Be curious what they say about Architecture and when we will hear. In the same situation as you
@itsgettingreal21 This is 100% true. UIUC falls into this category, UNC does as well, as does UVA, and Michigan and many others. Some schools have a set formula. You meet that and you’re automatically in. Many others use what they term as “holistic” which is exactly what that means. They don’t look only at your test scores, or GPA. They look at the whole picture - grades, scores if submitted, EC’s, what kind of EC’s, honors, awards, LORs, resume, what you did outside of school and whether or not it was unique, and a big part quite possibly the most important, the essays and what that reveals about someone as an applicant and what they can bring to UT. Someone can be a rockstar in the classroom, but not come across that way to UT in their essays or passion.
Having good grades or a high score, doesn’t entitle people to admission to certain major/college just because they’re a top student. UT has the AA but even then those students aren’t guaranteed their majors they’ve applied for. They still need to work at it
UT is also not a likely or target school for any OOS student and if people think it is then they have not done their research as to just how hard it is to get in. Obviously certain majors are easier than others, but many people rejected from McCombs upset because they “expected” admission or because they already got into other schools. That’s fantastic. But, remember, McCombs is ranked #5 for undergraduate business schools Not too many schools are above them. Ross decisions haven’t come out yet and there will be people who get into Ross that didn’t get into UT and that’s amazing in itself. And, there will be people who got into UT that don’t get into Ross. Also amazing. But, this is no time for bitterness. It’s a real rough year for seniors, you’ve dealt with a lot and continue to do so, and all of you will find a great school. It usually works out.
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Well, for the record, my son was deferred to Michigan but got into UT/McCombs. I guess you just need to accept things happen for a reason and go with it.
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One thing I do agree with you is UT AO can simply do one thing that doesn’t cost money at all - set a fixed date releasing all decisions. It is bad idea to release some in the fall and add unnecessary work load to already strained AO as people calling in for questions.
I thought this year UT would get 100K applications, 67000 was kind of “low”. UM got 64K applications in regular years before pandemic. Of course UM is slightly higher in overall ranking, but it is about putting in more resources on AO and expanding more seats. (UT released a rather unconvincing video explaining why they cannot expand enrollment). Fact is, UT has more than twice as much endowment as UM or A&M, second richest in the country, enrolling nearly 20K fewer students than A&M.
Doesn’t A&M count part-time and smaller campuses in their numbers? I seem to remember reading that.
My daughter was accepted to UT Austin in December, but was waitlisted at A&M. I think it was due to her SRAR being completed late at A&M. She rather go to UT Austin over A&M anyways.
I am a parent of an AA student who got a soft rejection from UT.
No one is talking about a “purely quantitative” policy. What I am asking is clarity in the criteria and weight associated with that criteria. I can understand that GPA/Scores/Letters or Rec/Essays/ECs are less significant in a “holistic” overview of the application - I just want to know the rest of the criteria in a “holistic” review (for example All things being equal a student from a household with an income that is x% less than national average should be y% more likely to get admitted).
They can even share granular anonymized data of the criterion on their website of past admission trends. That will also help in making sense of their process.
Admissions committees shirk away in sharing the criteria of this “holistic” precisely because they will get scrutinized if they do. Their current process will be fine if this was a private university, but we can expect a bit more transparency from a public university.
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This statement was listed under the CAP Conditions and Requirements of my son’s CAP agreement. “I understand that if I successfully complete the CAP requirements during my freshman year, I will be guaranteed admission to most UT Austin majors in the COLA (excluding Economics, Environmental Science - Geographical Sciences, Plan II and Undeclared). I understand that I will have the opportunity to apply and compete for admission to a major outside COLA (as well as to Economics or Environmental Science - Geographical Sciences).” You are not guaranteed Econ or Env. Sci by doing CAP. I can’t find this level of detail on UT website, it just says most COLA majors. Read carefully before choosing CAP.
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My son did CAP and had to apply for an external transfer to ECO. He competed with other external transfers and CAP is not given an advantage in transfer admission.
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Correct, that is my point. Economics is NOT guaranteed if you complete CAP. You have to apply just like if you want to try for business or any other major outside of COLA. Just wanted to make sure others understand Economics is not guaranteed just because it is one of the majors in COLA.
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I think the increase is due to test optional–give kids with high GPAs a chance anywhere if they are poor standardized test takers…and it will be interesting to see how the colleges feel about this caliber of student in 4 years. Should all be very telling in time.
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We already know the answer. Studies have already shown us that a high schooler’s GPA is a much better predictor of college success. GPA is 5 X better predictor of college graduation rates than standardized test scores.
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But I would suspect that GPA + scores is an even better predictor than GPA alone. Plus I guess people could argue what is the best metric anyway (graduation, grades, success after college, impact/contributions on campus, etc.)
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My DS was accepted to UT Austin engineering last week Saturday. We are OOS from California. He didn’t have the strongest stats but he wrote a beautiful UT essay.
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Not sure if you’ve seen but there is also a thread for “university of texas after you’ve been admitted class of 2025”. Congratulations to your son. My son will be in McCombs
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You are correct. Blinn Team = PACE and PSA = CAP.
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I thought there was a strong correlation between SAT/ACT test scores and college grades. That said, a student with a high GPA (w/average test scores) will most likely graduate college because they’re hard workers. They might earn lower grades though. I guess we’ll see what the outcome is in 4 years.
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No one knows why you are so triggered. Literally, why are you arguing with teens? That is SO SAD that you have nothing to do better in your time than to argue with people who are moving on to another chapter in their lives.
I agree that GPA is probably a better predictor of graduation rates. However, this doesn’t mean that all high GPA students will thrive. I think standardized test scores do help most students find a college where they will be challenged but not overwhelmed. Of course, there are always a small number of students who are just horrible test takers or just had a bad test day.
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Are you replying to the right person? I’m not seeing any arguing from him/her, they actually seemed rather supportive. Or maybe something was deleted?