Fall 2021 Apply Texas and UT-Austin Essay A and Short Answer Topics
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Wanting to get a head start on your college applications? UT-Austin and Apply Texas have confirmed that the Spring/Fall 2021 essay topics remain the same from the previous cycle. The Common Application and the U California System Insight Questions also appear unchanged.
No applicants anywhere are required to submit Apply Texas essays B or C.
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All UT-Austin applicants whether they’re submitting Apply Texas or the Coalition Application must submit responses to the following questions.
Apply Texas Essay A Tell Us Your Story
Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?
UT recommends submissions between 500 and 700 words. Unless Apply Texas implements a hard word limit, the actual application allows you to submit upwards of 800 words. My clients generally submit Essay A’s between 650 and 750 words.
"Can my UT-Austin Essay A and Short Answers Be Longer Than 700 and 300 Words?" Yes.
UT-Austin Short Answer Prompts
These essay topics apply only to UT-Austin and not other Apply Texas universities. UT recommends 250-300 word responses but Apply Texas allows up to around 400. Most of my clients submit short answers between 300 and 350 words.
Major
Why are you interested in the major you indicated as your first-choice major?
Leadership
Leadership can be demonstrated in many ways. Please share how you have demonstrated leadership in either your school, job, community, and/or within your family responsibilities.
Diversity
Please share how you believe your experiences, perspectives, and/or talents have shaped your ability to contribute to and enrich the learning environment at UT Austin, both in and out of the classroom.
There is also an optional Academic Special Circumstances short answer, which I discuss at length here.
Please share background on events or special circumstances that may have impacted your high school academic performance.