@bk1366 Just checked tonight and my daughter got into her second choice major - Architectural Engineering. Her first choice was Architecture. She is from OOS.
Congratulations to your daughter!!!@bk1366 - can you share her stats? Just curious what super applicant got OOS!
@angkwan Congrats!. My DD status says still under review.
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top 15% competitive school instate.
SAT 1360
GPA of 4.18
AP: 11 APs 5 and 4
Art portfolio - more than 50; State/National award
Leadership - President of school Art/Art History club
Admitted - PSU, UM, UO, OSU, UH. Waiting for UT, CMU, ND, Calpoly, USC, SYU
@angkwan Congrats! is she planning to accept? DD in exact same situation except we’re instate. DD was surprised but very happy.
In-state son accepted into Arts and Entertainment Technologies major in the College of Fine Arts! Very happy!
ACT: 31
SAT: 1400
Top 25% quartile of non-ranking High School
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 5.1 (6.0 scale)
12 AP classes
Art and theatre extracurriculars!
did anyone waiting on COFA hear tonight?
@bk1366 @texas6am My daughter (from OOS) that got into Architectural Engineering (2nd choice) instead of Architecture (1st choice) has the following stats:
ACT: 30
Weighted GPA: 3.93
4 AP classes - English, Environ Science, Calculas AB, Chemistry Honors
Got accepted to 2 Early Action colleges: Pratt Institute, U of Oregon (both Architecture major)
Extracurriculars include varsity and club soccer, volunteered at several non-profits, got recognition in our county high school art competition, attended architecture workshop at Cal Poly SLO. Student of the month last year.
@angkwan Congrats!. You can do Architecture as minor if you want.
@texas6am Congrats to you too! My daughter will decide after she visits UT and waits to hear back from the remaining colleges. She has not thought of becoming an engineer in an architect or engineering firm.
If you have high achievers and high EFC then it’s a serious dilemma. After all the hard work your kid did at school and you did at earning/saving to be in a better position to support them, saying no to their dream colleges and forcing them to go to free lower tier colleges hurts. Try for merit scholarships at Rice, Vandy, Duke etc. Even with a partial scholarship, these are better value than schools offering whole sale free rides. If you are a full pay family then with some sacrifices, you can still find a happy compromise. May be not if you already spent too much $$$$$ on their private schooling from K-12. It’s demoralising to spend precious hours of their teen years hoping to attend some top school then going to local state school while watching your friends happily hoping towards top schools.
My student has a UT BHP+Plan II+CS acceptance but would decline if accepted at any of the top choice private schools.
Has anyone heard back who applied for a design BA?
@Riversider Congrats to you and your student. Hoping ya’ll have the best experience, at the highest ranked, most prestigious, private school ya’ll applied too. It’s what matters most!
@TXDad56 lol 
@Riversider wow, what else can UT do? Was your student declined the 40 acres scholarship?
@Likebikes @monkey99 These are statistical facts that a large amount of auto-admit students have SAT scores below 1400, limited ECs and volunteer hours. UT will release these statistics one day to get Texas to lower the 6% even further so they have more control who they admit in an effort to improve their graduation rate which has a lot of room for improvement. Your son is one that actually qualifies based on other criteria than GPA. More qualifications need to be required than just GPA, to allow the top students that worked on more than just the highest GPA in their class of 20. The auto-admit supporters will turn their eye to this as long as their kid gets in but it is a major flaw that UT is working to adjust.
Has anyone received decision from Architecture? My OOS D is still waiting to hear.
My son received his acceptance letter the day before yesterday. He’s applying for dual-degree and the acceptance was from music. For music performance major, stats are not that important and the scholarships are given by the level of playing and the need of the instrument. Here’s his statistics, 1500 PSAT, 1590 SAT, 36 ACT, full IB candidate, NMSF and Presidential Scholarship Candidate.
My in-state daughter received an email today with a Plan II Honors scholarship in the amount of $44K. She has also been invited to apply for the Dedman Distinguished Scholarship ($104K plus $20K stipend). The latter is very competitive – only award 5-6 per year so we are grateful to have something to fall back on in case she is not selected as a Dedman Scholar. Still awaiting BHP – but, at this point that might be a longshot. So, scholarship awards in honors programs are coming out – be on the lookout.
@KelliKil Was the Plan II scholarship called anything or just merit within Plan II?
Didn’t get into moody college honors. Congratulations to all though!