I asked admissions last year about the median on scores cause I don’t want to waste a few hundred hard earning money for a loss cause. (application/housing/score reporting…) No straight answer.
The range is for show only. There are recruits with super low scores factor into the “show”. The published SAT range of 1280-1480 is total bogus as there are FEW 1280 got in with other “terms”. Only the median can tell you where most enrolled scored. But of course if they show the median of 1510 of most departments then it will scare a lot of people away (or take a lot of heat from politicians?)
Yield is also an opaque figure, hiding the fact that many autos are soft rejected with undesirable majors. How about releasing figure for each school not offering first choice major to AA, non-AA and OOS?
I have not heard of UT using deferrals at all. I’m not even sure what that means in the context of UT. Last year my son was deferred at University of Illinois UC and Michigan which means his Early Action application was deferred to the regular decision pool and then on the regular decision date, he got accepted to UIUC and waitlisted for Michigan. Then ultimately got into Michigan. But, I have not heard of that happening at UT. I thought all early action applications got a yes, no or CAP/PACE decision by February 1, period.
This is what I thought as well, but I just googled it and UT’s website says, “ Due to the competitiveness of the applicant pool and limited space in high demand programs, some applicants who meet the priority deadline may receive a defer decision by February 1.” Whether or not this is something they do regularly, I’m not sure.
UT did defer a few but only OOS (exclude Fine Arts and other portfolio requiring majors) last few years. And mostly only because they wanted more information.
UT doesn’t defer in state PD applicants, UT work on acceptance and PACE, mostly reject in the form of CAP, and a few outright rejection.
Ok, so I guess it’s an option, but I have not heard of that actually happening to anyone. Many things seem different this year, so I guess everything is on the table. Who knows? But some universities, like the ones I mentioned before, regularly use deferrals.
My apologies if this has already been asked and answered:
What are the pros and cons of the CAP program? Who gets offered CAP? My daughter is non-AA, and her first choice is COLA. I’d read that CAP students are guaranteed transfers to COLA after a year, so not sure if there is a downside to it, if offered. She has a ton of AP classes through junior year, and more in her senior. Does that disqualify her from CAP?
My daughter D23 is in-state and was offered PACE in 2019. I think PACE is better for in-state applicants who want to be at UT Austin. With PACE, you take 1 or 2 UT classes and the rest are ACC (Austin Community College) classes. You’re considered a UT student with all the benefits (can buy the Big Ticket, live in campus dorms, rush, etc…). After a year, and meeting required GPAs, you can transfer into COLA (3.0 or 3.2?) or Moody (3.5). Good luck!
Yes CAP is guarantee transfer to COLA. AP has nothing to do with CAP, the student will be more prepared with a lot of APs. It is best not to claim those AP credits (unless those are difficult to A in college) as the student want to keep GPA high to transfer back to COLA in Austin to the desired major.
I would love to know how they choose who goes CAP or PACE. I really don’t know. Either is a great option for kids that really want to go to UT Austin and are pursuing majors in COLA or Moody. Transferring is really hard so I wouldn’t recommend CAP or PACE as a strategy to try to transfer into a more competitive program. I"m not saying you can’t do it, it’s just super competitive even when you’re in.
We are getting so impatient here! This is our first time going through a college application process, so I am wondering if my son has a chance at acceptance. He completed his application very shortly after it opened up. His 1st choice major is Government and his second states “School of Undergraduate Studies Undeclared.” He attends an Early College High School program and despite having a GPA of 97.98/100 he is ranked 72 out of about 110 students. He has 55 college hours earned at Texas A&M International University and is working on 7 more hours this semester. His college GPA is a 3.5. He has many EC and volunteer hours. I am worried he will not get admitted due to his class rank being in the 3rd quartile. Is anyone in a similar situation or can offer advice please?
I think that despite their claim that UT does a holistic review, they put a ton of weight on class rank. Maybe even more so now that many are not submitting SAT/ACT. It’s unfortunate. I’ve also heard they are not more likely to admit students with dual credit hours. My kids is top 10% with dual credit courses in her area of study (plus lots of EC and volunteer work) and it’s looking like she will not get in. At least we’ll know soon so we can move on.
CAP is a great program if you want COLA. Actually, IMO, it’s only a great program if you want COLA. If you want any other major, I don’t think CAP is a good option. Before I went through this process with my son last year, I thought CAP was an awesome program for anyone who really wants to go to UT, but then after a lot of research, I realized that if your kid wants engineering (my son’s major), taking CAP is useless because if the major you want is not COLA, you have to apply as a transfer student, so CAP is no different for those other majors than going to any other college your 1st year. PACE seems to be much better because you live in Austin and take one of two classes at UT and you are basically treated as a UT Austin student. But, from what I have been able to find, PACE is MUCH MUCH more rarely offered than CAP. CAP is offered to a LOT of kids, but PACE is not. UT doesn’t really say how they decide, but my guess is that those who get PACE are the ones who are right on the line of getting acceptance, but only didn’t get in because of space. That is only my guess. I am not saying that is so, I have no clue and no inside information, that is just what I think based on what I’ve seen looking at previous years.
If this is the case, I feel very fortunate that my daughter was admitted with no class rank (school doesn’t rank) or test score. I hope everyone hears soon. I’m pulling for everyone here!!