Hi, I have one at UT in the BFA MT program and one who auditioned in October and is anxiously awaiting their decision (Tampa is thankfully one of the few schools that lets you know yes or no relatively quickly). They do not prescreen - although I believe you have the option to submit a video audition if you live more than XXX miles away. They audition roughly once a month at their Open Houses - you must register in advance for the Open House and the audition - and they go to some of the regional auditions (but not unifieds, unless they changed that this year).
My older one is very happy there - loves her classes and her friends, who are mostly in the theatre department. They are opening an amazing new state-of-the-art facility for the arts in the fall, and they have what is probably my favorite of all the college theatres I’ve seen. They also do some of their performances in the nondenominational chapel on campus, which is beautiful. However, I think once the new building and black box open that that will probably change.