A thread for the High School Class of 2021 applying for Fall 2021 admissions at UTD
Has anyone gotten an admission yet from UTD?
If you would like to share your stats to help Class of 2026 next year:
When did you apply:
Class Rank:
SAT (with Sub Scores)
ACT (with Sub Scores)
When did you receive your admission decision:
Are you an Auto-admit or Review Admit:
Major/College of Choice:
I’m going to be interested to see if anyone responds to this thread @ChillyCow
UTD is kind of a difference beast in terms of who applies (and that impacts who is admitted and enrolled).
2019-2020 Year middle 50% of test scores enrolled
UTD
SAT - 1250-1450
ACT - 26-33
UT at Austin
SAT - 1240 - 1470
ACT - 27 - 33
TAMU
SAT - 1180 - 1390
ACT - 26 - 31
UTD and UT Austin are neck and neck in terms of test scores, with TAMU close behind in terms of bottom 25% cut off - but further behind on the top 25%. Meaning students with above a 1390 or 31 are more likely to enroll at UT Austin or UTD over TAMU, to a statistically significant degree.
I would venture to say that many students with ACT scores in the 22-24 range and below and SAT scores below 1150 do not apply to UTD. Just not the type of school they are looking for. Without major athletics it is a school that’s appeal leans toward the more academic focused student. Schools like TAMU appeal to academic minded students who also wants a certain kind of college experience.
The students I know that go to UTD really, really like it. They are not commuter students, not from the DFW area and are extremely engaged with on campus activities. They all have a lot going on socially.
My D21 will be submitting her app very soon. She is very excited about it as it is one of her top favorite schools. However, she wants to wait until she gets her confirmation letter from NMSC that she is a NM semifinalist and then she will submit. Hoping that is sometime this week. We understand the letters were sent out on the 25th.
@BlueBayouAZ , I agree with your wondering if this post will get any traction. Not sure why the Aggie page already has lots of interaction but dead silence from UT and basically UTD? And great analysis on comparing the three Texas schools! Spot on
@amsunshine , congratulations to your daughter on NMSF! UT Dallas has a sweet deal for those kids!
My son’s application status still just says “Application complete”. Does anybody know if it will change to “Application is in review” or something that indicates they are doing anything with it?
Anybody out there? 
Give a shout out if you have a completed application or if you heard an acceptance!
DS is working on his resume to upload and he will apply then. He had one but it was really a document that he kept and would bullet point all of his activities that he felt might get included on his college apps since 9th grade, so he needs to tidy it up quite a bit.
Hopefully, he will submit this week…
DD completed her application and her portal is showing the same - Application Complete. Hoping for good news soon for us all!
I have a question about application choice – are you applying using Apply Texas or Common App? Is there an advantage in applying using one or the other? Differences? My D21 has her Common App almost ready to go, but I wanted to make sure there isn’t something about directly using Apply Texas that might be preferable in some way.
@amsunshine , “they say” it doesn’t matter which app you use. An app is an app is an app in theory. It sounds pretty legit that you don’t have to recreate the wheel if you can just use one app.
For what it is worth, since the info is two years old - it looks like my daughter applied on 8/7/18 and got admitted to UTD on 8/29/18. So a full 3 weeks.
@BlueBayouAZ , thanks for your input! My son applied on August 16 so we have just hit the 3 week mark. Maybe we will hear something soon!
I don’t think UTD is on the Common App? I may be wrong. But I don’t think there is a difference in using either ApplyTexas vs Common App.
Yes, UTD is most definitely on the Common App.
Ah, never mind. I see it is on the Common App. I thought it wasn’t so DD used ApplyTexas but we must have missed it somehow.
D21 just submitted her app! She is super excited!
When did you apply: 9/13/20
Class Rank: 1
SAT (with Sub Scores) 1590 (790 EBRW; 800 M)
ACT (with Sub Scores) N/A
When did you receive your admission decision: N/A
Are you an Auto-admit or Review Admit: No
Major/College of Choice: Computer Science
Will update when we get a decision.
@amsunshine , You can’t beat those stats!! We’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting. If your daughter hears back today, I’m gonna cry! haha