Hi all,
I would like to know the true meaning of UT’s auto-accept policies. If you are in the top 6% of your class rankwise, that means you are “automatically admitted” into UT. The way I see it, this just means you passed the barrier of competing in the holistic admission process. What I want to know is, if you are auto admit are you guaranteed a major? I am a Texas resident and 75% of those seats have to go to instate residents, so does being top 6% guarantee a major? In other terms, if you are top 6% and you get rejected from both your 1st and 2nd choice majors, what happens next? Do they give you all the majors that are open and let you choose which one you want to go to? Do they transfer you into a major that they think will suit you best? Are you flat out rejected? If you are rejected, then how can you be classified as an auto-admit?
The auto admit policy is an admission to UT but not to a specific major. If you are not accepted into your desired majors, you do have a choice of accepting an open major from majors that did not fill their open seats. This process is normally done in March, I think. The open majors will not include any engineering, business, nursing or CS and there is probably others like biology, math, physics and economics that will also be full. COLA, education and undecided are normally open. Your choice is to pick one of the open majors and try to transfer to your desired major later, knowing that you will need a high GPA to be even considered, if you make it great - if not you can transfer to a different university. The other option is to apply to other universities and if you do not get your major at UT, pick another university that has accepted you into your desired major and maybe offers additional incentives like honors and scholarships.
100% what GTAustin said. My son was top 1% of his very large class. He was not admitted to his 1st or 2nd choice major and was given a list to choose. His 2nd choice major was on the list. It was so discouraging and he almost went somewhere else because of it. He ended up picking something else and transferred to CS (not one of his choices to begin with) his sophomore year.
^Wow, that’s tough, @rach98n! I can’t believe how competitive UT is now.
Three generations of my family attended UT. Professions include engineering, accounting, and teaching. None of the next generation will be graduating from the school. 