I thought all decisions for priority are out by feb 1? Including architecture. Am I incorrect?
just rejected for engineering honors at UT. hopefully it’s not a bad sign for future decisions…
DS just got accepted into engg honors; he was in state auto-admit; got into his choice program (EE - Cockrell) on Dec 8. But he is pining for Rice! Got rejected in ED, waiting for RD.
For kids not getting into UT don’t despair, USA has many very good schools and educational programs.
I’d take her! I hope your appeal goes well; sounds like the exact traits they want in a Longhorn!
There is no clarity for in state, non auto admits or OOS admits. It is a crap shoot. There are no guidelines, no scores to be met, no required class rank, etc. So, yes, for the top 6%, is it clear but nope, completely unclear on what the process is. When you have a student in the 2nd quarter get in, yet a student with a 35 on their ACT get in. No explanation.
I think the only thing that I would criticize UT for are acceptances for certain programs with scores like 1230 on the SAT, top 25%, and not a 35 on the ACT. Many examples of this. And, these are students who are not well rounded, do not hold leadership positions, etc, so that cannot be the argument (for the ones who were accepted).
@xtexasmom The middle 50% for Texas is 27-33, so 27 (more like 30-31 & most colleges talk their 75%/UT’s is 33) is not their average… Also, for years we have known friends or friends of friends who have had kids get into Notre Dame, Stanford, and Rice (just to name a few) that haven’t gotten into the top ranked majors at UT. There have been plenty of high scoring, high achieving students who have gotten into CS, Engineering, and Business. Those are all extremely hard to get into. When most to all of your applicants have comparable stats, the personal achievement scores start to be the way admits are chosen. Also, remember students with lower stats gets into less competitive majors, but that has no bearing on the more competitive majors. Admission decisions are made by majors, not as a university as a whole.
I understand you are upset, and I feel for you. Still, unfortunately there aren’t enough seats in CS, Engineering, & Business to accommodate all the highly qualified applicants. It truly is sad:( And I hope everyone applied several favorite schools.
Do you know when the recipients of the merit scholarship will be notified?
I have applied for McCombs School of Business (Economics) - did anyone hear from them? I am an international student and still waiting for the decision
@destiny25 Economics is in the College of Liberal Arts (COLA). A great program and a little easier to get into than Business in McCombs.
@destiny25 I also applied to McCombs and man OOS and haven’t heard
haven’t heard from Mccombs either (OOS)… I haven’t heard of a ton of people who applied to Mccombs get their decisions back yet. At least from where I am from.
My daughter got accepted to Mccombs 1/18. She looks like an outlier. Maybe from her stats can tell AO’s intention. She is in-state, not AA, from a VERY competitive HS, no ranking (but estimated around 25%), wgpa ~4.9/5. Her SAT 1580, ACT 35. EC (DECA international finalist, Academy Ambassador on Business, work for a credit union 15hrs/week, tons of volunteer hours including serving a homeless non-profit organization).
@Mountainrain66 I don’t see her as an outlier, other than non AA but top 25%, is still a top student. Congratulations, She seems very deserving. Will she attend UT?
Yes, she will. Thank you TXDad56
Just a thought - with over 50,000+ applicants, do you think UT actually reads everyones essays and short answer essays? Or do you think they just look at your stats and if you’re below the average they toss you and don’t bother reading?
@shaoxoxo I don’t think anyone knows for certainty, but my guess it’s a combination of both, dependent on the College/Major. I’m sure a lot of this starts with Stats for McCombs (Business) and Cockrell (Engineering). If the applicant makes it past some minimum threshold, they then start comparing ECs and Essays. This is just my guess.
I wondered too so I googled a few search terms and found this:
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/hr/jobs/nlogon/170713028651
Which indicates that readers are expected to read 8 apps an hour.
I had previously heard that high demand schools only have 4-5 minutes per app so I guess that’s in the range of normal?
Oh and the Tex Admissions guy says they do…
https://www.google.com/amp/s/texadmissions.com/blog/do-they-really-read-the-essays%3fformat=amp
I read his book a few years back when daughter was a sophomore in high school. It was really helpful, even if I do think he’s trying to stretch his time with UT admissions into a whole career for himself.
In the YouTube video that accompanies this question, he says that 90% of the essays he read were “boring”, and here he says that he sees top stat applicants with weak essays get rejected.
Maybe UT needs to be more transparent about this? If kids are rushing through because they think stats will be the main thing and that any half decent essay will be “good enough”, that could be a major miscalculation for some competitive majors especially.
I think the essay at most schools is very important. They are looking for good stats but kids that also think outside the box. My DS wrote a great one for Texas and was admitted within 6 weeks. I think he hurried on his common app and it was OK (he thought his 35 ACT and amazing EC and good GPA would carry him) he was rejected from a school he was certain he would get in. For future applicants write creative essays