UT Austin Appeals

EventHorizon32
Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:38:12 +0000

@snowchocolate‌ when you appeal, specifically request them to consider you for electrical engineering (biomedE is too small a major and very difficult to get into).

This year UT only considered first choice majors. Many kids with very high stats (like you), great essays and EC’s who applied to very small departments like biomedE and chemE got waitlisted/paced as there was no space. Many seemed to be kids outside the top 7% at very competitive schools. I think some would have got into their second choice majors, but UT did not look at second choice this year (some exceptions of course like chemE first choice / petE second choice). It seems unfair that such strong academic students cannot be part of UT in their second choice majors. But, that’s how admissions worked this year.

You have great stats for ECE (which is a great choice at UT if you are interested in that major. Lots of great high paying internships). Wishing you all the best.

(UT does not consider AP scores and even SAT subject scores for admissions. They may look at them for Honors- don’t know).