OOS (CA) S accepted engineering with merit scholarship $13K/year
4.3 UTK GPA / 3.87 UW / 6 APs, 4 DE, and several honors courses
SAT 1440
jobs/varsity sports/some volunteering
Other decisions to date:
Accepted EA: Clemson, Oregon St. and Alabama
Deferred EA: UGA
Pending: NC-State, V-tech, University of CA system
Congrats! What are her stats?
Deferred as well with similar or better stats than others. This was a safety for my son and several of his friends that are even higher achievers. I think our HS has a very low yield to UTK and that may have played into the deferral.
Thatās great. I really liked IU when we visited, it had a lot to offer. The Kelley Business School was impressive for sure and my child really liked it too.
OOS D25 Accepted - This was her top choice. She was super excited!
agreed! Itās all what they make if it, no matter where they go. Your child should go where they think they will thrive and be happy. Get involved, do things, craft their story. As a manager who hired SO MANY college grads back in the day, we cared more about what you did while at school vs where you went. And to be honest, one of my laziest hires was from an Ivy school. So, its their character, drive, optimism and happiness that matters most. Try to enjoy this process and know they will (hopefully) land where they are meant to be!
How were you test optional? UTK is not test optional. Are you in-state?
Apologies for misleading informationā¦I got my schools the wrong way round (problem with applying to so many, and trying to keep track of them!). Anyway, to clarify, we DID submit SAT scores to UTK!
Just a FYI - UNC Chapel Hill is not fond of deferral - they hardly ever do so. Most common outcomes are accept, deny, waitlist in the EA round
OOS accepted 1380 SAT 4.4 GPA 13K a year merit
Curious since your student applied for nursing- what is the āholistic Nursing supplementā that is required for the application? Any idea?
In looking at the application process for their nursing program, they mention a holistic nursing supplemental as part of the application process. Can you tell me what this is? I have a D26 who will be applying next year and curious what the application process is. My S24 was admitted to UTK last year but ended up at another SEC school. I know the nursing application process is slightly different.
Iām going from memory because my D applied to Tennessee in late August. The process is different for every school. I recall that for Tennessee that in order to complete her application she had to complete the nursing supplemental that was available within her Tennessee portal after the Common App was submitted. It contained some number of essay type of questions to complete. I donāt recall specific details because she is the one that applied.
Thank you! This (the UNC not fond of deferral) is actually really helpful to know. I can start working on tempering his expectations. He knows exactly how unlikely it is that heād get in, but I think heās been assuming heād likely get deferred. Letting him know that a deny is potentially a more realistic possibility is probably a good idea to try to help him acclimate to what I think is probably coming.
My son was accepted OOS, but we will be turning down the acceptance as he got into his ED school, which we have now officially paid the deposit for.
His UTK stats were 1370 sat, 4.67 utk gpa, lots of good ecās and business owner.
Is anyone apart of any parent pages on FB or IG for UTK? The one I found appears to only be buying and selling of football tix.
I just - like a few hours ago - joined āUniversity of Tennessee - Unofficial Parent Groupā on FB. It seems like the right thing from what Iāve seen so far, but who knows. (There are also companies out there that make faux āparentā groups, so Iām a little leery, but there are so many members and the questions/comments seem right, so maybe?)
OK thanks for the clarification! Congrats again!!
Well, fwiw, one of my DSās closest friends is living his best life at USCā he absolutely loves it!
I didnāt see a Deferral thread, so hope itās ok to ask this on this thread.
Does it make sense to change the application (if possible) to reflect anther major that is maybe less competitive but still relevant to my kidās interests? She had been interested in a few majors but had to land on two.