<p>Just noting - UT Austin is very hard to get into for OOS students because of the top 10% rule (or top 8% rule or whatever it is these days). </p>
<p>My son was top 15% in his TX high school class and couldn’t get into UT, but he got into lots of schools including VA Tech, Purdue, UI-Urbana-Champange, and GA Tech. </p>
<p>Getting into the Penn State honors college clinched the deal for him.</p>