UT Austin (2024-2025)

[opaque briar]

?

WHAT

[icy raft]

49 is crazy

[opaque briar]

nuh uh

[wanton flower]

why would you apply to 49 schools

[opaque briar]

cause i wanna 😛

[tawny meadow]

can u send the entire list i wanna see

[opaque briar]

@tawny meadow in bio

[tawny meadow]

how the fuck did u get space to apply to all this

[opaque briar]

u just apply w their app

[tawny meadow]

isnt common app limit 20

[tawny meadow]

oh 💀

[opaque briar]

and u make the counselor depressed since they req stuff

✅

[tawny meadow]

lmfao

[opaque briar]

lol

[modern oriole]

has anyone get their EA results yet?

[gilded copper]

Small wave of in-state (I think), rest should come out 15th

[distant summit]

is getting 40 acres consideration a good sign?

(i didnt get it, my friend got it)

iirc the major admission process and 40 acres process is totally separate

but ive also not found a signle person who was selected for 40 acres consideration and then rejected

[opaque briar]

i love ut austin

[royal crag]

same

the vibe of UT Austin gets me

or the weather

the color orange too

idek

im attracted to ut austin tho

[icy raft]

the weather 😭

[opaque briar]

on sigma

[wanton flower]

are you in-state

oh youre from cali

rip bro

[wanton flower]

fr man

im 20 minutes away from campus

i loooove austin

[opaque briar]

yes

caliu

[distant summit]

forgot to put it here but UT finally fixed my residency status 🙏

if i get into UT CS i will literally cry 😭

[opaque briar]

yippeee

[opaque briar]

u better celebrate 😡

[distant summit]

tears of joy

[opaque briar]

praying for ut austin

[graceful moon]

werent u applying math?

[distant summit]

if i get rejected i might appeal for mathematics

[graceful moon]

are u auto

[distant summit]

and tbh idk if id choose TAMU CS over UT math

[distant summit]

sadly no

[graceful moon]

ohh

gl gl

[distant summit]

also iirc they look at third choice for auto

[graceful moon]

uh

i heard like

if you're auto they consider 2nd choice

if you're not then they go to 3rd choice

[distant summit]

oh fr

i had to put my second as linguistics

[graceful moon]

take with a grain of salt

[distant summit]

bc im applying ling+CS

[graceful moon]

2nd choice is extremely rare tho fs

[graceful moon]

is that one of the cs + x choices

[distant summit]

yeah

history, ling, neuro

apparently ling and neuro been getting hella applicants

[graceful moon]

yeah neuro getting comp

ling i can see why bc of comp linguistics

[distant summit]

i woudlnt be surprised if neuro becomes capacity constrained

yeah

but tbh i hope my ecs carry for ling

(independent research projects, good essays, compling stuff, and founder/prez of ling club at my school)

barely mentioned AI in any of my apps tho

[graceful moon]

nice

how many research prpjs have u done

projs

[distant summit]

uh

its not like official research

[graceful moon]

o

[distant summit]

yeah :P

[graceful moon]

was it under a professor?

[distant summit]

no

it was basically just reconstruction work

[graceful moon]

ah i see

still cool

[distant summit]

yeah its basically kind of the linguistics version of doing programming projects

oh yeah my biggest EC

wirting my own programming lanugage

[graceful moon]

like natural language processing?

[distant summit]

that was the big one

[graceful moon]

WTF lol

[distant summit]

yeah

other than that nothing great

:P

[graceful moon]

own language is crazy

honestly if auto admit rules didnt exist at UT

you deserve cs hands down

[distant summit]

ngl it was jsut a hyperfixation for a while, i wrote down a specification and like the skeleton of a compiler

[graceful moon]

i know a lot of people who get into cs just bc theyre ranked rlly high at a shit school lol

[distant summit]

but i didnt finish writing the compiler

[distant summit]

yeah i moved HS so i got fucked

but im hoping UIUC cs+ling carries

or even uiuc ee

cuz they have rly high admit rates

[graceful moon]

yea i heard uiuc cs+x has a lot

[distant summit]

but i feel like uiuc cs+ling might be cooked this yr 💀

thats what i saw on reddit

[graceful moon]

bro im ngl ive been looking at tamu clubs these past couple days

and making myself excited

its like an early cope in case i get rejected

[distant summit]

yeah tbh im not even that sad with tamu

its just that

i coulda been doing so much else if i knew i was only going to get into tamu

[graceful moon]

yeah deadass

like

if i get rejected, four research projects for what?

😭

[distant summit]

second sem ima actually try doing sum new

like learning how to play basketball

or whatever

[graceful moon]

yea ima hang out a lot with friends

watch shows ive never watched

[distant summit]

direct admit for CS is also pretty good ig, but ETAM isnt even hard

[wanton flower]

cali is not instate for ut

[opaque briar]

i thought u were talking abt if i was from cali

obvi i know cali =/ texas 💀

[wanton flower]

that clearly isn't what i was asking 😭

[opaque briar]

bruh obviously now I know

💀

[wanton flower]

then don't get annoyed when i tell you you aren't instate bro 💀 💀 💀

gl getting into ut

[distant summit]

i should finish my utd application

[opaque briar]

i wasnt annoyed?

😭

[wanton flower]

didnt you get into a&m?

[distant summit]

yeah but my parents

[wanton flower]

ah

[opaque briar]

💀

[distant summit]

utd also a full ride for me

tamu is 7k which is like

damn near a full ride

[wanton flower]

youre cs right?

or eng

ik utd is good for eng

[distant summit]

cs direct admit

at tamu

[wanton flower]

cg

[royal crag]

dude if i get into ut engineering

i will party so hard

im going to burst in tears bro

[gilded copper]

40 acre would be a godsend but impossible to get for me

[nova lake]

fr 😭😭 i’m so stressed about the essay but i also see no point

i’m just hoping this means i got accepted to UT 💀

[jolly quest]

what did it say before

[gilded copper]

pretty sure parm was international before

[jolly quest]

intereseting

it says that for me too but i live in texas so im tryna figure out how to fix it

[graceful moon]

are they still sending out 40 acres?

i thought i would get one but i never received an email

[distant summit]

are you on a visa

[distant summit]

yeah my friend got one yesterday

[distant summit]

yeah it changed it to foreign because of my visa status, i had to submit a residency affidavit to fix it

[icy raft]

good luck

you're ece?

[jolly quest]

yeah

[jolly quest]

ok i did this for texas tech so im assuming i should do it for ut too

[jolly quest]

are you ece

[icy raft]

yes

[distant summit]

if u ever did dual enrollment and paid resident tuition, you can fill out residency core questions on the UT portal and then they'll ask if u paid resident tuition in a texas institution the last yr

do it asap tho bc decisions r gna release soon

[jolly quest]

nah i didnt but i qualify for the senate bill 1528 or whatever

basically saying i was in texas high school for the past 3 years

[distant summit]

yeah just upload the affidavit asap

[jolly quest]

bro they never told me to do ts

[distant summit]

did you not open ur mystatus 😭

my shit changed to "Foreign" from "Texas Reisdent" in like november

[jolly quest]

bro i did

[distant summit]

and then i emailed them abt it

they told me to do the residency affidavit

[jolly quest]

i saw foreign but i thought that was normal because technically i am

[distant summit]

submitted before thanksgiving

[hazy oriole]

I'm so glad I spent my whole life as a Texas resident. I don't have to put up with these hurdles.

[distant summit]

followed up 3 wks later

and then

they emailed me again to submit it, so i emailed it to them beginning of december

[jolly quest]

yeah i wish i was born in america cuz my life sucks bc of this shit

[distant summit]

and they got back to me TODAY

😭

[distant summit]

💯

[jolly quest]

im cooked

[distant summit]

its fine

just do it asap

and call/email the residency people

but they say they need 2 weeks for processing usu

does anyone know when Turing scholars drops

[jolly quest]

wait i dont think itll affect admissions tho because it says i qualify for early action and auto admit

[distant summit]

o u might b chilling

my auto friend had his thing fixed quick tho

sadly missed auto 💔

but if u qualify for auto ur chilling for admissions

[jolly quest]

its not a big deal tbh

[jolly quest]

hopefully

[distant summit]

nah its big for cs lol

[jolly quest]

im just glad im not CS

ahh lmao

im ece

[distant summit]

ru ECE

bruh

[jolly quest]

still tough to get into

i think

idrk

[distant summit]

ece is nearly as hard as cs

[jolly quest]

nahhhh

we good

[distant summit]

at least ea/rd doesnt rly matter for admissions

bc UT is still rolling "under the hood"

[jolly quest]

like a&m but more undercover

[distant summit]

yeah this is UT's first year doing ea/rd

before it was priority or regular

like TAMU engineering

[icy raft]

lowkey dont know how hard ece is compared to cs

to get into

[hazy oriole]

Whaaat 😭

[distant summit]

ive heard its nearly as hard as CS

[icy raft]

they did priority before

[hazy oriole]

I submitted my EA not at 100% (like I could've added a bit) since I thought it was priority.

[jolly quest]

ive heard its way easier tho 😭

[icy raft]

but honestly priority didnt even matter that much

[distant summit]

yeah

[jolly quest]

guess we'll find out soon

[distant summit]

i suspect EA doesnt really matter that much either

bc ut releases in waves regardless

[jolly quest]

i jsut wish my sat math score was a lil higher so i could feel more insured

[distant summit]

im just waiting for honors programs to come out bc my Turing application was wayyy better than my actual application

and my resume + extended essay too

[icy raft]

definitely not nearly as hard as cs imo

[jolly quest]

yeah i hope so

[distant summit]

dyk anyone who externall transferred from TAMU

[icy raft]

you got this bro

[jolly quest]

im just considering what would happen if i dont get into ut

[hazy oriole]

UTCS is probably harder to get into than some Ivy League CS programs.

[jolly quest]

and i get into every other school

[jolly quest]

for sure

[hazy oriole]

You go to a safety school or any of the other schools you got into.

[distant summit]

why does texas not have a good CC -> UT pipleine for stem 😭

[hazy oriole]

If you wanted to stay in Texas, UTD has a pretty good CS program.

[distant summit]

tamu >> utd

[icy raft]

it's also better than most ivy league cs programs so

[hazy oriole]

We don't have that big of a population attending CC, compared to states like California where it's unaffordable for some to attend 4 years, so they go to CC first.

[jolly quest]

i mean idk which i would choose, cuz in my mind ut is hands down number one but all the others i havent considerd well

[hazy oriole]

USC literally has a CC-transfer agreement with California.

[distant summit]

yeah true

[hazy oriole]

Have you gotten into anything so far?

[icy raft]

a&m?

[jolly quest]

a&m and utsa

[icy raft]

a&m is good

[hazy oriole]

A&M CS is probably your best option if UT doesn't say yes.

Did you apply anywhere else?

[jolly quest]

not cs

[distant summit]

tbh if i got UT id take that over anything outside of HPSM and maybe berkeley/cmu

[hazy oriole]

Then?

[icy raft]

but idk if you vibe with it or not

[distant summit]

tamu ece is also goated

arguably better than tamu cs

tamu engg is top 10 nationwide

[jolly quest]

purdue uiuc georgia tech, and also texas tech as another safety

[icy raft]

tamu engineering is really strong

[jolly quest]

ece

[hazy oriole]

Those are good schools too.

[distant summit]

i got direct admit so no etam at tamu

[jolly quest]

yeah

[distant summit]

woo hoo

[hazy oriole]

Texas Tech is not as good as A&M, but not a terrible school.

I didn't bother applying to A&M. Too lazy.

[distant summit]

its just that uiuc/purdue/gt's math programs arent as good as UT's

[icy raft]

i did 😭

and got into tamu too

[jolly quest]

i always ask my mom, if i got into gtech but not ut what would i do, and she says she'd send me to tech but im just not sure i wanna leave tx

[hazy oriole]

@distant summit don't skull me, I applied business!!!

[gilded copper]

Safety tho

[distant summit]

mays is pretty good too

[gilded copper]

Wait nvm

[distant summit]

but it filled up super quickly

so many of my friends got fucked bc they applied tamu business in novemeber

[jolly quest]

i have a friend who was a national merit finalist and he ended up going to ttu

[hazy oriole]

I am probably getting into Cox.

[hazy oriole]

Full ride

[distant summit]

smu cox?

[hazy oriole]

Yes.

[jolly quest]

yeah but he prolly also got a full ride to a&m

[hazy oriole]

I got admitted to SMU and got a $25K/yr scholarship.

[hazy oriole]

National Merit

[distant summit]

some kid in my discrete math class at collin went to SMU on a full scholly

[hazy oriole]

You get full rides to Texas Tech, A&M, and UTD with National Merit.

[gilded copper]

Finalist is 12k a year

[distant summit]

i just hate the culture of SMU + mid for engineering

[jolly quest]

what is smu

[icy raft]

anyway if y'all have questions about ut engineering or ut in general feel free to ask

[jolly quest]

ok

[hazy oriole]

Collin >>>

[distant summit]

tamu isnt full-ride, its half tuition

[hazy oriole]

Collin professors are great, but they always send their worst for Dual Credit.

[hazy oriole]

Damn.

[jolly quest]

you sure? one of my friends is just a semi finalist and has 40k to a&m

[distant summit]

40k over 4 years

[gilded copper]

I'm sure

[distant summit]

i got the same scholly

[jolly quest]

ok

[distant summit]

its about 10.5k/yr

[hazy oriole]

I could definitely tell you about 2-3 professors (hearsay) who did some crazy shit.

[gilded copper]

There is the brown foundation which selects 50-60 national merit ppl to get full ride

For a&m

[jolly quest]

are there many scholarships

[distant summit]

my calc 3 prof was a persian dude with the most broken english ever but he was so chill

actually i had him for all of calc 3/diffeq/discrete

but calc3/diffeq were online

[jolly quest]

is calc 3 multi

[hazy oriole]

Which campus?

F, Fr, M, P, W, or R?

[distant summit]

Fr

[hazy oriole]

Makes sense.

[gilded copper]

Multi hardest shit ever

[hazy oriole]

I live pretty far from that.

[gilded copper]

Dropped a c

[hazy oriole]

Mine would be P.

[distant summit]

my friend goes there for ochem lmao

[hazy oriole]

I honestly didn't know there were so many campuses.

[hazy oriole]

Interesting.

[distant summit]

yeah cuz its county wide

u go to pesh?

[hazy oriole]

I didn't know it was THAT big.

[hazy oriole]

No.

[distant summit]

o

[distant summit]

multi was fun i liked it

diff eq was PAIN and SUFFERING

[gilded copper]

I understood 0 things lol

[hazy oriole]

Check DMs @distant summit I'll tell you where I go.

[gilded copper]

Didn't pay attention first few classes and it was ggs

[distant summit]

our district did it online

so

my time management lowkey killed me

[icy raft]

there's a bunch

there's a scholarship for engineering honors

and i also got a couple others

it's also easy to apply once you're in

[royal crag]

aero

[stuck rampart]

guys did you also get the email "take a virtual trip to UT Austin"? is it marketing?

okk

gotta keep the hopes up ig

[royal crag]

yes bro

i got it

whenever I wake up in the morning now a days

first thing I do is check my email

and im still sleepy

so I see a email from ut austin and i thought its a decsion

[gilded copper]

Delulu wallah

Not 15th yet

[opaque briar]

fr

we r delulu

[opaque briar]

yes

[graceful moon]

Nah not if you’re in state

oos sure

[wanton flower]

maybe even in-state

auto-admits regularly get rejected even when they're super qualified

definitely oos for sure though

[graceful moon]

It’s more rarer instate and like

It all depends on your high school

The majority of “in state qualified” people get rejected because their school is hyper competitive

which take up their spots

[wanton flower]

for top 6%, sure

but it doesn't rlly matter past that

for cns in general you have to be very fit-to-major

so they want ecs and specific classes and essays that reflect how you'd fit

[royal crag]

oh wow

so i am very delusional about ut austin

[wanton flower]

(heard from a current cns student)

[royal crag]

does ut austin offer anything like

u do 1 year of community. college

[wanton flower]

are you oos?

[royal crag]

and then ur garunteed

to transfer ut austin

[wanton flower]

they have a cap program but it's in-state only

[royal crag]

for the rest 3 yrs

[royal crag]

whats that

the community college thing

[wanton flower]

if you're oos you're out of luck

[royal crag]

yeah im oos

💀

[wanton flower]

go to a different ut school for a year and you're guaranteed transfer into cola

[royal crag]

wait acc

[wanton flower]

what major did you apply for?

[royal crag]

i got into ut dallas ☠️

[royal crag]

aero

[graceful moon]

oh yeah definitely

im just saying, i feel like UT CS can be more predictable than ivys

ivys are just a crapshoot lol

[graceful moon]

i dont think aero is as competitive as other majors

[wanton flower]

i think ut cs is equally a crapshoot tbh

[royal crag]

yeah

a lot of people doing cs from my school

but u never know

[wanton flower]

it's eng so its more competitive by default

[royal crag]

its eng tho

[wanton flower]

esp bc the spike in admissions this year

[royal crag]

but ut admits by major?

or what

or college

[wanton flower]

by college

except for very specific ones

[royal crag]

oh yeah im cookedthenbruh

[graceful moon]

its mainly oos kids tho lol

[wanton flower]

cs is done by-major

[royal crag]

oh

ok not that cooked

actually i might be cooked bruh

[wanton flower]

fair point

[royal crag]

ts aint fair

💀

[wanton flower]

stats?

[royal crag]

burh

[wanton flower]

ik bruh

im in-state and i'm p sure i'm not getting in too

[royal crag]

all these sweaty kids in my school got into the robotics team by nepoing their way in bruh

and ik they def applied mech ee

ce

and all

😭

so cooked

[wanton flower]

you never know bro

keep your hopes up

[royal crag]

real

[wanton flower]

hopefully they'll consider sat pretty heavily this year, since they've moved back to test-mandatory

[royal crag]

only thing that makes me hopeful is the rec letter i have from a engineering prof at ut ausint

💀

but idk how much

[wanton flower]

that's awesome

[graceful moon]

i feel like the sat avg is gonna drop too

[wanton flower]

it definitely is

[graceful moon]

median/avg rn is inflated by TO kids

[royal crag]

yeah

[wanton flower]

people only submit if it'll help them

[royal crag]

it was mandatory to submit

[graceful moon]

bro im ngl my sat back in october was so bad

[royal crag]

around 3.6 uw ☠️

[graceful moon]

i rushed to send it in for ea bc i thought it increases ur chances a lot

[royal crag]

i think its higher

cause i have 4 x 2 outside courses

which i got A's in

so idk

[wanton flower]

honestly not bad

[royal crag]

i never caluclated

[wanton flower]

ut doesn't consider gpa, they consider rank

[royal crag]

oh

[graceful moon]

@wanton flower r u applying cs btw

[wanton flower]

straight up they dont look at gpa

[royal crag]

our school doesnt rank

[wanton flower]

bio, i just know a ton abt the admissions process at ut

[royal crag]

i got second class rank for tamu ☠️

[graceful moon]

oh shoot

[royal crag]

im def cooked

[wanton flower]

i haven't been able to think about anything else for months

[graceful moon]

wait how is bio

in terms of comp

[wanton flower]

it's pretty standard

[graceful moon]

ah ok

[royal crag]

oh really

[wanton flower]

a bit above cola but below eng, cs, neuro, business, etc.

[graceful moon]

ik a lot of people who get in for bio which is weird

[royal crag]

funny somehow

my friend got into ut buisness

w lijke a 3.9 gpa

and low tier ecs

low - mid tier ecs

oos

[wanton flower]

i've got a 1600 sat so i'm hoping but my rank is god-awful bc of freshman year

we'll see what happens

[royal crag]

1600

god damn

ur chilling

im at a 1440 bro

☠️

english really fucked me uo

yup

[graceful moon]

wtf

[wanton flower]

1440 is still good for ut

[graceful moon]

lmaooo

apply to t20s bro

[royal crag]

im not

💀

[wanton flower]

i couldnt get in

my rank is top 16%

[royal crag]

i am not getting in bro

[graceful moon]

oh

[royal crag]

im in california

[wanton flower]

i just want to go to ut

[graceful moon]

eh some dont care about rank as much

[royal crag]

eevryone rea to stanford from my school

no one got in

☠️

[graceful moon]

wait was ur 1600 on paper or dsat

[royal crag]

thats how cooked i am

[wanton flower]

dsat back in march

the first one

[graceful moon]

dang

[wanton flower]

its stanford though

[royal crag]

well not everyone in co '25

[wanton flower]

have faith

[royal crag]

real

☠️

only if that C in spanish 2 wasnt there sophomore year

[wanton flower]

real

[royal crag]

i was not locked in

LOL

[wanton flower]

i should've taken ap stats to get rid of my bad math grades in geometry

[royal crag]

its fine after that i mainted above 3.6 - 3.8 gpa

[wanton flower]

i was not locked in man

[royal crag]

junior year

[wanton flower]

covid fucked me up

[royal crag]

and soph year

[royal crag]

bro same

freshemen year

my gpa was below 3.5 first sem

💀

i was not locked in

[opaque briar]

Its ok u guys

[wanton flower]

same

[royal crag]

i didnt even do any hw LMAOO

[opaque briar]

what happens happens

[royal crag]

yeah

i have penn state

[graceful moon]

i want ut cs 😦

[opaque briar]

Yes penn state w

[royal crag]

but we all want UT

[royal crag]

yeah it is

[opaque briar]

Fr

ut austin😇😇😇

[royal crag]

i was looking into it

penn state has good dorms

decent campus lowk

[opaque briar]

smeal>>

[wanton flower]

i live right next to ut austin it's so nice there

[royal crag]

js not tryna go there cause its complete opposite coast for me

but

[wanton flower]

if i dont get in its over for me bro

[royal crag]

oh shit really

[opaque briar]

Mccombs 😍😍😍😍

[wanton flower]

yeah

[royal crag]

bro the name is so hot

💀

like smth about the name

[wanton flower]

maybe theyll let me in because im a local

[royal crag]

mccombs

crockrell school of engineering

[opaque briar]

Combing my w

[royal crag]

why are they all fancy

[royal crag]

yes

respecting the locals

LOL

[wanton flower]

i like how cns sounds

[royal crag]

whats cns?

[wanton flower]

college of natural sciences

[royal crag]

ohhhhh

good thing most people in my school doing CS

WAIT

i realized

i lowk asked the sweats if they did ut early

and they didnt

[plain crow]

what is the acceptance rate for cockrell?

[royal crag]

for some reason

[wanton flower]

for some reason cs is in cns

[wanton flower]

low

they don't release specific stats for each college

[royal crag]

this building lowk reminds me of the hawkings labratoary frmo strange things

[wanton flower]

but the average non-auto admit rate is like... 14-15%? and cockrell is significantly more competitive

[royal crag]

if u watched the show

[wanton flower]

is that in cockrell

[royal crag]

yea

mccombs and cockrell are like the most compeitive right?

[wanton flower]

ut dallas has a building with gel electrophoresis on it in panels

[royal crag]

fancy

i got into ut dalls

dallas

[wanton flower]

cs is above both of those even though it's just one major

[royal crag]

well yeah

but i thought cs falls in cockrell?

[wanton flower]

then its mccombs, then cockrell i think

no cs is cns

[royal crag]

or is it js a complete diff school

ohhhh

i got some hope

[wanton flower]

but cs students aren't compared against cns

so thank god for that lol

[royal crag]

ts might be worse than opening my sat score bruh

bro js tell me in my email

i do not like the anticipation of loading into the website

☠️

[plain crow]

they admit by major right

[royal crag]

idk

[wanton flower]

it goes something like cs, architecture/cockrell/mccombs, nursing, cns, some random colleges, cola, other random colleges

[wanton flower]

i believe by college except for a couple, but i don't remember for sure

[royal crag]

architecture is more comeptitive?

wow

[wanton flower]

architecture is super competitive

[royal crag]

i lowk rmbr me civil engineering/architecture phase

lOL

LOL

[wanton flower]

they barely have any spots

[royal crag]

in middle school

but then i looked at avg salary and i was like no.

[royal crag]

dang

suprising

lowk thought civil/architecture was mid competitive

[wanton flower]

civil is less competitive than architecture

idk why architecture is so competitive

i have a friend applying

[royal crag]

isnt civil like similar to architecture?

like

[wanton flower]

it's a little different i think

[royal crag]

they both work on designing infrastructure and waht not

[wanton flower]

they have majors like interior design in architecture

[royal crag]

ohhh

interior

thats a fun major

i love doing that shi

but like its kinda low pay

[wanton flower]

yeah fr

[royal crag]

but its fine

[wanton flower]

i am planning to go to grad school after i graduate

[royal crag]

same

i wanna get my masters

[wanton flower]

bio has so few opportunities without a masters degree

[royal crag]

i wanna get my mastesr from gtech

[royal crag]

are u premed track?

[wanton flower]

nah i don't want to be a doctor

i want to do research

[royal crag]

what u gon do w a bio degree?

ohh

fun

at like unis

[wanton flower]

hopefully

[royal crag]

ur gon become a prof or some?

and do research

idk how it works

[wanton flower]

i'd like to join a research team but idk

don't want to be independent though

[royal crag]

oh thats nice

[wanton flower]

i like working with others

[royal crag]

is that like a sustaianble career

[royal crag]

yeah thats fun

[wanton flower]

no idea !

[royal crag]

unlike cs

☠️

[wanton flower]

we'll see what happens

[royal crag]

LOL

i wanted to do CS

[wanton flower]

hopefully the employers will take pity on me

[royal crag]

but like after seeing how many fucking people are doign cs in my school

i was like hell no

[wanton flower]

yeah bro

[plain crow]

if u applied for honors is your decision delayed?

[royal crag]

and then i dont see myself living like this lifestyle bruh

like

just sitting in front of a screen

coding

[opaque briar]

wait if not a lotta ppl do ut austin business at my school is it a SLIGHTLY better chance

[royal crag]

breaking my beck

[royal crag]

ya

[wanton flower]

cs majors are gonna be just as unemployed as fine arts majors

[royal crag]

higher chance

[royal crag]

cause most unis except ivys i believe like compare u w kids within ur school

[wanton flower]

no

[royal crag]

oh yea ts too bruh

my family friend

[wanton flower]

all ea goes out on 1/15 (in 11 days )

[royal crag]

actually

i think doing internships help a lot

for cs

idk

[wanton flower]

yeah it does

[royal crag]

like he had a internship at amazon for cs

and graduated uni last summer

[icy raft]

doing internships is basically required if you want a job

[royal crag]

he landed a job at amazon

[icy raft]

for engineering too

[royal crag]

full time

in sc

cs

within few months

[wanton flower]

i'm praying i'm fit to major enough for bio because i've been on the biotech track at my school for four years and i'll be lab certified by the time i graduate

[royal crag]

real

LOCKHEED PLEASE TAKE ME

[wanton flower]

and my essays are all about bio except for one

[royal crag]

~~I DONT CARE ABOUT ETHICAL ENGINEERING ~~

[icy raft]

hell yeah

[wanton flower]

but also theres people out there who do independent research when theyre in highschool

like how the hell do you manage that

[icy raft]

that honestly sounds like bs to me

[royal crag]

like independent?

independent

thats bs

like aloen

and not under a phd mentor or anyone?

they can twist that story hella

[icy raft]

like wtf are you researching

[royal crag]

for me

[wanton flower]

ikr

[royal crag]

doing research under a college prof is better

idk about indepednent

i feel like it looks less praising than doing it under a college prof

idk tho

cause like anyone can go on chatgpt and bs a whole research paper

[icy raft]

i mean you usually do research under a college prof because they tend to be more knowledgeable in your area

[royal crag]

yeah

[icy raft]

and can guide you

[royal crag]

yeah

it seems more credible

thats the wrod

word

[wanton flower]

yeah

[royal crag]

i was lookign for

[wanton flower]

how do you even get to do that though

do you just email them

or are they programs you apply to

[icy raft]

yes generally

[royal crag]

ya

[wanton flower]

damn

[royal crag]

sadly cosomos rejected me

[wanton flower]

should've done that

[royal crag]

but somehow a dude with a B + in algebra 1 got in

for stem

the world works in interesting ways

[icy raft]

it's ok i had no research experience either

[royal crag]

💔

[wanton flower]

you're an engineering student right?

[icy raft]

yeah

[wanton flower]

is it fun

[royal crag]

man

[icy raft]

for me yeah

i like doing hands on stuff

[royal crag]

imma make sure i make my kids get connections by their first birthday with univeristy proffesors

you know what

imma have them draf their first paper by 5

[wanton flower]

me too

[royal crag]

and put it on their portfolio

[plain crow]

does ut care about class rank if ur not six percent?

[royal crag]

kumon at 1 year old

[wanton flower]

but i took one engineering class at my school and hated it

[wanton flower]

yes

[royal crag]

what class is this?

pltw?

[wanton flower]

ut cares a lot about rank

[plain crow]

I am like 12% am I cooked

[royal crag]

for instate?

or oos

[wanton flower]

intro to engineering 1

[royal crag]

oh

idk bt that

[wanton flower]

what major?

[plain crow]

instate

[royal crag]

im taking a class called aerospace engineering in my school

[royal crag]

not much

what major tho

if ur like cs or eng

[wanton flower]

if you arent eng/mccombs/cs you should be fine

[plain crow]

eng

[icy raft]

damn how do y'all schools have such specific engineering classes

[wanton flower]

damn

[royal crag]

have u not heard the pltw program?

i think most cali highschools started this

[icy raft]

no 😭

[wanton flower]

gl man

[opaque briar]

Also compared w cali kids too 🥲

[royal crag]

i remember my middleschool having engineering classes too

[icy raft]

oh you're from cali

[opaque briar]

yea

[wanton flower]

if your other stats are good you might be okay though

[royal crag]

well your compared within your highschool no?

not the whole state of california

or ur cooked

everyone is cooked

cause like its going to be unfair

[plain crow]

i didnt submit my rank bc my school doesn't officially rank

[wanton flower]

no according to texadmissions

[opaque briar]

i think its both

wait fr?

[royal crag]

cause like at 1 highschool lets say you have a easy ass teacher for ap calculus bc

[opaque briar]

Who do they compare u w

[wanton flower]

https://texadmissions.com/blog/nonranking-high-schools-ut-austin#:~:text=UT does not review applicants,transcript and assigns a rank.

[opaque briar]

they looka t ur school profile also

[royal crag]

and at highschool 2 u have some strict hardcore teacher for apcalculus bc

💀

its gon be unfair

[wanton flower]

i trust what texadmissions says about ut tbh

he knows everything

[opaque briar]

I have rankings

bruh but like

Im a 4.48 goa

Goa

With top 30%

💀

[wanton flower]

they dont care about gpa unfortunately

just rank

[opaque briar]

good

wait no

[wanton flower]

bc of grade inflation and such

[royal crag]

OH I AM COOKED

[opaque briar]

WHAT

[royal crag]

I AM COOKED

THIRD

[opaque briar]

Wait do they check ur school profile

[royal crag]

wait is this UT ?

or js general

[opaque briar]

What is this

[wanton flower]

i'm not sure

is your school super competitive?

[opaque briar]

Our first 10% is 4.9-4.76 lmao

[royal crag]

the website bro sent me

[opaque briar]

yes super competitive

[opaque briar]

Iomg im first

[wanton flower]

thats an example one

not actual

[royal crag]

oh ok

[royal crag]

nice

[wanton flower]

they might take that into account but idk

ut is very shifty about their admissions process

[royal crag]

ut tryna act nonchalant

[wanton flower]

it's ridiculous

[opaque briar]

bruh fr

hopefully they see how i took advantage of resources n did dual enrollment

[royal crag]

ut austin admission office gains myserious aura every year

[opaque briar]

Only ppl at my school do like

Math after hs

if they do dual enrollment

[royal crag]

oh wait

i forgot

u can deffered

bruh

thats js edging me atp

💔

[plain crow]

ut is very holistic tho right

[royal crag]

yes

[wanton flower]

yeah

if you have like one subpar stat but the rest is good you should be alright

since you're in-state

at least i hope so for my sake lol

[royal crag]

yeah im oos

oh well

[wanton flower]

i talked to the texadmissions guy and he told me i have a good shot at getting in

[wanton flower]

just gotta pray

[royal crag]

i knew i should have convinced my parents to move to texas in 2019

they even scouted homes bruh

💔

[wanton flower]

have you wanted to go to ut since 2019??

thats crazy

[royal crag]

no

no

they js wanted to move texas

my parents

[wanton flower]

aha

[royal crag]

yeah

i even think they found a home

late nov

but we went to india for 3 weeks

and then 2020

and boom covid

[wanton flower]

oh damn

[royal crag]

☠️

[wanton flower]

awful timing

[royal crag]

everything got cancelled

yeah

[wanton flower]

dude i hate covid sm

[royal crag]

yeah

[wanton flower]

if it werent for covid i'd be auto admit

[royal crag]

i was part of robotics

i was joining a swim team

i was hella involved

[wanton flower]

damn

[royal crag]

💀

[plain crow]

what are ur stats and what major?

[royal crag]

and then i became lazy

[wanton flower]

top 16%, 1600 sat, biology major

college admissions officers have read my ut essay and told me its really good

but idk

not getting my hopes up

[wanton flower]

i just got so depressed 😭 i couldnt hang out with anyone irl

i dont think i left my house for literally a year and a half

except for the doctor and dentist

[royal crag]

oh depressed

dang

i have a love and hate with 2020

i hate it cause i stopped all my ecs

i was learning piano too bruh

💀

and all

i had hella

but then covid

[wanton flower]

SAME BRUH

[royal crag]

so i started playing fortnite 5 hours a day w the squad

and then like in may - september

[wanton flower]

i was in a coding club at school and i was presenting stuff to google

[royal crag]

me and my friends

[wanton flower]

and i was drumming

and then they cancelled it on me

[royal crag]

me and my friends went out biking eveyrday

we met up at our elementary school nearyby

played basketball

for few hours

bike around the city

well neighbhorhood

fun times

[wanton flower]

fun times!

it wasnt like that for me

[royal crag]

they even started their own yt channel

LMAOO

😭

we recorded everytime at the school

[wanton flower]

i live in a super unwalkable area miles away from my friends and i couldnt drive yet

[royal crag]

oh shit

[royal crag]

oh dang 😭

[wanton flower]

deadass im right next to a highway

20 feet away

[royal crag]

and now the friend group is all split apart

LOL

but idrc

[wanton flower]

RIP

[royal crag]

i moved highschools anyways

so idk what happened

[wanton flower]

it was fun while it lasted at least

[royal crag]

yea

im close w quite few

like the hella og ones

from elementary school

suprisingly

one of my friends from kindergarden goes to the neighbhorhooing highschool as me

12 years of friendship

pre covid was fun times

[opaque briar]

Wtf

[opaque briar]

thats like 5th decile

[opaque briar]

wjdopkmwapwamdaawaw

kms

our school is way too competitive

u mean gpa??

rank doesnt matter more-

cause i could have a 4.5 gpa but im 3rd decile

but u could have a 4.5 gpa as val

as

eh idk

doesnt rlly matter

🤓 erm

thats a lil nerdy !!

[opaque briar]

[plain crow]

mine is 4.3 W bruh

[icy raft]

our val had a 4.7 iirc

[opaque briar]

bru our val had a 4.93

i hate this school sm sometimes 💀

[wanton flower]

mines 4.03 W

out of 4.5

i have no clue why they calculate it like that

its so stupid

[opaque briar]

thats weird

i dont understand why most of the us cant use 1-2 types of systems

[elfin trench]

tmr

no sorry

i think its the 15th

[opaque briar]

what

yall trippin

[elfin trench]

erm bruh

um bro

59 left???

u trippin

[opaque briar]

no?

[elfin trench]

[opaque briar]

i think ur trippin

[elfin trench]

ok

when does it come out

[opaque briar]

15th

😛

[elfin trench]

das what i said

[opaque briar]

you gave doubt

[midnight owl]

Is there a countdown for UT ?

[opaque briar]

find out

[sharp burrow]

Im so cooked for ut austin this was the first school i applied to so all my essays r shit

[opaque briar]

no ur not

[tawny meadow]

same

i could make the essays look 100000x better

😭

[distant summit]

FAX

[royal crag]

same bro

[tepid reef]

fr but I'm oos CS so im fucked regardless

[broken chasm]

what’s the ar for CS oos

[tepid reef]

no clue but probably around the 2% mark

[broken chasm]

😭😭

avg top public be like

[tepid reef]

🫡

UT seems especially bad though, I don't think this is how average public ARs are like for OOS cs

[broken chasm]

yeah that’s true

them and udub are insane

[tepid reef]

lmfao yeah UW is wild too

I applied ece there though so hopefully thats easier

[broken chasm]

yeah hopefully ngl I gave up after seeing its oos cs ar

[tepid reef]

😭