@zjr423 Congrats!!!
Did you just find out this morning?
Has anyone heard back from the nursing major? All of my friends got their decision from schools such as liberal arts, and McCombs last night, but I haven’t heard back anything!!!
@legocowboy241 Thank you! No, I found out last night at sometime around 9 PM.
how to find out if you are award any merit aid for OOS?
I applied Mechanical Engineering back in August. Still in review ):
I assume decisions will start coming out at 6pm CST today, much like yesterday.
@sanedrac22 My DD received a deferral for nursing saying that they need until Feb. 27 to review her application, despite the fact that she met the priority deadline. I have seen several outright nursing admissions posted on twitter, and a few admissions for something called “nursing guarantee”, which apparently starts the student out in CNS, then upon completion of the program, guarantees a transfer into nursing during the spring of sophomore year.
@legocowboy241 let’s hope that they do…I can’t wait any longer
Is there any capped student? how do y’all know your major during cap
D rejected for biomedical engineering. OOS, 4.0UW, 1460, NMSF, 7 AP’s, top 5%. Good luck everyone.
By “credentials”’ you presume that standardized test scores and gpa are the best predictors of success in college. They are not. There is actually absolutely no correlation between standardized test scores and either achievement in high school or success in college (there is ample research on this to back that up). There are all sorts of teach to the test courses and resources. Standardized tests are essentially rather meaningless but colleges take them because students take them (it’s circular).
GPAs are similar. What counts for an A varies widely from school to school, and there is rampant grade inflation. So, yes, most colleges use many other things to assess students. Leadership and extracurricular activities, particularly if they are consistent and reflect sustained interest on growth on the part of a student, tell you something.
Consistent and committed service tells you something.
The ability to write and reason well, which is reflected in a thoughtful, well-written essay (and those are rarer and rarer) definitely tells you something.
Letters of recommendation (what the recommender says and doesn’t say about the student) tell you something.
All colleges also get a high school profile which explains many things about a high school; the rigor of the curriculum, whether students can take AP at will or whether there were barriers (like an A in the pre-requisite), what the average GPA at the school is, what sorts of extracurricular opportunities there are, etc. That tells colleges quite a bit about what the student chose to do among available opportunities, and also tells them something about how much grades are inflated and what sorts of challenging courses were available to the student.
I can also tell you that there are parents out there writing essays for their kids, pushing kids into extra-curriculars, etc. Those things leave “trails” that are visible to the trained eye.
Colleges are looking for kids with authentic interest and drive, the ability to think critically, the willingness to challenge themselves, the ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, an interest and engagement with the world. They are also looking for students who fit well into their particular college culture, and who are likely to be successful there.
Betting on students who likely won’t fit and will leave or who won’t succeed impacts college graduation rates and retention rates, which are part of college ratings, so colleges are trying to screen out students who won’t fit and aren’t likely to be succesful.
You also have to think hard about what the other applicants might have looked like; really talented and driven kids sometimes don’t get in because there were too many really talented and driven kids and not enough spaces for them.
None of that can be reduced to GPA and standardized scores. Admissions committees are thoughtful people with deep ties and commitments to their institutions and the students there. They have a good deal of experience, and they are looking for the best class they can bring to their particular institution.
If you (as a student) or your child (as a parent) didn’t get accepted somewhere, it was a complex set of factors that led to that decision.
You have many other options and your or your child will find a good fit and be successful elsewhere.
If you didn’t get your first choice, go and take a hard look at your second and third choices. I know many students who fell in love with and were highly successful with their option 2 or 3 school, an option they never seriously considered until option 1 turned them down.
There are many paths to success and fulfillment. Good luck to all waiting and deciding!
My son received a rejection through the portal last night, 9:30pm PST:
Mechanical Engineering, OOS
4.0 UW GPA,1460 SAT
Not a standout in leadership or # of APs
Good luck to all…
@QWERTYUASD Cap does not suggest your major or guarantee a specific major. If you have a preferred major in mind, you should take the classes that are required to transfer into that major. For example McCombs Business major requires a specific two semester series of calculus and economics. If you don’t take the equivalent of these courses at your CAP school, then you cannot apply for the business major after your CAP spring semester. This is one example. There are other requirements such as maintaining a high GPA. I suggest you go read more about CAP and threads that address it. Good luck!
For those who were CAP’d, please remember you are only guarantee to College of Liberal Arts (COLA). For other majors, especially for engineering, you still have to transfer AND apply to the college of your major after you complete CAP. This meant that you need to make sure that you take the required classes of the major before your sophomore year. However, CAP curriculum restrictions might not allow you to take them. You might be better off going to a non-CAP school, take the required classes your freshman year and then transfer to UT Austin the following year.
Just received my acceptance first thing this morning at about 8:30. In-state student. Priority applicant. Rank 11/115. Unweighted GPA 3.916. Top 10%. ACT: 29. Taking Dual Credit college classes (graduating with 29 hours) as well as a few AP classes. Was also a part of the varsity football team as well as my church with mission trips and such. Was admitted to Psychology (BA) major in the College of Liberal Arts. Wanted to post this to maybe give relief to those with similar attributes as me in their application. Also want to say congratulations to those who have been admitted today and good luck to those who are still waiting. Hook’em!
Just received my acceptance to the McCombs School of Business!
Will today be the last day to hear about honors? I got in LAH but am still waiting for Plan II. Just wondering if that will be updated with a for sure yes or no today instead of the loathed “in review”
Still haven’t got my decision yet, will it come later today, or will I have to wait another damn month? Literally every other school is able to get their stuff together except for UT. I applied priority, all my early action school decisions came 2 months earlier, but UT still hasn’t come. This is ridiculous. Now they’re gonna run out of spots and I won’t get admitted (not that I expected to be admitted in the first place.)
@CD2030 UT gives almost no merit aid. they rarely rarely waive out of state fee. the few scholarships usually go out around April unless you got one as part of your honors admittance
Are bhp interviews still going out?
is there a chance people can still get in after getting capped? is it sort of like a waiting list or no?