Thank you very much for your congratulations. My son got 48k for four years, 12k per year. His stats is , 35 ACT, top 2 % rank, 5 for all 6 AP classes, four years in marching band, three years in summer military academy. UT is our dream school, and UT appreciate my son the most than other schools, which make us very happy!!!
@TexasFootball – awesome! Do you mind sharing if that is need based scholarship money (Texas Advance scholarship); merit based or for any under represented populations?
His stats are crazy impressive! Knowing what type of aid is handed out is helpful to everyone now and in the years to come.
In retrospect , since we are very interested in UT, we visited UT twice, did not register to visit other schools even though we visited their campus by ourselves . That is why UT give the best offer to us?
My son’s scholarship is merit based scholarship. Thanks for your congrats.
@Glee We are so desperate… I feel like crying! You guys only have to worry about getting in, while I have two things to worry about; getting in and GETTING INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. I regret returning to my country for vacation… 
#GodBlessAmerica
How difficult is computer science entry level for international
@USUG21 it’s difficult to even get into ut austin, much less for computer science. i heard from someone that the intl acceptance rate is around 2%
@nyanpasu_ That’s not really the case. For fall 2016 international applicants it was 26%. They only received 3% of the available spots. The acceptance rate should vary a lot depending on the number of international applicants.
If there are 100 total seats, 90 seats are given to the in-state applicants, 7 seats to the out of state applicants and 3 seats to the international applicants. If only 3 international applicants applied to UT, then it would mean the international acceptance rate for that certain year (more specifically the fall semester) would be 100%.
@sean191297 very true. good point. basically, acceptance rates can be unreliable
@TexasFootball --no, I HIGHLY doubt that visiting the campus twice had anything to do with the merit scholarship.
He applied to Engineering honors and he has amazing stats–that is what got him the scholarship. There are kids who practically live on the campus their whole lives because their parents are alumnae and they go to games all the time, etc. That doesn’t make them a shoo in for scholarships.
Could you all chance me for admissions to Computer Science?
Texas Homeschooled resident my whole life.
SAT: 1450/1600 (710 Reading & Writing) (740 Math)
PSAT: Did not receive National Merit Recognition
AP: Taking Calc BC this year.
Taking Dual Credit this semester
Extra Cirriculars:
FRC Robotics - throughout highschool – Team Captain and President of programmers
4H Club - throughout highschool – Team President
Part time job - work for non-profit as IT employee, redoing their webiste
Internship - did an out-of-state internship in Silicon Valley at a tech startup (getting a letter of rec from them). Absolutely loved it!
Piano - good at piano, play for my church every now and then
Others: make beats on computer, programming
Essays: Good
Letter of Recs: Good. One from the internship I did, one from online academic teacher.
Resume: Great due to internship, job and showing hobbies
Because of all my ECs and internship, I have a solid resume, but my academics are all “he said, she said”, besides for my SAT score.
What are my chances for UT Austin? Thanks
Just checked my portal!! Instate non auto who just got into the School of Architecture for interior design!!
Congrats on getting admitted!
@lilligeen HUGE congrats! Did you receive your decision today or did you not check for awhile? 
Thank you so much!! I had checked Friday evening and Saturday morning… so sometime between Saturday morning and Sunday morning it changed
Congrats!!
Congrats! Do you know if they’re sending them everyday at random?
Just got into CNS today for biochemistry!!!
GPA: 3.07
ACT: 35
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Review admit / in-state
EC’s:
Eagle Scout
3 year varsity football player
4 years of photography, I’ve won awards at the state and national level
Science bowl captain for three years
I’ve volunteered 60 feeding the homeless
Spent the summer of 2016 working as an office assistant
4 years of MUN
Essays: 8/10
Teacher recs: 8/10
I’m so excited!! I really didn’t think I was going to get in but I did!!!
@ubetta17 Wow! Congrats Did your status update today, just now? or you checked it now? Thanks.
@ubetta17 Congratulations! My Longhorn is a biochem major. Hook em!