My son sent his SAT. Somewhere on here someone posted a metric about what they were looking for that Kevin, the UT admissions guy did a blog about. It has points for first generation, etc. It sounded very much like a rubric of things they were looking for in terms of diversity. So, your daughter shouldn’t feel bad or like she doesn’t measure up because she didn’t get in. It sounds like they were metrics that she can’t achieve by merit.
Yay! That is good to hear that two non honors kids can room together in the honors quad if there are rooms available! Thanks for sharing!
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Is there is a UT Austin parents group on Facebook?
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Yes, from the Texas Parents Association, but you have to pay and they don’t admit you until after your student has committed and they take out the current graduates, There are other non-official groups, but you need to know a current parent to get added and be friends with them.
My son sent in SAT score too. We did RD. Wondering what percentage actually gets into EHP? Does this mean we missed out on the priority enrollment and Honors dorm/quad…I don’t want him to feel lost in UTA
ChillyCow - My son is in at McCombs and looking for a roommate for on campus dorm for next year.
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Looking at the 5 responses on EHP, only 1 out of 5 got in. So, about 20% got in based just on our responses here. Of course this is not a statistically significant number.
Should we also assume that merit aid is highly unlikely if we didn’t make it to EHP? Any thoughts on merit aid for non-honors engineering accepted students?
My son did not get any two years ago.
Jester is a quite large dorm and I think if you paid the fee in November, you will not be challenged to get into one of the Jesters (East or West).
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I don’t think Freshmen are eligible to live in 2400 Nueces.
@svk007 Yeah, I highly doubt anyone will see scholarship money who isn’t in Honors.
@srparent15 , I think this is such a bummer. Now is the time when new parents need to get connected! I checked the site and you can’t join until April! I have no qualms in saying that the Texas A&M really knows how to connect the parents extremely well. Those Aggie Facebook parents are lifesavers over there for helping with questions and stuff. Is there any reason why a Longhorn parent can’t start a Facebook page that isn’t connected to the University per se?
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@TravelerMom1 , thanks for reaching out! I’m sure your son would be great but at this point, he is really interested in having a roommate in his same major, Electrical Engineering. Thataway, they can share in being stressed over the same classes together! haha
Oops you’re right! Sorry didn’t know that!
Okay, y’all… I’ve been pondering this for a bit now and I took the plunge…
If you are potentially interested in finding a roommate through College Confidential connections, please join me over on the “University of Texas @ Austin Class of 2025 Unofficial Roommate Finder” page. This is intended for dorm and off campus students.
Who knows? This could be a big flop but if it helps two kids get paired up, then I’ll deem it a success!
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You should check what your son’s freshman requirements will be because there is a lot of overlap between McCombs and Engineering freshman year because McCombs students don’t take many business classes during that time. Furthermore dorms and honors dorms are not set up by major. I would actually highly recommend mixed majors. He will find plenty of similar majors and friends in his classes and dorm room form study groups etc it also takes away from any extra competitiveness as well as extra stress.
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Pretty sure there are places kids find roommates on already. I know my daughter did for UT through something on her own. Also kids should really be doing it not parents.
@srparent15 , We’ve already checked his fall/spring schedule and it will be heavy on electrical track courses. It’s his choice on desiring a same major roommate. Also, he isn’t on social media by his choice (including College Confidential) and housing contracts aren’t out so there aren’t any other roommate finders available to him at this point. My son is totally fine with me doing some research for potential roommates. At the end of the day, he will be choosing his dorm and his roommate.
There are a couple. There is the official UT group. There is another more “relaxed” group called The Coffee Shop and Whiskey Bar. There is an UT Austin moms group. There are private groups (I am in one that is for more liberal, left-leaning parents). There is Safe Horns, which is all about campus safety. You can find a group (s) to communicate with for sure!