![]() You must have a deep and varied commitment to STEM activities, beginning ideally freshmen year or earlier. It isn’t enough to merely be a top 2% student with a 1580 who is a varsity athlete or band member and not much else if you want computer science or a selective engineering major. I’ve even had students in the top 10% scoring 1500+ rejected from majors with many spaces like biology and math who would have almost certainly gotten in before COVID. Even Texas A&M and UT-Dallas are rejecting legions of STEM students they would have certainly admitted in admissions cycles prior to COVID.ĭuring the past two cycles, for the first time ever, I had clients scoring 1550/35+ ranking in the top 5% rejected to varied UT STEM majors, including biomedical engineering, computer science, and even less-known majors like neuroscience and environmental science. When ~9,000-12,000 Texans want CS and the university has perhaps 500-600 incoming freshmen enrollment spaces, that means many highly qualified applicants will be left out. UT received around 3,000 computer science applications in 2016, and it wouldn’t surprise me if that number has tripled or quadrupled in the past five years, based on trends from other similarly ranked universities that are transparent with their data. Years ago, Natural Sciences was guaranteed, and to a certain extent McCombs, but that hasn’t been the case for a long time.Ī consequence of our society’s fascination and push toward STEM degrees means that there is WAY more consumer demand than classroom spaces that universities can supply, particularly at top 50 programs. Top 6% only guarantees Liberal Arts, Communications, Education, and Social Work. ![]() These spaces are competitive for everyone, and there doesn’t need to be a 75/25 ratio of top 6% like for the university overall. To get one FAQ out of the way first: top 6% admissions DOES NOT guarantee UT STEM majors. ![]() Kevin Martin | An Overview of STEM College Admissions NationwideĬollege admissions across the nation have become substantially more competitive nationwide since COVID, particularly for STEM majors. There are no secret honors admissions insights other than to have low expectations for getting in. Everything that applies for being competitive is the same for honors, only that the degree of Honors competition and selectively is even more extreme. This post focuses exclusively on regular admission and not honors. Knowing “how to” apply without understanding “why” won’t adequately inform you. ![]() If you skip straight to the bottom without reading the first half, you will have a very incomplete understanding of the STEM admissions landscape. Second, I highlight trends before providing advice for UT Computer Science, The Cockrell School of Engineering, and the College of Natural Sciences. My intention is to help equip you with the tools and questions to become a better-informed consumer of college admissions information.įirst, I address why STEM programs are so competitive, especially relative to non-STEM programs. I’m writing this post to consolidate my tips and observations about applying to STEM programs at UT and across the country into a single place.
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