Tex Admissions Fall 2024 Freshmen Client Results
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My freshmen Fall 2024 clients had the strongest outcomes of any admissions cycle. Although UT received the most applications and had the lowest admissions rate ever, 24 out of 37 of my clients (65%) gained admission to their first-choice UT major. You can view my nationwide results from all admissions cycles here.
Three clients received Forty Acres Scholarship Program semifinalist interviews, and one received UT’s flagship full-ride offer, my second Forty Acres Scholars recipient. Three gained admission to Plan II, and one each received offers for Turing CS Scholars, Engineering Honors (with scholarship), Business Honors, and Liberal Arts Honors. Five of six gained admission to CS, six of ten received Cockrell Engineering offers, and four of five were admitted to McCombs Business.
My Early Decision clients gained admission to Duke, Rice, Cornell CS, Washington University in St. Louis, and Tulane Honors with scholarships. I assisted over half of my clients with their applications nationwide, including admission to over thirty-five universities on the US News Top 50 list. Notable Regular Decision outcomes to STEM/Business programs include Princeton, Brown, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, the UCs (Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine), Notre Dame, Rice, Emory, Northwestern, North Carolina, Washington Seattle, UIUC, and Georgia Tech.
My clients also received Honors and/or Scholarship offers to Ole Miss Lott, Oklahoma State McKnight, TCU Roach, SMU, Auburn, Tennessee, Penn State, Rutgers, Indiana, Purdue, OU, Texas A&M, Baylor, UT-Dallas, Texas Tech, Houston, Rose Hulman, and School of Mines. Nevertheless, almost everyone who gained admission to UT enrolled there, and those not admitted mostly enrolled at Texas A&M, often with Honors, rather than attending an out-of-state university.
“Before getting Kevin’s help, I didn’t know much about the college admissions process. I had not in a million years expected to get into several of my top-20 reach schools with scholarship offers, especially as a CS major, regular decision, and first-gen. Kevin made a process that initially seemed confusing and stressful so simple. He helped me from the beginning to the end of the application process—forming a balanced college list, brainstorming essay ideas, editing my resume, thoroughly revising all my essays, and answering all my questions. Not only did he provide detailed and actionable feedback to help me stand out with his background as a former admissions officer, but he also had a very quick turnaround time. With his help, my college admissions process went smoothly, and now I’m attending my dream program in the fall! I highly recommend getting Kevin’s help to navigate the college application process.”
Tex Admissions Client Services Process
My clients worked very hard this past cycle. Typically, we process three to five rounds of essay and resume revisions before submitting. On average, we spend six weeks on the UT application. For two-thirds of clients with whom we collaborated on applications in addition to UT, their writing improved substantially with each subsequent draft. Since Fall 2016, 241 out of 388 first-time clients (62%) have gained admission (61%) to their first-choice UT major.
Over 110 first-time freshman and transfer clients since Fall 2017 have submitted my end-of-year questionnaire soliciting feedback with 1 as strongly disagree and 5 as strongly agree with the following statements.
My clients answered 4.9/5 in strong agreement with the statement: Do you feel that you submitted your strongest application? All 23 clients for Fall 2021 answered with 5s.
How satisfied are you overall with our work? They rated our work 4.8/5
4.8/5 feel satisfied with counseling services - communication, guidance, expertise
They responded with agree 4s and strongly agree 5s, 325 times out of 338 possible answers
“You have been through us in this application process from the very start and have been very supportive and timely in your responses. During this long journey, your emails have provided much-needed support to clear any doubts and keep our spirits high. You have great skills in understanding students’ academic and EC backgrounds to guide you through the essay writing process and refinement and end up with a strong finish. You are the best person to guide students/families in achieving their college admission goals. We all immensely enjoyed working with you, especially our son who considers you a mentor. He is excited to start his college career at his favorite university. We all want to thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for such exceptional guidance.”
Tex Admissions Client Results Summary Fall 2024
24 of 37 my Fall 2024 first-time freshman clients (65%) gained admission to their first-choice UT major. Eleven admitted Texas residents ranked outside the top 6%. One top 6% client was denied their first-choice major (CS).
My typical client comes from the top 9% of their class scoring around a 32.5 or 1480 on the ACT/SAT. My average client this year was similar academically to previous cycles. By contrast, I estimate that the average admitted UT student comes from the top 7% of their class, scoring around a 31 or 1390 on the ACT/SAT. On average, they applied to around 12 schools, ranging from a low of 2 to a high of 20. I share my tips and philosophy for building a reasonable college list.
My clients tend to have above-average resumes, with a few exceptions in both directions. Many aim for honors or selective majors like Business, Engineering, or Computer Science. All of them completed their application by the November 1 UT priority deadline. Many gain admission to selective and prestigious programs nationwide.
You can view the academic breakdowns for popular majors like Computer Science, The Cockrell School of Engineering, and the McCombs School of Business in the linked posts.
Those not getting into UT almost always have a UTD Scholarship with Honors and Texas A&M Honors as second and third chances. Others attend SMU, TCU, Baylor, and non-Texas universities on scholarships and honors programs. For the first time ever, one of my clients got denied from Texas A&M Engineering.
A scatterplot below shows admitted and denied students regardless of program—all scores are converted into SAT. As you can see, great rank and test scores are no guarantees of admission, and sometimes, students with slightly lower credentials find success depending on their first-choice major.
X-Axis is the class rank, Y-Axis is the SAT score or ACT equivalent. Three test-optional clients denied and one admitted are not pictured.