Demand has never been higher for UT Admissions. State population growth also a contributor.

 

Texas A&M just got 1% smarter!

Does UT admissions factor in legacies? I hope my boys end up at UT rather than A&M.

For most of my life the answer was yes. Now that affirmative action is dead and college admissions is a supreme court issue, that might change in the next few years if not already. Who knows.

37 minutes ago, SK Longhorn said:

Does UT admissions factor in legacies? I hope my boys end up at UT rather than A&M.

No

12 minutes ago, robertcook91 said:

No

Hell No

3 minutes ago, TripsLeft said:

Hell No

My boys better start practicing their whoops

That is a bit disappointing. My cousin has his PhD from UT Austin and was even faculty for a good while. He still resides in Austin. His kids are smart kids, top 10% of their class, but they couldn’t even get in…Now one is at A&M 😔🤪

4 minutes ago, FatherofMinky said:

That is a bit disappointing. My cousin has his PhD from UT Austin and was even faculty for a good while. He still resides in Austin. His kids are smart kids, top 10% of their class, but they couldn’t even get in…Now one is at A&M 😔🤪

Start at UT Arlington, UTSA and transfer to UT Austin

 

No way I'd have gotten in with today's standards, so thank my lucky stars every day I'm old 🙂 Then they let me in again for a Masters, go figure...
Only one of my 4 kids, all super smart, high achievers, high scores, AP Scholar, National Merit, etc. got in directly and graduated though, and one through the UT A transfer program, though all much better qualified than I was... the bar is really, really high...

🤘
 

Edited September 16, 20241 yr by Paul Jespersen

2 hours ago, SK Longhorn said:

Does UT admissions factor in legacies? I hope my boys end up at UT rather than A&M.

Untrue do not, they do not give preferential treatment to faculty or staff kids either. 

5% is ridiculous. There should be qualifying factors. Such as home state over outside of Texas among other things. 

Top 10% donors kids get in. JK, maybe 

43 minutes ago, cmk4pres said:

5% is ridiculous. There should be qualifying factors. Such as home state over outside of Texas among other things. 

That is already the case. The university is comprised of 90-percent in-state residents.

29 minutes ago, Austalgia said:

Top 10% donors kids get in. JK, maybe 

Very often not the case.

Admissions process at Texas is very straight-forward, relatively speaking.

3 hours ago, SK Longhorn said:

Does UT admissions factor in legacies? I hope my boys end up at UT rather than A&M.

No, UT Admissions does not consider legacy status.

Also, auto-admission doesn't guarantee admission to your first or preferred major, only a spot somewhere at UT.

I was lucky to get into UT in the 90s, no way I would be admitted now.

3 hours ago, SK Longhorn said:

Does UT admissions factor in legacies? I hope my boys end up at UT rather than A&M.

Unfortunately, no.

Anyone notice the demographic change in the student body at the games?

Longhorn football seems to be pretty big on the Indian subcontinent....which is cool with me!  I love me some Nan Bread and Masala

The admissions process is daunting but also has gaps.

I employed 2 kids for the past few years. Best friends. Similar grades, test scores, and resumes, but one if them slightly better in all categories. 

The kid with the lower GPA and test scores got in while the other didn't. Neither was top 10%. 

🤷🏻‍♂️

5 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

Demand has never been higher for UT Admissions. State population growth also a contributor.

 

Yep, getting tougher and tougher. 

You are seeing more and more UT graduates having to send their money to OSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, etc. every year because their children can’t get in.

It sucks to see, but I guess they have to draw the line somewhere. Those who truly want to be at Texas will do the CAP program or go to Austin community college for a couple semesters if they can’t get in out of high school.

Edited September 17, 20241 yr by Assistant Regional Manager

6 hours ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

You are seeing more and more UT graduates having to send their money to OSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, etc. every year because their children can’t get in.

It sucks to see, but I guess they have to draw the line somewhere. Those who truly want to be at Texas will do the CAP program or go to Austin community college for a couple semesters if they can’t get in out of high school.

Schools like Arkansas, Ole Miss, Bama, etc are offering scholarships around the 50% threshold as well for those suburban kids in what was the 7-10% range of Texas kids who didn't get into A&M or Texas. They're bolstering their academics by doing so but results probably won't show for at least a decade. 

 

Another note that it seems like the best strategy to get in is take as many AP courses at a larger school then transfer into a rural school, if one is close enough by. Not sure how good of a strategy that would be but if your kid really wants into UT it seems like a decent one.

4 hours ago, Hashtag said:

Schools like Arkansas, Ole Miss, Bama, etc are offering scholarships around the 50% threshold as well for those suburban kids in what was the 7-10% range of Texas kids who didn't get into A&M or Texas. They're bolstering their academics by doing so but results probably won't show for at least a decade. 

 

Another note that it seems like the best strategy to get in is take as many AP courses at a larger school then transfer into a rural school, if one is close enough by. Not sure how good of a strategy that would be but if your kid really wants into UT it seems like a decent one.

Yup.  OU, Arkansas, Alabama and Ole Miss undergrad populations are between 40% - 60% out of state.

OU - 40% OOS

Arkansas - 52% OOS

Alabama - 61% OOS

Ole Miss - 53% OOS

UT Austin is 6% OOS.

 

All I needed in the 80s was an application and an 800 on the SAT.

I'm glad I just got both my kids through UT. My son turned down a $130K scholarship to OU to go to UT with no financial aid. It paid off as he got a nice job with Apple & makes more than what I make.

My daughter turned down some other opportunities & has been mad about the no financial aid from UT. I told her it's an investment that will pay off. She just graduated from UT in May. We will see.