<p>Hi, so I know that UT Austin is doing the whole 7% auto admit thing, but I'm only in the top 15% at my school. I had heard that if you got a certain SAT score, they would let you in regardless of rank.
Does anyone know what that number is?</p>
<p>If you got in to UT Austin and you weren't an auto admit, what was your SAT score/how did you do it??
Thanks!</p>
<p>I think the SAT score auto admit is only for A&M, but I may be wrong.</p>
<p>UT Austin has no SAT auto admit, I’m 95% sure. But I have a friend who got mid 2200s with low rank (outside top 10%) who got into plan 2. If you’re applying next year, the best advice I have is APPLY EARLY. They’re way more lenient in July than in January.</p>
<p>Not at UT. A&M has auto admit for those who rank in the top 25% and score a min of 1300 SAT (M+CR) & a min of 600 in each sec.</p>
<p>This might be helpful, but I don’t think there is an auto-admit score.
[2012</a> SAT/ACT Scores | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/scores]2012”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/whyut/profile/scores)</p>
<p>There are no auto admits at UT. If you apply very early in the process (August) you may have shot with good scores.</p>
<p>Thank you! So it is best to apply in the summer? My first score was an 1800. What should I be shooting for, within reason? Do you think in the low mid 1900’s would work?</p>
<p>Depends on the school you are trying to get into. For cockrell, preferably 2000+ with a 700 + math score, for CNS maybe like 1930+ etc etc all of this with a pretty good class rank. People have gotten in with less, people with more. I was admitted into CNS/Plan II Honors with a 2230 but I saw a 2210 that was rejected from cockrell completely.</p>
<p>1) I believe you are referring to A&M’s policy (CR/M 1300 + with minimum of a 600 in each section) and I believe there’s a contingency that you must be in the top 25% as well.
Bottom line is that UT does NOT have such a policy. They receive far too many applications and don’t have many seats for ANOTHER automatic admission policy to take place. </p>
<p>2) Applying early might have its benefits, but from how admission decisions this year, you should really focus on writing the best essays, have a nice resume to send to UT, and make sure to get some good recommendation letters since even the auto-admits waited quite a while to hear back. I think the earliest person that got in (aside from Honors) that I know of …got in around November? </p>
<p>UT may or may not alter the way they carry out their admissions for freshmen next year. Applying early has its benefits at times, but don’t rush through your application for the sake of it being early. </p>
<p>But definitely start early. The essays MATTER a lot. My essays, according to my peers and teachers, were really strong and showed aspects of my personality and the type of person I am that my resume didn’t show. I believe that was a big factor in helping me get in since my extracurricular activities were average at best.</p>
<p>Thank you all</p>