<p>I am currently torn between a few colleges and I am trying to make a decision. So I was wondering why should I attend UT Austin?</p>
<p>Where else did you get into, if you don’t mind me asking?
1 reason is (if in state) much cheaper price AND UT is renown for having some of the best programs in the country. Austin is an amazing place as well.</p>
<p>I am a California resident (I live in San Diego) and I have been accepted to UC Davis, Baylor, and Cal Poly San Luis Obisps.</p>
<p>UT is a really good school, but if you’re a resident of California, I say go to UC Davis. Davis is still an excellent school (I have a friend who goes there and they enjoy it) and it’s MUCH cheaper. But that is from an financial standpoint. Especially in today’s economy, it isn’t wise to spend more money than needed. If you really want to go to UT, you could transfer or go for a post-grad. But that’s just the opinion of someone who can only afford to go to in-state schools (I’m a Texas resident).</p>
<p>I vote for UT over Davis. We know many kids who go to Davis . It is a very good school. But it does not compare to UT. Austin is a great city. One of a kind. A treasure. Davis is in the middle of farm land.
UT has great spirit, and amazing sports. Davis does not. Neither dos SLO. Nothing comes close to going to a football game in Texas. Hoops is also great. </p>
<p>I am not sure what you are majoring in, but I think UT is great. Also, if cost is important…you should know that many OOS students figure out how to get instate tuition after one year at UT. This drops Tuition from 31K to under 10k.
Also, Gov. Brown is facing a crisis in Ca. He is about to cut the budget and raise tuition at the UC’s. It has been difficult for a while to graduate in four years. It will become almost impossible going forward. I am saving a lot of money by having my d in Texas. </p>
<p>Good Luck. you have great choices.</p>
<p>My s and d both attended UT from California. UT will not grant residency to any out of state student unless they have lived in TX for 1 year WITHOUT attending UT, private colleges or community colleges and held a job. So for OOS it ends up being 32K for OOS and about 15K for extras annually. My s got his TX driving license, lived and worked through each summer without attending school, changed his car registration and license to TX but they refused residency because he attended school during fall and spring. We gave up trying for him after 3 years and the way UT still has it set up we didn’t try for d. There is no way, they have it fool proofed. CalPoly SLO- would take this over Davis and you’re still by the ocean. Everyone loves it and many kids were upset they didn’t get in. Baylor- no, only other school we liked in TX besides UT was SMU- beautiful campus! TX is doing the same thing in the legislature that Brown is trying in CA. UT is not giving out the scholarships like in the past and tuition waivers are being held. P.S. My s does not know any OOS student that was able to get residency if they went to school during the year. The only ones he knows are the ones straight out of the military or lived and worked in Tx the year before they got in.</p>
<p>^That’s very odd, because socaldad42’s D got residency after one year, and she attended UT during that time. I spoke with a woman at UT in charge of these matters, and she told me specifically that my son could attend UT and still be granted residency after one year.</p>
<p>When people talk about UT they always go on and on about Austin and school spirit and football and blah, blah: interesting that NO ONE praises the quality of the education, interaction with professors, smart peers, etc. etc. – all the stuff that I regard as paramount in selecting a college.</p>
<p>^Hmm, your statement is contradicted by collegeshopping’s response to YOUR post in the following thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-texas-austin/1110277-plan-ii-how-special.html#post12271307[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-texas-austin/1110277-plan-ii-how-special.html#post12271307</a></p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>Here is the info: (just called and spoke to resident advisor)
To obtain residency student must:
1)be US citizen
2)not claimed on parent’s tax records- independent
3)live in TX prior 12 months (not just the school F-S calendar year)
4)meet domicile requirement- must meet one of the following
a)gainfully employed for 12 months working at least 8-10 hours every week for 12 months
b)own property in TX
c)own a business in TX
d)hold a professional license in TX</p>
<p>My s never met the requirement because he didn’t work spring break, winter break, thanksgiving week and he was always claimed on our taxes so we could write some of the educational money off.</p>
<p>socaldad42- how did your daughter get residency after 1 year? Do you know something I don’t know??? If so please tell me… I have spent over 75K at UT and I would love to know how to reduce cost in the future.</p>
<p>Carmom,</p>
<p>Not only did my D get residency, so did 13 of her sorority sisters. I also know four other so cal kids who just got it in the last 6 months. </p>
<p>There are ways to do it. You must interpret the rules, and figure out how. If you pm me I will explain further.
It takes some work, but it can be done.</p>
<p>As far as taxes go, it is far better to save 20k a year on tuition, than take a educational credit.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of some of the reasons why I want to attend UT-Austin:</p>
<p>Some of the world’s leading scholars in their respective fields whom you will have a chance to talk to and possibly do research with if you SEEK OUT those opportunities.</p>
<p>Name-brand recognition across the nation.</p>
<p>Some of the most beautiful women in the country. (I am from the area)</p>
<p>Great warm weather most of the year.</p>
<p>Texas is a great place to start a business or join a growing one.</p>
<p>No income-tax.</p>
<p>6th street and the rest of downtown Austin.</p>
<p>Entrepreneurial spirit at the campus and in the city. Lots of clean tech start-ups and ideas.</p>
<p>UT Austin’s IC2 institute and specifically the Austin Technology Incubator.</p>
<p>The new Division of Statistics and Scientific Computing.</p>
<p>The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.</p>
<p>Companies that recruit on campus include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Apple, Barclays, Indeed.com, Intel, Oracle, Cisco, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Big 4 Accounting firms, Big 3 consulting firms, JPMorgan, Raytheon, Rackspace, National Instruments, Lockheed, Capital One, Yahoo Inc., Yelp, Amazon, and others.</p>
<p>United States national program rankings:</p>
<h1>1 Accounting</h1>
<h1>1 Advertising</h1>
<h1>2 Education</h1>
<h1>3 Marketing</h1>
<h1>4 MIS</h1>
<h1>4 Civil Engineering</h1>
<h1>4 Environmental Engineering</h1>
<h1>5 Chemical Engineering</h1>
<h1>6 Finance</h1>
<h1>7 Entrepreneurship</h1>
<h1>7 Business</h1>
<h1>7 Computer Engineering</h1>
<h1>8 Aerospace Engineering</h1>
<h1>8 Computer Science</h1>
<h1>8 Information Studies</h1>
<h1>9 Mechanical Engineering</h1>
<h1>9 Earth Sciences</h1>
<h1>12 Chemistry</h1>
<h1>13 Psychology</h1>
<h1>14 Law School</h1>
<h1>14 Mathematics</h1>
<h1>14 Physics</h1>
<h1>17 English</h1>
<h1>21 Political Science</h1>
<h1>25 Economics</h1>
<p>…I would continue but this is taking too much time and I think I covered most of them.</p>
<p>Placido, I could care less about football, school spirit is marginally important, and yes, location is very important to me and Austin is a great place to be. I have given you at least 10 other reasons to attend UT-Austin in my post above. Please let me know if you need further convincing.</p>
<p>Personally, we are from Texas and we love visiting CA and BRIEFLY thought would be neat if S attended there. BUT … they have massive budget issues. Who knows what will happen to public tuition, endowments, funding in any state? We have the TX Tomorrow Fund contract for any TX 4-yr institution. It simply made zero sense to leave state with that kind of guaranty in hand. </p>
<p>CA has kick a$$ weather and surfing and Disneyland. Texas has jobs. Good luck with your decision. Its a biggie.</p>
<p>Its cheap. </p>
<p>And on the note of
“Name-brand recognition across the nation.”</p>
<p>It should be changed to
“Name-brand recognition across the nation for sports.
Name-brand recognition across Texas for academics.” - Even McCombs</p>
<p>I don’t know about that. IB’s, consulting firms, and high tech companies definitely have a high amount of respect for UT-Austin as evidenced by the fact that there are a good portion of UT graduates working for them.</p>
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I do agree UT Austin has a lot of prestige, my point is, primarily within Texas.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for other departments, but UT’s civil engineering department has a lot of prestige nationally and even internationally. It has an amazing number of professors in the National Academy of Engineering.</p>
<p>UT’s business school (McCombs) is also extremely highly regarded nationally. When you look at the top consulting firms, they only recruit kids from ivy league schools and other top prestigious schools. UT is almost always on the list of schools they recruit from. UT also has the #1 accounting program in the nation. The VAST majority of students get jobs with the Big 4.</p>