This guide provides thirteen tips about what you can control (like your essays and resume) and what you shouldn’t stress about. Avoid common pitfalls and build a smarter, more strategic application.
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Consult this post for current UT-Austin students or enrolling first-time freshman about internally transferring and changing majors to Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Moody, and others.
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I share tips, perspectives, and FAQs about UT-Austin’s new opt-in waitlist starting with Fall 2025 applicants.
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Avoid easily preventable errors and clarify misconceptions about how to apply and how UT reviews its applicants.
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This comprehensive guide covers UT-Austin transfer eligibility; CAP/PACE; spring and fall admissions; prerequisite courses and transferring credits; admissions statistics and trends; GPA recommendation by college/school; essay and resume tips; and receiving your admissions decision.
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I cover when and how UT regular and honors admissions releases their decisions based on my best-educated guesses from previous years. I share about the previous “UT Austin Admissions Waves” and what to expect for your notification.
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Tex Admissions freshman Fall 2024 outcomes include a Forty Acres Scholars recipient and admissions offers to Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Brown, Yale, Duke, Berkeley, and UCLA.
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I discuss UT-Austin’s announced changes regarding test optional, essay changes, an October 15 Early Action deadline, introduction of a wait list, and changes to recommendation letter suggestions.
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UT-Austin has released many of their Freshman Fall 2022 decisions. I discuss receiving your decision and the appeals process.
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I provide five examples of UT-Austin Transfer Essay A Statement of Purpose as “…your opportunity to address the admissions committee directly and to let us know more about you as an individual.”
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Students and families often ask me about applying for pre-med at UT-Austin and other universities nationwide. I share tips and best practices for considering future medical school and other Health Professions enrollment.
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I detail why STEM programs are increasingly competitive at UT-Austin and universities nationwide. I provide tips for Computer Science, Cockrell Engineering, and the College of Natural Sciences.
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What rank and test scores do you need to be competitive for admission to UT-Austin especially for highly selective majors like Business, Engineering, and Computer Science?
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Here are the latest examples of Apply Texas Essay A Tell Us Your Story with commentary.
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I provide seven examples of Apply Texas Essay A for UT-Austin: “Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today? “
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UT-Austin announces the new Apply Texas Essay A Freshman prompt. Consider these tips when writing “Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?”
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I share tips and eight examples to answer the new freshman short answer question: “The core purpose of The University of Texas at Austin is, "To Transform Lives for the Benefit of Society." Please share how you believe your experience at UT-Austin will prepare you to “Change the World” after you graduate.”
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Check out these non-CS and McCombs first-choice major essay examples: “Why are you interested in the major you indicated as your first-choice major?”
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