<p>Yes, it does matter, especially if you’re not top 10%.</p>
<p>Isn’t this year’s apps due Dec. 15th? If you just turned it in on Dec. 1st, you might be a little bit at risk. Non-top 10%ers have a much better chance at getting in if they turn in apps early because UT admissions run on rolling admission. They do want to get a good look at the entire applicant pool but if you turned your app in early, they won’t make you wait too terribly long. By now, I would imagine you’re in a pool of apps that are just now getting turned in so if anyone in the pool is top 10% (especially if they’re well within it) or have better recs, rank, test scores, etc. they’ll be considered first.</p>
<p>When I was a HS senior, our due date was Jan 15 with the applytexas scholarship due Nov 31, which is when I submitted mine. I was top 10% and got admitted right within 2 weeks. That was with top 10% automatic admission, but now UT changed their admission standards so if you’re not top 10% and you’re pretty late at turning in your app, you might be playing a game of chance. College of education isn’t hard to get into though so if there’s something in your app that stands out among the crowd, you’ll have a better chance of getting in. Good luck!</p>