@JTUni20 Is there anything about the Facebook group on your MyStatus? If not, maybe you can ask Admissions about starting one? That would be a good group to have.
http://texadmissions.com/blog-post/receiving-your-admissions-decision/
“This year, UT received a record of over 47,000 applications for around 18,000 spaces. 75% of Texas residents obtained admission automatically. 91% of admits come from Texas. Approximately 3,700 admittances went to non-automatically admitted Texas residents were yielding a one and eight chance of gaining admission. The vast majority of students admitted automatically under state law come from affluent neighborhoods.”
I’m not an expert! I just read the blogs. I’m sure that a blog isn’t a highly credible source, either.
@universeofbooks - the author of the blog is a former UT grad, as well as former Admissions Rep for UT. He has experience + I imagine he still has numerous contacts in the system.
So, I wouldn’t go so far as to say it “isn’t a highly credible source.”
Again, at some point the University will release their official numbers.
He may be credible but he doesn’t write very well. 75 percent of Texas residents were not admitted automatically. 75 percent of the class may be filled by auto admits but 75 percent of Texas residents would be a LOT of people!
The vast majority of auto admits come from affluent suburbs? Isn’t the point that the top 8 percent of every class gets in no matter where they come from? If what he says is true is he trying to say non-affluent top 8 percenters don’t apply?
^ Yeah, I was also wondering about that comment. I thought the point of auto acceptance was to diversify the freshman class .
Non-affluent top 8% either don’t apply or don’t attend unless they get some extra money from UT. It’s the main reason for Texas Advance and some other smaller programs.
Just look at the feeder schools data.
https://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/feederschools.html
Feeder school report is who attends and not limited to auto admit. Even then it is not the “vast majority” he says “admitted.” According to the common data set half the class borrows money at some point in the four years and Almost half have financial need (meaning their EFC is less than COA.) He may be trying to tell us something about non-auto admits coming from affluent areas? I’d believe that.
There is definitely more weeding out (of affluent students) or diversifying going on with the assignment of majors. Many ,many good students are not being assigned their preferred major and will be going elsewhere. My DD attends a supposed affluent HS but she was one of the few she has actually talked to that got her major and looking at the acceptance thread, you see the same pattern.
Does anyone know how accepting a major works on February 26? I was wondering if everyone got offered the same majors because when I open it the majors offered include mathematics and physics.
For those who weren’t able to get their first choice, Engineering, you should really consider a Physics major. Some of the best Engineers I’ve ever worked with were actually Physics majors in college. The first and second year curriculums are nearly identical. As an EE myself, I did plenty of ME type work and wished I had actually been a Physics major during my college life. MHO, good luck.
@BillyLu Could you explain a bit what do you mean with “because when I open it the majors offered”? Where do you see the majors offered to you? Are you waitlisted new applicant or a transfer student?
https://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/profiles.html
click on the last available student report and find table 5 “Economic Status Breakdown of SB 175 Automatic Admits and other Enrolled Freshmen Self‐Reported Parental Income Intervals Summer/Fall 2013”
37% with income under 100,000.
44% with income above 100,000
18% unknown or not reported (foreigners and those who don’t file FAFSA, including people without citizenship/green card status and people with too much money for FAFSA.
I would assume that 62% (44 + 18) come from more affluent areas and 37% from less affluent areas.
And the table has numbers for auto-admits and not auto-admits. They are self-explanatory.
I would guess that some not auto-admits with lower income has something to do with sports or military (enrolled after serving in the army)
PACE is 100% not auto-admits.
@tx36542
When I open my my status page under admissions there is a tab that says “Choose your Major” which gives a link to the majors that are available. When I open this link there is a list of majors that are being offered plus COLA majors. I was just wondering if everyone was offered physics and mathematics if they weren’t accepted into their first choice.
Also I had a question about if I did accept physics as my major does that mean I am fully committed to going to UT Austin or I just have to decide by the May 1 deadline
@BillyLu You have until May 1 to accept your offer of admission from UT.
I strongly believe that students’ ability to pay have a lot to do with getting admission. Why do they need you to fill out FAFSA before they make the decision? Why do they even have auto admission when they will not allow kids with high stats to be in the requested major? Essays and recommendations are just a way to not admit students they do not want because of their ability to pay.
I do understand they are running a BUSINESS and they want to make as much PROFIT as they can. I am sure UT is no exception.
FAFSA is not due until well after admission decisions go out. UT is pretty clear that high stats non-affluent kids are going to do better in the process than high stats affluent kids. The PAI gives a lot of credit for first gen, low SES, language spoken at home, etc. If you look at @Ya Ya link above, 18 percent don’t even report income.
I agree that auto admission doesn’t mean much if you can’t get your major and it does seem like there should be a better way to handle that.
@“Ya Ya” that report is still enrolled students, not admitted. I think enrolled stars are going to skew to higher incomes because those are the people who can afford to go. Maybe it does mirror the admission pool or the applicant pool because less affluent kids go where the merit AND need money is. But the blogger seems to be implying (to me) that auto admission benefits the wealthy and I don’t understand his logic. 8 percent is 8 percent.
@DoctorWho2016 My daughter was accepted before we did the FAFSA, she is also from a non-affluent home. She was auto admitted plus got into her first choice major. I’m not sure how all that works but just wanted tell you that she didn’t have to do the FAFSA before a decision was made.
I would think the 18% not reported income are families on the high end vs low end of the income scale. If you know your EFC is significantly higher than the cost of admission why bother filling out a FAFSA. I’m surprised there was so many families over $150,000 that did.
$150,000? If you’ve over $100,000 it’s pretty much a waste of time.
When should we get an actual acceptance letter from UT? My daughter found out last Friday that she got into CNS, just wondering how long it takes to actually receive the letter in the mail from UT.