University of Texas at Austin Class of 2023 Admissions

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Accepted tonight to Architecture!!

  • ACT: 34 (31 Math and 35's on the rest)
  • GPA: 3.96/4
  • AP courses: world-4, lang- 3, APUSH- 3, gov, Econ, APES, lit, calc AB
  • White male
  • Rank: 98/510 (competitive public school)
  • In-state

Extracurriculars:

  • Choir President
  • Leading roles in multiple theatrical productions (my school’s theatre program is extremely competitive)
  • UIL One Act Play
  • Drama Club
  • Won multiple awards for vocal, bassoon, and percussive solos
  • Marching band percussionist through junior year
  • Concert band bassoonist and percussionist through junior year
  • AP Scholar
  • Worked at a christian camp on work crew for three weeks
  • Volunteer young life leader selected out people from my class
  • Pretty solid essays and letters of recommendation

Hook 'em! Checked randomly earlier today and no update and then checked a couple of minutes ago and this happened!!! Congrats to all!

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@UTWannabe23 I had checked earlier today, with nothing. I assume it updated at maybe 8/9pm est. That was the time I received the March 1 message on Feb 1. I was a OOS priority applicant

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My Stats, before I forget:

ACT: 34 (perfect scores except for a 27 in math)
GPA: 93.5/100. Small non-Ranking school, but I know I was in the bottom 50% of my class
6 AP courses
OOS

I have several art Extracurriculars, mainly:
3 different arts awards from my school
Scholastic art awards honorable mention
2 summers spent at SCAD workshops
Also have done theater for 4 years and am editor in chief of my school’s Lit magazine.

I think my portfolio and essays were my main strengths. Spent a whole lot of time on both!

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@yeet909 congrats

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@cb7733 Congratulations!! I applied to Studio Art and I still haven’t heard. Do you mind me asking, are you in AP Art? And also was your portfolio mostly one medium or did you have a variety of mediums?

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@longhornedgator @Suave123 It was just a letter from the President congratulating on acceptance and encouraging to attend. Still no word on Dean’s scholars honors.

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Same here @collegemom111111 … Ugh I’m so tired of waiting!

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@Likebikes, I suggest you re-think your position on rural kids gaining admittance “regardless of actual academic achievement.” My kid took every course available to him in our tiny school in a poor district. He had no AP available, no honors coursework. Two years of Spanish is the only language that is offered. Fully 75 percent of the school is economically disadvantaged; it’s 89 percent Hispanic. Since upper level coursework could not be offered, he took dual credit classes online every semester starting his freshman year. He regularly achieved Regional advancement in UIL contests. He won the school playwriting contest, twice. He actually ended up graduating last May, a full year early, and still earned valedictorian honors in a class of 17 with a 93 average, a 3.72 unweighted GPA.

He likewise worked summers full-time at a ranch, cowboying and fencing in some of Presidio County’s roughest country, which says something about his level of grit. There were other statewide awards in 4H wildlife; varsity golf and cross country achievements; a national award from the American Quarter Horse Association and so on.

Tonight we’re celebrating his acceptance into the design program in UT’s College of Fine Arts, which is highly competitive and requires a portfolio. I would put my kid’s intellect, curiosity, compassion, talent and drive up there with any other student, rural, urban, rich or poor. And you know what? I’d do the same with tons of rural kids from tiny towns all across the state. Rural kids are dreamers and achievers in the academic realm and far, far beyond. Ain’t that great?

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@monkey99 congratulations to your son! He sounds like a wonderful kid, and with his smarts, determination, resourcefulness, hard work, and yes “grit” he will go very far in life! They’re qualities we should all hope for ourselves, and our own kids too. A diversity of experiences and viewpoints is exactly what makes life interesting and rich…college campuses being just a microcosm of that bigger world.

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@tt8768 thanks!! I’m actually not in AP Art, my school does not offer it. I am in the closest thing we have though, an ‘advanced’ senior studio class. My portfolio was all ‘drawing’ based (I don’t do any sculpture or photography), however within that I used a lot of mediums- charcoal, ink, acrylic, oils, gouache, pencil, etc. It’s seriously frustrating how little info on portfolios there is for Texas. Pretty much for every other art program I looked into, I was able to find examples of accepted portfolios, but for Texas I couldn’t find any examples. Weird! I’ll probably be posting my portfolio/work at some point to give others an example because not being able to find any seriously stressed me out and I want to help other kids applying in the future

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@monkey99 point taken. Understood and am not taking anything away from qualified students. The platform is not level and that is my point. If you were at a very large school and missing out on the guarantee at the cutoff you might be more objective. Overall its probably better that other states that favor OOS. Good luck Texas.

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Does anyone know when will the international students decisions come out?

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Its the same problem year after year. There are so many highly qualified students trying to get into UT. They pick a diversified admittance group which leaves many qualified students without an admittance. They are given the same story, there are lots of good colleges out there and you can go elsewhere. The problem is in Texas, there are only 2 well respected public universities - UT and A&M. I’m not saying they are the only good universities but they are the only ones that get any respect because of USNWR. The cost of private universities and OOS is out of reach for many families. Where do these kids go - to A&M, yes but the culture is very different there than UT and does not make a good fit for all. IMO, the long term solution is to develop the programs, social aspects and the reputations of other public schools in Texas to create an actual choice for our kids and get away from this mentality that only attendance at UT or A&M can guarantee you will be a success in life.

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@GTAustin I’m asking in all sincerity, why aren’t OOS options considered viable options for TX students including those who have financial need? There are so many terrific schools across the country, and there are merit scholarships and financial aid packages at all schools according to need…many that aren’t loans. Top students from TX would be competitive at these schools, just like other students applying. I totally understand the benefit of in-state tuition, and perhaps a desire to stay in state for other reasons, but I’m just curious. I guess what I’m asking is that given the numbers game at play here, why aren’t more kids looking out of state just to have other options/manage risk (maybe they are)?

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@GTAustin I agree and have thought it would help if Texas Tech climbed the USNWR rankings…but talk about a different culture and the location! A lot of kids don’t want to be way out there in Lubbock…I know I would not want to live among the dust and tumbleweeds blowing across campus

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@dogwood18, thanks so much! He’s thrilled. Waiting now until late March to hear about his other schools, but this sure puts him in a good frame of mind.

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@dogwood18, with my kids we did look OOS. Again, I am saying students and their families are picking schools based on their ranking in USNWR. All of those top schools do not offer merit aid to OOS students for the same reason that UT does not. Many families, including my own, do not get financial aid based on need but we cannot afford the $200,000 to $250,000 to pay full price OOS. The private universities are better than the public but still leave significant dollars on the table. And again, if you want to attend a highly ranked school, they are not safeties and do not offer merit aid. Yes, you can get significant merit aid if you attend a university that is not highly ranked but do you think you can convince your son/daughter that a CS degree from University of Iowa (not picking on Iowa) is as good as UT and that their future is not at risk.
@mrlooki, I actually got my first degree at TTU. It did have the dust but it did give me a great education. I will also say that I passed the CPA exam on the first try whereas my work mates from UT did not. Luckily in accounting the CPA means more than the pedigree of the college.

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@GTAustin Agree it’s tough to be in state and non-auto admit_puts UT in the very selective to most selective category. For those reading this for tips for future applications in the state of Texas, I recommend applying to Trinity University, SMU, and TCU. They have great financial aid and merit money. They do benefit from the abundance of talented students in Texas that don’t get slots at UT. For top students, it can be cheaper than in-state tuition.

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We did look at Trinity and it is a very good school. One of my DD’s best friends went there on a full scholarship for CS, turning down UT CS because of no financial help, and has done great. Three Google internships and presently working for Microsoft in Seattle. But if you base your decision on rankings none of that would have been possible and it was a hard sell by her parents.

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@monkey99 your son sounds amazing, and he will be such a wonderful asset to the UT population. He sounds like a ‘doer’, the exact type of student that adds to and elevates the thriving student body at UT. I loved reading about his grit and his spirit for finding success where success is not spoon fed. He will do so well, and I can’t imagine how proud you are.

I see so many fine examples of kids who truly work hard, and who demonstrate what they’re made of. Both rural and inner city kids who manage to thrive and do so much more with so little, proving their academic mettle over the course of years, rising to the top of their peers, while traversing so many obstacles (compared to their suburban, wealthier, “competitive” school counterparts). Your son, and so many others, is exactly why the 10%/Auto Admit rule exists. To level the playing field blindly, as much as possible, with the constraints that we have. If all schools were created equal, and all kids had the same access to opportunities to succeed by “college readiness” standards, and if rural and inner city experiences held the same ‘value’ as that of privileged suburban life, it’d be a different world, and the 10%/Auto Admit rules would not even be needed.

I read yet another comment (ugh… I need to quit reading the comments, but I love to read the success stories, and anticipate when decisions will be released) on the TAMU board by someone who made a comment that, basically, ‘those other kids’ (meaning, rural, inner city, minority, etc…) kids who gained admission via the Top 10% rule would have no chance to be as successful as her “competitive” school (CC code word for primarily white & wealthy suburban or private school) kid. Of course, some of that is born of disappointment, anger, and more so of entitlement. But, it still frustrates me that, in this day and age, so many people still have that mindset that tries to devalue, so cruelly, the triumphs of students who truly earned them.

Yes, your son is exactly the type of student who will thrive and succeed. He is, very clearly, a UT man!