaced the previous data, which will be frustrating for applying students. All of whom are highly motivated and accomplished students. I prefer both the student profiles AND the stats for the focused students who would consider Plan II along with the private elites and the public honors colleges that provide awesome merit aid.
Given Plan II’s elite status and possibly from a new Director’s standpoint in the current era, it is well known that Plan II is one of the very finest (And Original!) American public honors programs in an era when public honors programs AND honors program applicants have been increasing at a highly accelerated rate in recent years (e.g. Arizona State’s Barrett Honors College, Alabama’s Honors College, etc.). Perhaps Plan II may not want to advertise its previous roughly 30% acceptance rate, for such a highly selective and national program where applicants were mostly excellence-seeking, self-selecting applicants from only one state in the USA?
@EngPII What were past years 25/75? Also, my daughter applied to BHP and Plan 2. I think her essays were geared more for Plan 2 than business honors which might have been a mistake. If she doesn’t get into McCombs (although she has had an interview we have not heard anything) any idea as to whether she can still get into plan 2? She is at an unranking school but I think they will call her 7-10% for AI, 34 ACT, lots of leadership (student body president, class president etc.), 350+ hours community service, and several awards including some art ones…
Just amazing to me what is required to get into a state school now.
@Mills6, my sister lives in Austin. Her three kids attended/attend Austin High. The previous three generations have all attended UT. Her kids are bright and have good ECs (such as Eagle Scout, state-recognized musicians, etc.). NONE of them will get into UT because their rank is not good enough. I really thought her oldest would get in with his excellent ECs, but he didn’t. It’s kind of discouraging, to be honest.
@Mills6, the 25%/75% data published for Plan II was very extensive in past years. 34 ACT is strong, particularly with strong English and Reading scores. I guess all are high when you have a 34, which was about the composite score of the 75th percentile of accepted applicants, I believe. Looks like your daughter would be right in the mix for the 20% of the Plan II evaluation criteria for the quantifiable scores.
As of last year, Plan II received some 1300 applications, accepted around 30% for the 175 seats for enrolled freshman students. I would not be surprised if that only increases, and not just from strong Texas students but also OOS and international. UT however requires more work to apply, given that UT does not accept the Common App. If it did, Plan II applicants would skyrocket and that 30% acceptance rate (again, among a self-selecting population of talented students) would be much lower.
I visited Plan II Honors in early September and one of the handouts was the class profile for the Class of 2021.
For anyone wondering, the average SAT score for admitted students was 740 Reading/Writing, 728 Math, and 1460 Total with the middle 50% being 1390-1540.
For ACT, it was an average of 33 Total with the middle 50% being 32-35.
About 49% of admitted students were in the top 5% of their class with 11% being valedictorians.
There were a total of 1506 applicants and 420 admissions offers (27.9%).
Of course, these stats mean almost nothing since essays are weighed significantly more.
20% = Essay A
20% = 3 Short answer responses
20% = Personal achievement:
Outside of the classroom activities (clubs, religious activities, sports, music, Scouting, arts, student government, community/volunteer activities, internships, work, etc.)
20% = All quantitative scores and data
20% = Breadth & Range: the “Plan II-ness” of the applicant–the most subjective criteria