<p>^^^Very strange admissions this year…several of D’s friends that were ranked in the 12-13% range did not get in.
However, I think that they were trying to get into more selective majors.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s very strange - for my son’s friends, I know of 3 who got into McCombs and they were all around 17-20%! So, the 2-3% cutoff for McCombs wasn’t in effect this year. Guess they’re trying to be much more holistic.</p>
<p>Also odd on this thread where people were bumped from 1st choice engineering to 2nd choice business!</p>
<p>Upside Down! It really makes last year’s admissions seem more sketchy, like they were truly making it so cut throat to nudge the legislature!!</p>
<p>ag, surely UT wouldn’t play such games! ;)</p>
<p>Oh, and in case someone is thinking ds’s friend is a minority, they’re right – he’s Asian! <em>gasp</em></p>
<p>I live in state, but I am in the top 30% and I got into UT and the RTF major. However, I am in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, which UT likes.</p>
<p>Maybe everyone is so afraid to put Business as thier first choice that the Business Dept is not full…Who knows really? We are just thrilled to be accepted :)</p>
<p>No, the business dept is definitely full. I am in the top 10% of my class and was admitted to my second choice major because my first choice, Business, was full.</p>
<p>Pierrechn – Your take on OOS is interesting, because UT has one of the tougher OOS admission policies for public universities. Texas only admits 5% of the student body from OOS; the Viewbook for 2010 says that in 2008 only 1,000 students were admitted OOS and 536 International students (295 OOS enrolled; 208 International enrolled). OOS students are in a separate pool from in-state, their class rank doesn’t guarantee them anything at UT, and if you look at the applied:admitted ratio for in-state, it’s about 2:1. For OOS, 4:1. So I would suggest that they aren’t having to work too hard to encourage geographic diversity; the reverse is true – OOS applicants have to offer more. The Top 10% rule keeps UT for Texans, for the most part. Happily, my OOS son was admitted to his first-choice major and was admitted to LAH.</p>
<p>Alum status does NOTHING for applicants.</p>
<p>idk but i do believe that an OOS from Cali in top 25 with the same stats as a top 25 texas kid would get in before the texas kid.</p>
<p>why do kids from Cali choose UT over USC/UCLA? they do realize that they will likely work in texas</p>
<p>You are missing the point, pierrechn. IS and OOS don’t compete with each other for admission. You are competing with the other 22,000-27,000 Texans who apply.</p>
<p>And here are the 2008 admitted stats for OOS from the UT admissions webpage:</p>
<p>SAT/ACT Ranges & Averages: Enrolled Out-of-State Applicants</p>
<p>Mid-50% SAT Range: 1220 1430 (combined verbal and math)
Average SAT Score: 1313 (combined verbal and math)
Mid-50% ACT Range: 27 32 (composite)</p>
<p>Average ACT Score: 29 (composite)</p>
<p>vs. the Freshman Profile stats (which would average in the above numbers, I assume)</p>
<p>Average SAT Scores*
Critical Reading: 597
Mathematics: 628
[SAT Score: 1225]
Writing: 588
- SAT national averages are Critical Reading 502, Mathematics 515, and Writing 494.</p>
<p>Average ACT Scores
UT Austin average: 26
National average: 21</p>
<p>An OOS student doesn’t take your spot; he/she takes a spot designated for OOS and compared to other large public universities, there are precious few of them at UT. Compare the 5% OOS admission at UT to other highly-regarded large public universities: UNC (17% OOS), Wisconsin (39% OOS), USC (42%). There are others that keep OOS low, however: UCLA, UC-Davis and UF are all in the 3-5% range and UC-Berkeley is 8%. But there is talk that the California publics will up their OOS admissions due to the serious state budget issues. </p>
<p>And those same budget issues brings up one reason California students might choose UT.</p>
<p>Another interesting statistic: UT enrolled a total of 30 students from California in 2008. They admitted 11,301 IS students.</p>
<p>I somehow got in out of state and only in the 21%… I was completely expecting to be rejected so being accepted was a huge shock!</p>
<p>-GPA: 3.5 unweighted, 3 IB classes junior year, 3 AP senior year (i moved the summer before senior year or i would have been pursuing an IB diploma)
-SAT: 2070 (590 math, 750 writing, 730 critical reading)
-ECs: newspaper section editor & photographer 2 years, core leader of recycling club, member of french club, volunteer for Red Cross first aid team, taught AIDS and substance abuse curriculum to sophomore students 1 year, volleyball team
-letter of rec: really strong (assuming they got it, which I’m not entirely sure of)
-essays: really strong, in my opinion
-top 21%
-out of state, colorado</p>
<p>i just found out about two weeks ago and am still surprised! i didn’t get accepted into my first choice major though 
which was nursing. instead i got into my second choice, psychology. does anyone know if you can change that though? because now i’m not really interested in majoring in psychology…</p>
<p>I wonder if there are any other kids from Maine! I doubt it. When I told people that DS was applying to Texas, I got responses such as, “Would he really want to go to Texas?!?” Sigh.</p>
<p>MaineLonghorn - I went into the UT Statistical Handbook and apparently there ARE other Maine residents at UT! They have student population US map, which is kind of vague, but there are somewhere between 1-99 Maine residents enrolled at UT. Remember, that is total enrollment, so it includes the grad students… LOL Maybe DS could have a Maine Longhorn party – in her room!</p>
<p>Whoo hoo, we’ll have to find out who the Mainer(s) are!</p>
<p>So…to contribute to the IS/OOS discussion:</p>
<p>Daughter, IS, just got waitlisted to LA (History). (2nd choice was LA/undecided)</p>
<p>Stats: ACT 33, SAT 2190, AP scholar w/honors, 6 APs, all 4s & 5s (4.5 ave.) SAT subject tests: WHist. 800, USHist 740. 3.47 UW, 3.9 W, somewhere between top 25% and top 30% BUT from very competitive public HS (one of few in Tx perennially ranked in top75 of both USNWR & Newsweek).</p>
<p>Oh, yeah: she is a nationally ranked athlete (top 15 in country, two events) and, for what it’s worth (not much), a legacy.</p>
<p>But, get this: she just got in OOS to U of Michigan.</p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
<p>YoMomma - Congrats on the UMichigan admission!<br>
Disappointing that she was waitlisted at TX; it sounds like her stats are strong, but the top 10% rule is hurting her.
Just FYI - UMichigan admits 35% of Freshman class OOS (unlike Texas). So with those stats and her athletics, she had a good chance at Michigan.</p>
<p>so 75% of UTs freshman class are from top 10? 25% left what percentage is preserved for OOS since thats what your saying?</p>
<p>im international, not top 10% and i got in today!!</p>
<p>@pierrechen
Last fall 4% of the enrolled freshman were international students.
<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/AdmittedFreshmenProfile-2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/AdmittedFreshmenProfile-2009.pdf</a></p>
<p>@zlc great so around 4-5% of preserved space?</p>