<p>Ghostayame - UT Austin for out of state is quite expensive.</p>
<p>per semester - Engineering<br>
5,107 in 17,189 out
[Tuition</a> Costs : Tuition Dollars & Sense](<a href=“Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)</p>
<p>Georgia Tech</p>
<p>3859 in 13,511 out
<a href=“http://www.bursar.gatech.edu/student/tuition/Spring_2013/Spring13-all_fees.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bursar.gatech.edu/student/tuition/Spring_2013/Spring13-all_fees.pdf</a></p>
<p>So you are looking at 7k per year difference between UT and Georgia Tech (34.4k, 27k).</p>
<p>JustinLA - There are lots of different factors in play at each school. You are in state for Tulane and private schools tend to get a lot of instate students. SMU might have turned you down because 24 is too low compared to their average at 28.4. </p>
<p><a href=“https://smu.edu/ir/Publications/Trends_2011/First_Time_Admissions.pdf[/url]”>https://smu.edu/ir/Publications/Trends_2011/First_Time_Admissions.pdf</a></p>
<p>SMU is reasonably well known due to their one time football prowess in 80s. They are trying to promote their engineering program well and so irrespective of their rank, they might do well in recruitment.</p>