I did not deny that there were advantages to BHP. There very much are. The way you set up your argument was that those in BHP are leagues away and have an exponentially higher chance of succeeding than regular students.
It’s about being proactive–and it just turns out alot of those kids who do so are in BHP. It’s the quality of the students that produce the results at large–not the sole works of being in the program @NuScholar
@Jpgranier They are closed but BHP in McCombs allow sophomores to apply/re-apply for admissions.
The difference between the opportunities and support a honors program student receive versus a regular UT student is shocking based on my own personal research talking to former high school classmates. Initially I didn’t think it would be a stark difference but I was wrong. UT honors program students are like royalty and the rest of the undergraduate student body are peasants begging for scraps at the table is how I see it.
Rejected 
First-choice: computer science; second-choice: biology
ACT: 33C, (34E, 33M, 35R, 30S)
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.63
School doesn’t rank
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended Scholar, Intel ISEF Finalist (two years in a row)
Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis (All-region, co-captain), Varsity Cross Country (All-region/state, co-captain), Science Fair, Varsity Track(founder and captain), Piano and Flute in Upper School Orchestra, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Cashier/Hostess/Server at restaurant
Volunteer/Community Service: Miscellaneous, scattered volunteering (got an award for 50+ hours in junior year)
Summer Activities: Tennis (9th, 10th), Work (10th), High School Summer Research Academy at UT Austin (11th), Girls Who Code (11th)
OOS
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Pretty shocked by this as I thought I would at least be accepted for biology. I am going to appeal but am looking elsewhere now.
@destolio I’m assuming they don’t really consider you for your second choice major? You’re a “maybe” for CS (especially for OOS), but a almost definite “yes” for bio. I would try to contact their admissions office before appeal to ask that question, because you should not have been denied for bio if you were considered.
@TheAvidSeeker UT has a long-standing reputation for being extremely elitist and competitive from the administration to the students lol. UT students are constantly berating other schools and bragging about their rankings.
Go do a social experiment, go ask 30 UT students why they decided to attend UT over Texas State University in San Marcos (40 minutes away from Austin) and see for yourself just how elitist most are. RARELY do I meet a UT graduate that isn’t an elitist or college snob … elitists are simply people trying to overcompensate for having so many insecurities/unhappiness.
Oh the irony
Accepted to Moody!
First-choice: Pre-Public Relations, second-choice: undecided
ACT: 28 composite, (E: 32, M: 26, others I forgot, sorry!)
GPA: 5.046 / 7, (I am an IB student)
Predicted IB Score: 35/45
School doesn’t rank
Curriculum: IB Diploma, very time consuming and prepares you for university.
ECs: dance, prom committee, yearbook, sports council, etc. I was a leader or organizer for many of them.
I think my essays were pretty good, I tried to sell myself through the resume.
International, from japan
Ethnicity: half white half Asian
Gender: Female
Wow an elitist trying to hide his insecurities by calling other people elitists. To everybody who got in Congrats! To all who were rejected do not fret! Remember your next four years will be molded by your own actions in College, y’all are in control of your future, what college you go is not a determinant of your future, what determines your success is your actions in the next four years and beyond!
I was offered admission to the CAP program at UT, but rejected from main campus. Does anyone have any insight on which campus would be best? I’m deciding between UT Arlington and UT Dallas. I already was accepted into UT Arlington with a scholarship, but I’m not sure if I’m even still eligible. Any help would be very much appreciated!
just jumping in… my s was accepted to UT OOS for chemistry with hopes to a pre-med track and med school… how does UT stack up in terms of their program… he is also considering UF as well… any insight thanks?
@s.l.jessica are you sure that UTD is an option? I thought they had withdrawn from CAP. Double-check your CAP notice and it will tell you what your choices are (for my son, it was just UTA and UTSA).
CNS/ UT is a great program for premed. Honestly a little surprised about asking that question this far along. However, look at the major med school acceptance stats and look where the most students come from; for Texas med schools I believe UT, A&M are the largest percentages. Rice, Baylor, Trinity are smaller, so smaller numbers but for a school like Rice, I believe a very high percentage of those who apply are accepted.
My D is premed, biochem. Applied to UT, TAMU, Baylor. Talked her out of applying to Rice ($). She was accepted to all 3 (non auto admit). UT CNS seems to have great advising for premed students. Still waiting to hear about HSS honors program.
We are still waiting to hear about HSS too.
@Jpgranier
I know people at UT CS that have landed better internships than their Turing Scholar counterparts through good old fashioned networking and having real work experience on their resumes. I have also heard that many Honors students drop out before they have to do the thesis work. UT Honors is not required to be successful at UT in any major, IMHO.
@nuscholar Texas state is an Unranked University according toUs News and World Report. Other rankings call it a Tier 2 national university- it cost the same amount of money as the University of Texas which has a high rank overall as well as individually in most of their programs. So when spending money- would you pay 50 thousand for a ford focus when you could get a mercedes instead? because that’s what you are advocating by even insinuating equality between these two programs. Further- your theories about honors programs are just wrong. I am a recruiter and have worked at 2 of the big 4 consulting firms as well as many niche shops. Every single one of them recruits out of UT- Mccombs as well as Econ Graduates from COLA. As a freshman at Mccombs (or in Econ) you begin being courted by recruiters from the big 4 as well as from Wall Street firms .for IB. I don’t know how many Texas Ex people you know- I have met a ton of them personally and professionally - elitist and college snob wouldn’t be how I describe any of them. Not sure what your hate for that university is but you sound foolish spouting off opinion trying to pass it off as fact.
I did double check, and you’re right! Thanks for the help 
For those considering CAP vs transfer, my son’s girlfriend successfully transferred to UT Austin after one semester at UTD as a Neuroscience major. She declined a CAP offer from UT Austin to accept admission to UTD neuroscience last fall. She applied as a transfer and was accepted for spring semester at UT Austin after just one semester at UTD.
Do you know what she went through to do that ?
@tx6535, @HankE: I know someone who received an email offer on 2/17. Has anyone else heard back from HSS?
Guys, what would an appeal that would have a chance be like?(appeal ut’s decision)