UT Austin Class of 2021 Thread

Any idea when the first round of majors will come out?

My daughter applied to COE on 8/2/2016, auto admit, waiting for engineering review. Last year it looks like there was a small group around 11/17 - 11/20. No one could figure out why anyone was or wasn’t chosen for that group. Then a group around 12/17. My daughter who is now at UT heard on 1/21, and then there was a group end of February. So hopefully there will be a group soon. Good luck everyone!

Can you only access the Document Upload System after you turn in your ApplyTexas application? I’m trying to upload my transcript and letters of recommendation but the system says that I don’t have a UT EID. Anybody encounter the same issue?

masalvada123,
Have you received your eid yet? If so, you should still be able to access the document upload system. The link to it should be on the side of the page when you’re logged into mystatus.

Has anyone received acceptance to majors or any OOS acceptances? Last year they started to come our week before Thanksgiving.

@masalvada123 You can only use the upload system once you have submitted your ApplyTexas app. After you submit it, you will receive your EID a few days later where you can log in to your MyStatus and then use the document upload system there.

slg333, wondering the same thing. Anxiously waiting!

I applied October 15th. My first choice major is physics, I’m in-state, received auto-admit, but no major decision yet. I’m pretty sure I’ll be accepted, but I want to know soon, so that I will not have to spend more money on back-up university applications.

a girl i’m friends with on Facebook announced her acceptance… no update on my status for me

@2017BBGH Was it auto admit status or for a major? If so, what major? No update for my daughter. She applied on 8/2 and is an auto admit.

i’m not sure, it was pretty vague as a whole. she may be auto admit but it seems strange that she’d just randomly pick today to announce it. she may have just applied to UGS

Kevin Martin (texadmissions.com, used to work in UT admissions) said on his blog recently that 95% of admission decisions are released at the end of February. So I really encourage everyone to keep this in mind and not expect any earlier news - the people who get earlier decisions are very rare special circumstances.

@TexasMom2017 Last year there were groups in Nov, Dec and Jan that were notified. My daughter last year found out mid January. Interesting what he says as our daughter was relieved to hear early, but I can’t think of any special circumstances as to why they chose the people they did to notify before Feb last year. There seemed to be no specific reason for the ones they chose.

My friend just learned she got her major for Natural Sciences, and she was an auto admit. Mine hasn’t been updated yet

Has anyone else received any decisions on admission/major?

@NotSoPatient that is exactly what Martin said - there is little to no rhyme or reason. Best just to assume late Feb and be pleasantly surprised if you hear early.

@stanzirowe Nothing for our daughter either. She’s an auto admit as well. Applied 8/2

My son just found out that he was admitted to Chemical Engineering. He applied in early August and was an auto admit to the University.

My daughter’s status shows her as admitted to the Cockrell School of Engineering for Aerospace Engineering! Hook 'em!

Well that’s one less spot available in ChemE. Anxiously waiting for ME decisions. Post your kids’ stats so we can get a glimpse of the competition.