<p>picked UT instead of harvard, MIT, other top schools?</p>
<p>cornell...is that top??</p>
<p>Stanford, MiT, Rice . . . well maybe because I didn't apply for them. ^_^ (Damn SAT II's, never took them or knew about them til it was too late).</p>
<p>i passed up Duke. somebody around here passed up MIT engineering for UT engineering... it's crazy. UT's a great school.</p>
<p>Yeah thing about UT is you can get that great education and still have a life.</p>
<p>very true (it was a big factor in my decision)</p>
<p>Amen to that.</p>
<p>Does Baylor count? If so, then I passed up Baylor for UT. :P</p>
<p>Hey staeiou, D passed up a 96,000 dollar scholarship to Baylor to go to UT which offered her much less than that.</p>
<p>How much did she get at UT? and what major is she doing?</p>
<p>I passed up 70k scholarship from Tulane to go to UT, but UT is better imo and still came out cheaper in the end because of grant, scholarship, and very low instate price.</p>
<p>Well, UT will be more for us than Baylor because of the scholarship Baylor offered. UT gave her 13,000 merit aid for the four years and NO financial aid.</p>
<p>UT gave me $500 total in aid (for four years, not $500/semester), while Baylor gave me $40k total. I still laugh at that. :)</p>
<p>yeah UT gave me a whooping 1k, which makes me bitter when it's compared to what the other schools gave.</p>
<p>wow UT instead of MIT, umm UT is like the only texas school im applying to ehh maybe Rice too. Is it true UT's engineering school is ranked the same rank as cornell? Is it true if u take the top couple of thousands of students at UT and compared them to Stanford, those UT people r way smarter? wow i felt stupid for undermining UT after i heard that</p>
<p>UT is ranked 10th in the nation for engineering, I think tied with Cornell. The smartest person in my class could have gone to Stanford, but chose UT.</p>
<p>i passed Northwester for UT. It has a top notch business school for undergrads and it costs half the tuition at Nothwestern. It was actually a no brainer.</p>
<p>I passed University of Notre Dame for UT. But that's just becuase I can't pay for Notre Dame XD</p>
<p>that's awesome to hear all this, makes me feel much better about my decision, i passed up university of richmond and many others, but that's not a big deal.</p>
<p>ace...
I know that with the proximity to UT, it may not seem as 'cool' as some further away, but UT is a great school. </p>
<p>two stories. I know a student a coupl of years ago, running around the country looking at univ...at Berkley they asked him " are you considering UT, we love to have UT people here for grad school" and as someoen who occasionally hires for technical fields, if someone is from UT, you go,,,ok this kid will be solid</p>
<p>Good choice, be proud....many would love to attend UT who are not admitted</p>