University of Texas Austin (UT Austin) (2025-2026)

[gusty halo]

you got into uiuc

you'll be okay

[sterile sapphire]

Cost 🥀

[drifting pelican]

yeah

only downside

[vapid egret]

What are the other two

CS?

[sterile sapphire]

Cs and business I think

[gusty halo]

cs and maybe econ

yeah

[vapid egret]

Damnz

Is aero comp

[sterile sapphire]

Yeah

[gusty halo]

aero is definitely comp

[vapid egret]

Coolio

[lament hull]

did you get lurdue(

purdue*

[drifting pelican]

I'm full pay pretty much everywhere unless i get merit and I got a full ride at TAMU so it's gonna be heard to make a case for UIUC

[drifting pelican]

yes

[gusty halo]

its so interesting to see all of the STEM students in the trenches trying to get into ECE

humanities major so much easier

[lament hull]

ngl purdue the best option

way cheaper than uiuc and t10 Eng

a and m instate is goated asw

[vapid egret]

I highkey don’t think I ever finished my a&m app

I was too lazy to do the dumb self reported transcript bs

[lament hull]

man ur caltech

😭

[errant topaz]

yeah thats me

lol

[vapid egret]

Exactly why

[sterile sapphire]

Engineering lowkey a scam

[gusty halo]

yeah

agree

[sterile sapphire]

Deaduzz

?

[lament hull]

oh wait yea

[drifting pelican]

Yeah I think i might have a decent shot at caltech cuz of the research I did but it's still <3% acceptance rate

[lament hull]

I remember u from yesterday

[sterile sapphire]

Damn

[vapid egret]

essays matter a lot

[drifting pelican]

Yeah I had good ones

[gusty halo]

and profile right

[drifting pelican]

but we'll see

[errant topaz]

im still in awe too lol

[gusty halo]

like portfolio

[errant topaz]

my essays and ecs def carried my app 🙂

[lament hull]

they saw smth in you that they didn’t see in other applicants

[vapid egret]

Not mandatory but like

They help a lot by giving more context

I went insane w my Caltech portfolio

[errant topaz]

i go to a pretty underrsourced public school where the average SAT is a 924 so i think that played a part, i also dealt with extenuating circumstances for a prolonged period which caused my gpa to tank in soph/junior

my essays werent bad but i think i couldve done a lot better

[gusty halo]

is it a title I school

if so that will def help

[errant topaz]

idk what that is

[gusty halo]

nvm

it helps anyway

ur counselor can put that in

[drifting pelican]

How would yall say UT, UIUC, and GTech compare for Engineering

[errant topaz]

i go to a public charter and just by looking at some websites, i think we are?

im also a first gen low income

[vapid egret]

gtech > uiuc = ut

[drifting pelican]

that makes me feel less worse abt UT, thanks

I hope I get Gtech tho

[velvet terrace]

Best of luck!

[vapid egret]

u got that

[old lark]

anyone know where the waitlist link is. gotta send a friend

[drifting pelican]

Is it worth it to do the waitlist form?

[sterile sapphire]

Might not be out yet

[drifting pelican]

it's on their website

[sterile sapphire]

Also check ur portal and google it

[old lark]

i found it if anyone needs it:

https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/review-decision-process/waitlist/

[old lark]

portal has it?

he got CAP'ed

[sterile sapphire]

I don't remember exactly

But I found it just from google

[old lark]

its fine i got the link

[sterile sapphire]

Also it's like a 0.01% chance

[old lark]

i am gonna commit to UT

[old lark]

yea ik

[sterile sapphire]

Only heard of like 5 ppl getting off waitlist last year

[lament hull]

bro what 😭

[old lark]

makes sense

ut alr sends more then people accept

[errant topaz]

outrageous

[lament hull]

5 is still crazy

[old lark]

@native mango did u commit?

[old lark]

its not an actual wait list

[sterile sapphire]

Idt it's like a true waitlist

They're already full

[old lark]

its esentially a second chance

[lament hull]

ohh

[native mango]

no

[lament hull]

the jit got gtech ca

cs

😭

[old lark]

lol

[native mango]

?

[lament hull]

gt?

😭

[native mango]

i havent commited yet

[lament hull]

ohh

congrats tho

huge

[old lark]

i am abt to commit and call it a day

[lament hull]

where

[native mango]

tysm

[old lark]

i dont wanan think abt this no more

[old lark]

UT

[lament hull]

oh yea

amazing choice

[old lark]

yea

[lament hull]

if k get into uf it’s gonna be uf vs purdue vs UMD for cs

[old lark]

idk if i will make GT, i can always uncommit if I do get something a lot better

[old lark]

good luck

[native mango]

u can uncommt?

[old lark]

yea

UT is hella lineant with it

i loose 200 but like i will take that

[native mango]

o

[old lark]

cause UT's dorms

are a battle 💀

[native mango]

ohh

[old lark]

they got to many students and to less dorms its first come first serve

i did housing contract pretty early so i am praying that saves me

[dim remnant]

Bro is this real 😭

What major did u apply for

[toxic mortar]

Math

[robust grail]

i mean, my friend got in with a 1090 so i’m not surprised

[dim remnant]

Lowkey gives me hope if UT is so random with rejections then maybe I’m not cooked for top schools

[dim remnant]

Even tho I got capped

[toxic mortar]

Very noncomp major too

[sterile sapphire]

Which major

[dim remnant]

Wait math isn’t even that competitive 😭

[toxic mortar]

yeah..

I literally did math research at MIT and summer prog there + had LOR from the dued who made Primes

[robust grail]

i think she does journalism i believe? she got in last year

[toxic mortar]

so idk what went wrong

and some other math ecs like comps

[sterile sapphire]

Oh I mean

[toxic mortar]

and I was double hooked

[sterile sapphire]

Idt that's a comp major

[toxic mortar]

tho idk if ut even cares abt hooks

[dim remnant]

I think UT does admissions pretty randomly, maybe ur AO had a bad day

[toxic mortar]

barely nonauto

like 5.5%

[dim remnant]

Yeah same, non auto is genuinely a dice roll

[toxic mortar]

I don't really care but I do feel bad for al ot of my friends who were also really stacked and didnt get in

they were auto and got fuckd

like they were people who I thought would be a shoo-in for ut

ngl

[dim remnant]

I’m hoping my top schools I’m waiting on do an actual holistic review

Unlike UT

[toxic mortar]

yeah top schools are pretty holistifc

[sterile sapphire]

Ut aos just do whatever ngl

[toxic mortar]

like I didnt really expect to get into any top schools but I ended up getting into 3 t30s in EA

shoutout to holistic review

[toxic mortar]

😭

[toxic mortar]

but yeah trust it's not over for u

[sterile sapphire]

Someone ik got mit but not ut

[toxic mortar]

u never know and like UT is so random

yea

same

[dim remnant]

Thanks bro

I’m waiting on MIT and Rice so

Fingers crossed

[toxic mortar]

yeah I have MIT and Rice left too

and some other schools

[old lark]

@toxic mortar they js fried non admits bro, my friend should have made ME and got fried. You could have been yielded to?

[toxic mortar]

idt they do yield prot for in state students not gonna lie

that would make no sense

it's just really random

[old lark]

ig ur rt

idk what they doing no more 😭

[toxic mortar]

yea

[old lark]

i lucked out

[toxic mortar]

congrats!

[old lark]

thx

congrats to u for Harvard to

thats lowkey amazing

[toxic mortar]

ty ❤️‍🩹

[old lark]

whats ur dream college?

[toxic mortar]

probably mit

just cause I have a lot of friends there and a lot of fond experiences from mit

[old lark]

yea

good luck for it

[toxic mortar]

Thank u ❤️‍🩹

Good luck to you for the rest of ur colleges too

[old lark]

ty

i dont got hope for last one anyways lol

i am NOT making Harvard Cs

[toxic mortar]

lol trust you genuinely never know

[old lark]

ur rt i will cope

even tho i had a typo 💀

never write essasy with a 103 fever

[toxic mortar]

Tragic

Trust though typos dont matter that much

AOs are human and they understand that mistakes can happen

[old lark]

yea i will pray

[gusty halo]

typos show authenticity fr

[old lark]

fr fr

[gusty halo]

look at this applicant he's so human

[toxic mortar]

Fr 😭😭😭

[old lark]

best part

i spelled veritas wrong

vertias.. (kms)

[toxic mortar]

It's ok they'll like autofill it in

[old lark]

yea ur rt

they wont notice

[toxic mortar]

If you see a word a lot and like see amth that looks sinilar

[old lark]

these guys js skim through

[toxic mortar]

Then u kinda just autofill it in

[old lark]

yea

[old lark]

yea we cope

@wheat crag

@toxic mortar he wants to see ur harvard acceptance and UT CAP he dont believe e

[toxic mortar]

ok

wait I highkey cancelled my ut app

but I do have an ss of my cap

just without the discord thing

[old lark]

LO,

[old lark]

alr alr

js send t

[old lark]

thats so fire tho

[toxic mortar]

oh awit

I got an email for it I think

asw

lemme check

oh I think I deleted it

[old lark]

its chill

its usually in ur trash tho

[toxic mortar]

yeah Ideleted it from my trsdah

❤️‍🩹

[old lark]

LOL

[twilit fiber]

oh shit

u went to RSI?

[toxic mortar]

no

[grim wraith]

YEAH HAHAHA

W mans bro

[old lark]

is there ut ece or ut 30 discord

[grim wraith]

oh good question lemme search

[summer needle]

just get insta bro

[dim rock]

is there a c/o 2030 gc?

[old lark]

Huh??

[old lark]

Idk

[solemn pecan]

I heard that a lot more in-state students were capped this year and a lot less were rejected. Is that true?

[stoic spruce]

What were the OOS acceptance rate stats this year?

[dim rock]

i imagine it will be around 8-12%

[tepid knot]

i heard 6 to 8%

[stoic spruce]

ooo scary

[pastel delta]

THEY CAPPED YOU?

that’s diabolical omg

[meager fog]

my in state friend got into boston university for business but capped from ut. crazy work

[lament hull]

congrats to ur friend bro

Boston is a nice place

[meager fog]

yeah i’m trying to convince them to go

their dad hates boston tho

[lament hull]

bro what

Boston is rlly nice

[meager fog]

this is fucking insane

[lament hull]

it feels old but seems modern

[meager fog]

dad used to have work there and grew to despise it

[toxic mortar]

Yeaaaa

Ig UT Austin js more selective than the big Vard now ❤️‍🩹

[meager fog]

i guess bro

according to that logic if i applied co30 i wouldnt have gotten in

[toxic mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/ahem-shit-loser-seriously-gif-5731140

[meager fog]

to ut

which is crazy

i need jim davis to get exposed as a predator NOW!

[lament hull]

u don’t know the Harv like that

wait harvey specter

harv

harvard

harv

it all makes sense

[meager fog]

Mind. Blown.

[lament hull]

netanyahu is in charge of harvard

🤔💭🤯

[meager fog]

https://tenor.com/view/correct-random-funny-funny-wong-why-is-he-correct-gif-2180448822856367071

[spring maple]

uhhh so i just checked my application for honors programs and im ineligible for turing

i got acecpted to neuro+CS but cs was my first choice major

[vagrant swallow]

Hey guys, I just got accepted into UT Aerospace and I wanted to know how competitive the overall admissions for Cockrell was this year

I’m not exactly online a lot so I don’t know the general consensus

Though no one in my school I heard of have gotten into UT Aero

[dim rock]

anything in cockrell is competitive

[native mango]

ut eng was brutal at my school

wait is eng or cs more comp

[dim rock]

if that 14% acceptance rate for CS is accurate, then engineering is

[vagrant swallow]

Oh really? I knew it was competitive but just didn’t know how bad it was until I was unable to find a second aerospace major admit other than me

In my district

And my stats weren’t even that good

[dim rock]

cockrell is number 7 in the nation if that helps

[vagrant swallow]

Top 15% and 1330 SAT

[vagrant swallow]

💀

[dim rock]

what was your math score

[native mango]

o dang

[vagrant swallow]

Like 670

[native mango]

67

[vagrant swallow]

Good stuff

[dim rock]

https://tenor.com/view/färd-pferd-horse-pferdegesicht-horseface-gif-3528284947006317144

[native mango]

wait yea so many ppl at my school got in for cs but i only heard like 2 cockrell??

[vagrant swallow]

Genuinely I think it was my ECs that carried me

My academics were probably piss poor compared to other aero applicants

[dim rock]

definitely, the stats are sub average for cockrell. Cockrell is a very good school

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah 😭

I couldn’t believe my eyes

When I saw my admissions page

[dim rock]

What other schools are you considering?

[vagrant swallow]

Rice, until I got rejected

I didn’t do Ivy

Because I didnt like the toxic culture

Around those kind of schools

[dim rock]

UT better then rice anyways. people just like it cause it feel prestige even though UT has better placement

[vagrant swallow]

The elitism the admitees feel

For Ivy

Don’t sit well with me

This was genuinely one of the best days of my life, my dad said that he was proud of me

After 18 years

😭😭😭

[native mango]

yaayay

[velvet terrace]

YAYYY congrats!!

[dim rock]

bro my family doesnt even know the significance of getting into McCombs. My step dad wants me to go to texas tech and im like fu no

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭

[errant topaz]

haha congrats, we're in the same boat kinda

[vagrant swallow]

I have a bunch of people in my district that are spiting me because they were so much better academically

[vagrant swallow]

Ooh wht major?

Did u get into

I’m trynna find another person that got into aerospace but I’ve been unable to find someone

[errant topaz]

ECE!

[dim rock]

Same here, dont let it get to you. You deserved the spot. I had someone in the chat actually a few days ago mad that he got rejected and said he shouldve gotten my seat 💀

[vagrant swallow]

NICE, congrats dude

[errant topaz]

except im like top 40% and a 1320 😂

[velvet terrace]

WHAT 😭 that's crazy for someone to say

[native mango]

did yall have great ecs

[errant topaz]

look s like they were heavy on extracurriculars

[native mango]

maybe auto admits be getting overconfieent and didnt try for ecs

[dim rock]

yes, i was very unique for mccombs

[twilit fiber]

I just got in!!

[errant topaz]

id say so

[twilit fiber]

900 sat

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah they were actually made, and to be honest I never put my whole effort into academics, or competitions, or championships. My entire EC list is all industry and practical work stuff

[twilit fiber]

2.5 gpa

[errant topaz]

lol me too

[twilit fiber]

Got in oos for CS

[errant topaz]

we twinning

[twilit fiber]

Indian male btw

[dim rock]

i think ur confusing UT with UTD

I had like 0 plans of going to college until like august

[vagrant swallow]

Uhhh here’s my ECs list

Southwest k-12 Airfield Operations
Lockheed Martin High School Junior internship program in Fort Worth
Airport Ambassador and first and only airport wide teen award winner
NASA HAS
NASA Moonshot Program
NASA digital propulsions high school intern program
UT SEES program
Self-made mobile car detailing business
Astro photographer
And like the 2 part time jobs I’ve worked at

That’s basically my whole EC list

[errant topaz]

cracked 🔥

[vagrant swallow]

Thanks 😁

My friends and the Reddit people said that I should just pack it up bc my academics were piss poor

So I was starting to worry

This past week

[native mango]

holy

so did u jsut not do much in school and just did this

[errant topaz]

i got some mean ass comments about my academics too 😭

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah, I don’t really like siting through all dumb English an history classes

And stuff

[twilit fiber]

Dang u have a 2.5?

3.5?

[errant topaz]

yes sir

[twilit fiber]

Dang wtf

Congrats

[dim rock]

lowk i think i would be a very strong aero applicant:
my ecs are:

Licensed private pilot
FBLA president
3 part time jobs
Own a mobile detailing business
Captain for Southwest Virtual Airlines
Academic Success Program Ambassador
Varsity Baseball
Student Panelist at a Superintendent Forum

im in the schools engineering program
and im graduating 1 year early

[vagrant swallow]

Oh shit good stuff pretty similar

I’m Part 107 remote drone certified pilot 😭😭😭 can’t do real planes

[vapid egret]

Hi I too was aero

[vagrant swallow]

HELLLOOOOO

[dim rock]

i got that too lol

[vapid egret]

Yo

[vagrant swallow]

Good shit

[vapid egret]

Tbh this is only like Harvard Yale UPenn

[vagrant swallow]

My family can’t afford me getting a real license so I self funded myself part 107

[dim rock]

scholarships are ur friend. mine was fully funded by AOPA

[vapid egret]

Yea you lowkey have goated ECs

Hella focused

[errant topaz]

Since everyone's posting their ECs:

Co-founder; SPL's Power Supply Unit Tier List; Electrical Engineering Focused Database of Power Supply Units, Analyzed power supply electrical specs to ensure user safety; helped 1M+ globally choose reliable units, generating $50K+ in revenue through research. Had Fortune 500 companies NVIDIA/AMD publicize it in their respective community platforms, aired by professional media outlets such as Linus Media Group and ZTT in their respective platforms as well
Built a DIY assistive glove for limited mobility users with Arduino/servos; taught engineering basics to 10+ underprivileged students at a library
Volunteer hours for 200+ hours, 6+ years (seasonal)
Part time job, manager
Google IT Support Certificate
NHS
Tier 4 Valorant player, ranked top 6000 in NA, competed for around 1k
And being a T.A

[twilit fiber]

Come to vanderbilt

[vagrant swallow]

I don’t like Ivy

Elitism isn’t my thing

[twilit fiber]

Vandy isnt ivy

Lol

[vapid egret]

^

[vagrant swallow]

Oh

[vapid egret]

Most t20s aren’t elitist

[twilit fiber]

Rice isnt ivy either

[vapid egret]

Only Harvard UPenn and Yale rlly sre

Maybe Stanford and Princeton a bit

Harvard 100% the worst one tho

[vagrant swallow]

Idk, the phone culture around these schools just don’t sit well with me

Online*

[dim rock]

harvard is definitely the most elitist

[vapid egret]

Define

Most people assume the ivies are hella elitist but like

They really aren’t

95% of students are chill

[vapid egret]

Other than listed above

[vagrant swallow]

I’ve got some family members that goto Ivy an they looked down on me heavily until now, so I never wanted to be like them

And then a2c culture around Ivy

Looked really toxic

So I didn’t want to associate with it

[vapid egret]

Ah okay

This is an a2c reddit specific thing btw

[vagrant swallow]

Oh yeah def that’s why I left th sub long ago

[vapid egret]

Ah this also seems to be a thing of the past

most my friends are Ivy/t20 kids and I don’t sense any entitlement out of them or wtv cuz they all just seem to benormal people

[vagrant swallow]

Well my past affect my present, so I kinda self validated myself on that

I don’t hate Ivy kids at all

I just don’t wanna end up like my cousins

[vapid egret]

Nah ikwym and that’s fair enough

[vagrant swallow]

And look down on people

[vagrant swallow]

Dude one of my cousins shamed his own sister

For getting rejected

From all 8 schools

[velvet terrace]

WHAT

that's just shitty to do

dang

😭

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah exactly I really left a sour taste in my mouth

And to me UT or Rice was good bc it wasn’t so toxic an both schools

Are very grounded

[vapid egret]

This is bitch behavior

[vagrant swallow]

And I feot bad for my sister bc she’s older than me and she ended up going to community college bc she never really liked school, and now that I’m going to UT we have family talking shit about her

I really hate that

[vapid egret]

Oh what the

Haters gonna hate twin

[vagrant swallow]

It’s just East Asian thing

[vapid egret]

Js gotta ignore it

[dim rock]

maybe being first gen isnt bad after all

[vapid egret]

Yeah but this is especially toxic

I’m East Asian too and I’ve never had any pressure like that

Nor my friends

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah I’m the first in my family to go to a full fledged 4 year as well. One of my moms friends was calling my sister a academic failure

[errant topaz]

yeah fr, im viet but since i got into ut, my family was talking some smack

[vagrant swallow]

Dude I really wanted to punch her

[vapid egret]

wtf

thank god I have no family in the US and I live in a tiny town

[vagrant swallow]

They all think it’s Stanford, Harvard or nothing

Asian auntie toxicity puts a2c to shame

[dim rock]

some of the most successful people in the world are 'academic failures'. that doesnt determine success

[vapid egret]

Do you perchance live in a city

[vagrant swallow]

Suburbs of Dallas 😔

[hushed lagoon]

i know someone else who did that...

[vapid egret]

Ok yea that checks

[errant topaz]

its just a generational gap thing, its either go to a good school or ur basically fucking homeless

[vapid egret]

Istg Asian aunties band together and get more toxic

[vagrant swallow]

It’s like they suck off of each others energy and just empower themselves

[vapid egret]

Ask them what college they went to 😭 🙏

[vagrant swallow]

I have done this before

And I got yelled at

For disrespect

Cuz like lowkey at a little brother, ain’t nobody gonna talk mad shit about my sister

[vapid egret]

nah ain’t nobody talkin smack bout my sister 🙏😭 they are getting slimed

[vagrant swallow]

She helped me every part of the way to get to UT

She drove me to all of my ECs

Every week

So I can get to thsi point

[vapid egret]

I honestly am glad I live in small town

[vapid egret]

W sister

[vagrant swallow]

Fr

[vapid egret]

so I don’t have to deal with toxic competition or toxic Asian college culture

[velvet terrace]

W sister

amazing sister

[errant topaz]

amazing

[vapid egret]

like my family lowkey whitewashed cuz we’re one of 3 asian families in town

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭 is bro like a Asian family in the middle of Wyoming

[errant topaz]

my mom still wants my ah to get into rice 💔

[vapid egret]

New Mexico

But yea

Like ofc my parents still want me to get into a t20 but they wouldn’t mind if I didn’t

[vagrant swallow]

Yup yup, so I’m def gonna pay her back when I get my first big paycheck

So she can enjoy life

[velvet terrace]

YES good plan good plan

[vagrant swallow]

That’s the healthy mindset

Preference rather than mandate

Like these aunties really play into the stereotypes

And they wonder how people develop stereotypes

[dim rock]

bro ut is basically a t20 depending on ur major

[vapid egret]

UT absolutely is yea

[vagrant swallow]

Yup, engineering and business

It’s def t20

Even t10

Like u said

[dim rock]

t10 for those two

[vagrant swallow]

Earlier

[errant topaz]

holy macaroni

[vapid egret]

UT is also t20 level acceptance rate oos

[twilit fiber]

Ut oos engineering impossible

Wrap it up

[vapid egret]

Nah

I’m built diff

[errant topaz]

whats the acceptance rate of in state non auto

[dim rock]

11%

[vagrant swallow]

Piss poor

[vapid egret]

same as OOS?

[vagrant swallow]

Idek how I got in

[errant topaz]

goog

[vapid egret]

Damn

[twilit fiber]

I got vanderbilt but not ut

Lol

[vagrant swallow]

As non auto

[twilit fiber]

Well i withdrew

[errant topaz]

no way i got in

[twilit fiber]

So

[dim rock]

Its same as OOS but less competitive as texas residents have lower academics then the people applying oos/int

[lament hull]

rhe hbuerusyvif YASSS at hissing

[vapid egret]

UT and GT oos aero but UIUC victim 😭

[vapid egret]

What

[errant topaz]

me too bro

[lament hull]

I’ve an tsi say ubciefjsybifbtszas as audience is very good

[vapid egret]

Bo nix it’s time for bed

[lament hull]

yea u are rubber bed Finn tired as f

[vapid egret]

…

[lament hull]

https://tenor.com/view/donald-duck-sleep-gif-12073235593935901891

[dim rock]

a lot of non-auto in state didnt even do an expanded resume... they gave themselves like 0 chance to get in. If u just turn in all ur application materials including the resume, i feel ur acceptance chances go way higher

[native mango]

fr

[dim rock]

all my friends who were non auto i asked them if they did an expanded resume and they either didnt do one, or submitted a 1-2 page resume

[native mango]

ut the one college that for some reason wants ur entire history

[errant topaz]

are they that important? i didnt submit a cv

[native mango]

crazyy

[dim rock]

were u auto

[native mango]

i mean u were alr enough based on common app ig

[errant topaz]

nah

[native mango]

no hes the guy w a bad gpa

[dim rock]

wait u didnt do a resume and got in?

and ur non auto

what major

[errant topaz]

electrical engineering

[native mango]

holy

[errant topaz]

yeah this one

[dim rock]

daang that crazy

[velvet terrace]

cracked ECs

😭

[errant topaz]

wait am i really gonna be known as the guy with a bad gpa

"3.5"

[velvet terrace]

💔

[errant topaz]

😭

[vagrant swallow]

my teacher was saying like it seems during holistic review thsi year, UT was looking for unique people that could go into industry after graduation and do something rather than perfect students that look amazing on paper

[native mango]

the 3 o yall a lil grouop

pkachu hym maddux

[vagrant swallow]

Maybe F students are inventors is true

[dim rock]

dont associate me with the low gpa group 😭

[lament hull]

I shuda apple. Rob yr Austin

ok i need sleep

[native mango]

wait didnt u have a low gpa

[vagrant swallow]

I had a 3 page resume

[twilit fiber]

Omg

[velvet terrace]

wait @errant topaz idk if u already said anything but lowkey what did u do for ECs 😭

[twilit fiber]

Bruh no way

[errant topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/geeked-locked-in-angry-bubu-red-bird-red-gif-13807202352659823415

[errant topaz]

uh hold up

[twilit fiber]

No way

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭 bro

[native mango]

what

[dim rock]

My gpa is a 96/100 which would be a 4.0 for most schools, but my school divides it by 2.5 for some reason. so its a 3.84

[twilit fiber]

No way

[errant topaz]

here

[native mango]

oh shiy

[velvet terrace]

omg ty

[twilit fiber]

Bruh

[errant topaz]

guess i will be known as low gpa guy

[vagrant swallow]

I had a 3.73UW I’ll have you know

[twilit fiber]

Ool

96/100 convert to 3.84 is a crime

[native mango]

wait what odds were u against then maddux

[dim rock]

i only had one 89% in my 2nd year

[native mango]

just oos?

[velvet terrace]

DANG HOLY CRACKED

[native mango]

and sat

[dim rock]

u are so lost lmao im in state

[twilit fiber]

He’s instate

[native mango]

wth

im dory

i swear

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah he’s insane, I didn’t think I could compare to him

[dim rock]

In state, non-auto, and I applied RD with a 1370. and I got accepted during EA

[hushed lagoon]

tier 4 valorant gotta be the hardest on there 🥀

[velvet terrace]

fr 😭

[native mango]

okay see i knew it was smth like that

[velvet terrace]

most impressive one

[dim rock]

my college counselor said i had 0 chance to get into mccombs

[errant topaz]

i guess so, haha, maybe thats why i got in and not because i thought i was shakespeare

[vagrant swallow]

Me too except for Cockrell

[errant topaz]

bro i was just YAPPING

[errant topaz]

please dont fry me 💔

[dim rock]

oh also not to mention, i never took precal or cal

[twilit fiber]

My college counselor tried to convince me to apply ed2 to washu instead of vanderbilt

[vagrant swallow]

US MID ACADEMIC NUMBERS PEOPLE WILL TAKE OVER UT AB BRING GLORY TO BEVO

[errant topaz]

WE will, yes WE, bring down the academic stats of UT

[hushed lagoon]

can i ask honors/distinctions outside of nhs?

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[errant topaz]

They're not typical honors but they're associated with SPL's Power Supply Unit Tier List, one second

[vagrant swallow]

I’m gonna sit right next to you in the library and distract u so u fail the exam

And so will I

[nimble zephyr]

I think I saw your Reddit post..?

[dim rock]

are yall gonna post urself on the c/o 2030 insta pages

[vagrant swallow]

No, I’m a chud

[native mango]

what like just tag them in a post

can it be story or nah

[vagrant swallow]

Fill out a form

[dim rock]

i aint tryna get a random roomate thats qwhy

[native mango]

ohhh

[dim rock]

dm them

[nimble zephyr]

Autobid

[errant topaz]

Aired by professional outlets like Linus Media Group and Zach's Tech Turf for power supply safety
Publicized by Fortune 500 tech companies NVIDIA and AMD for contributions to power supply research
Endorsed by Geizhals, one of Europe's largest PC hardware aggregators, for contributions to hardware

And an updated one but I forgot they don't take updates to apps, ima copy paste this one:
Since submitting my application, SPL's Power Supply Unit Tier List has continued to grow. Annual revenue increased from approximately $10,000 to $50,000, and the project has been cited by industry reviewers such as Aris Mpitziopoulos, the founder/lead engineer of Cybenetics, one of the primary independent certification bodies for power supplies, with his work dictating how PSUs are evaluated in the hardware community. Several established power supply manufacturers, including Seasonic, Gigabyte, and Fractal – each of which is a major, internationally recognized brand in the PC hardware industry – have provided units for evaluation, reflecting growing industry trust in our research and methodology.

@hushed lagoon

[errant topaz]

Yeah, my post fucking blew up

[vagrant swallow]

Oh, I’m living in a apartment with 2 friends that got ECE and business

It’s cheaper to live off campus

[nimble zephyr]

Crazy ECs carried you

[dim rock]

ehhhhh

[errant topaz]

Not gonna deny that myself LOL

[dim rock]

not really

[nimble zephyr]

Again, congrats to all on being accepted. For those like me who got rejected there will be one college out there

[dim rock]

u have to pay utilities, you dont get a meal swipe, and u cant get any housing scholarships

[vagrant swallow]

😜😜😜

You’ll get to know me on campus anyways

If u go there

[dim rock]

and its a 12 month lease

[errant topaz]

but is my low SAT really that much of an oddball score? isnt the average 1400+?

[dim rock]

im tryna live in dobie 21 my first year, i aint tryna live in the prision cells of jester

[dim rock]

what major

[errant topaz]

do u have the memory of a goldfish lmao

ece

[dim rock]

yes

[vagrant swallow]

Nah, dude. $14000 just to share a communal bath. My friends and I are splitting a 3 bedroom apartments for $600 for each of us every month and it’s just a 15 min drive from UT

[dim rock]

ece sats are probably gonna be 1460+

[errant topaz]

no way

[vapid egret]

Do you think any ECs could auto admit you into UT

[vagrant swallow]

SEES

[nimble zephyr]

Cure cancer

[vagrant swallow]

I got into SEES

that probably helped

For aero

[dim rock]

if ur dad is Red McCombs probably

[errant topaz]

beat cancer

[vapid egret]

NASA SEES

summer camp

[nimble zephyr]

That too

[vagrant swallow]

UT and NASA STEM enhancement in earth science

Program

I did that last year

[vapid egret]

I lowkey think my ECs carried my public school apps

Like hella

[dim rock]

3 bed for $1800 a month is a steal

[vagrant swallow]

Me too

[errant topaz]

We are ALL EC carried

WE

[vapid egret]

true!

[dim rock]

are u living in south austin or something

[vapid egret]

Me too twin

[dim rock]

i regret not applying to honors bro

[errant topaz]

lets hope i can carry this energy into actual t20s/some ivies i applied to

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah, we went to check the place out a month ago together and it looked good. No history of infestations or utility issues. The landlords keep up with their stuff an we talked to current tenants an they all said it’s good

[dim rock]

15 min drive is too far for me. ima show up late to class everyday

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭 all three of us are morning people

We wake up at like 5-6AM

Everyday

To go to the gym

And no none of us are jacked or strong

Just fit

[errant topaz]

im such a fat chud

[vagrant swallow]

I’m a chud as well

Just not fat

A fit chud

Chud nonetheless

[dim rock]

did yall know the whole tower is gonna be under scaffolding during the Gone to Texas

[vagrant swallow]

Big news for the unemployed

[dim rock]

bro

[errant topaz]

im too houstonian to understand

[vagrant swallow]

I live in Dallaska

[dim rock]

yall dont get it 🥀

No

yall dont get it

[velvet terrace]

help ure from houston too?

[errant topaz]

yeah lol

[vagrant swallow]

Sorry I’m not deep into the sauce yet

[dim rock]

gone to texas is the midnight before ur classes start where they have fireworks at the tower marking ur first day of college

[velvet terrace]

ayee houston bros 😭

[vagrant swallow]

“I’m from sugar land I’m like that”

Ahhhh

[dim rock]

its all those tiktoks u see

the whole tower gonna be covered in scaffolding for ours

[vagrant swallow]

Ohhhhhhhhhh

[errant topaz]

nothing like arlington folks

[dim rock]

see thats not unemployed news

they arent

The whole tower gonna be covered

[vagrant swallow]

Sybau, Arlington might be riddled with crime and pollution but it’s still beautiful

[dim rock]

not even the base the WHOLE tower

[errant topaz]

bro im from bellaire im like that

[dim rock]

this is what gone to texas is for all you employed people

[vagrant swallow]

😭😭😭😭 no cuz why did bellaire have TSA checkpoints to enter th high school

[dim rock]

now imagine the whole tower covered in scaffolding

[errant topaz]

my school too broketo understand 💔

[vagrant swallow]

Why does class of 26 always get the short end of every stick

[dim rock]

fr

[vagrant swallow]

Pearland Texas ahhh reference

Dude but imagine living in Corpus Christi

Might actually be the worst place in Texas

Only place more boring than Collegestatiin

[vapid egret]

Odessa isn’t northwest

It’s just west

Northwest is like Lubbock or Amarillo

[dim rock]

i remember when i first started researching colleges i fell in love with A&M Corpus Christi because it was on the beach. Thank god I didnt keep that mindset

[vagrant swallow]

What goes on in Lubbock 😭😭😭😭✌️✌️✌️

[vapid egret]

Which speaking of I was there today

[vapid egret]

Texas tech

So a decent amount actually

Midland and Odessa r actually hell, you can see hookers walking the street

[dim rock]

https://tenor.com/view/hop-on-the-cycle-frontier-the-cycle-frontier-hop-on-the-cycle-frontier-gif-26888181

[vagrant swallow]

Land of the TAMU rejectees

[vapid egret]

Amarillo also deserted asf

[vapid egret]

More or less

[vagrant swallow]

College station is Land of the UT rejectees

And it just keeps going down

[vapid egret]

I live in SE NM

So my friends always go to Lubbock to party

[dim rock]

Texas State the land of TAMU rejects

[vagrant swallow]

Hey what goes on on NM, I never hear a whisper from that place

[dim rock]

actually Texas State is the land of I missed the deadline to apply to A&M

[vagrant swallow]

That and TTU

[dim rock]

yes and apparently it stinks

[vagrant swallow]

Yeah I got UT Aero an TAMU Aero

So it was a no brained

Brainer

Who to choose

No shot I was gonna do ETAM

[vapid egret]

Nothing

[dim rock]

lubbock is actually so depressing. I was forced to go there for parents weekend all throughout highschool and i genuinely hated it

the only thing good there is when they throw the tortillas during football

[vagrant swallow]

Nah screw A&M

[vagrant swallow]

All of west Texas is depressing. They should put 10 big AI super centers

To spice it up

It’s missing the pollution and noise

The east has

[dim rock]

yes its dry and depressing, east is way better and actually has trees

a&m gives good aid tho

they gave me a $4000 refund

[vapid egret]

Try living in Roswell nm

At a boarding school

[dim rock]

dang is that where u from

bro made it out the trenches

[vapid egret]

Yes

[dim rock]

why boarding school

i was always threatened ill go there in middle school

[vapid egret]

Good education

[real patrol]

i know a 1600 auto admit hypsm research national competitions reject 😝

UT is a fucking bum ass school

saw the horns off bro

[candid ibex]

holy shit i saw your reel

my friend also knows you from ssp

the world is small

[candid ibex]

literally today btw

we have mutuals on insta

shouldve known when i saw caltech bro

too few of yall

[errant topaz]

did bro have a bomb threat in his essay

[stoic spruce]

Dang only stacked EC, don't let anyone tell you that you didn't deserve getting into UT Austin
Imposter Syndrome

[errant topaz]

Thank you so much! 🫂

[native mango]

low gpa guy 😭

[errant topaz]

im feeding into the hate

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1080027299551924287/1470768145219326141/media-iv-text.gif

[robust grail]

i’m genuinely amazed

how do people find the time to do all this

my chud ahh ecs omg 😭

[ruby timber]

No fr 😭

Somehow I could only find opportunities for ECs in politics or government stuff AFTER the dates passed

[robust grail]

WHATTTT

girl i take PICTURES for a living atp😭

[robust grail]

but still that’s actually so cool

[ruby timber]

No like I didn’t get any😭

The one I got was girls state but I have no speech giving experience

[robust grail]

i gave up girls state for vacation

[ruby timber]

That’s so real

These were my ecs:

• I went to Girls State this summer which is like a mock government camp ran by the American League Auxilliary. It took 600(?) senior girls from my entire state of Texas and you I was nominated by my teachers and interviewed by staff to go. I didn’t end up winning any position though because I can not do speeches.
• NHS treasurer
• Ceramics; I took the class sophomore year and have been pursuing it independently since
• I’m a student rep for Student Advisory Group which is where selected students meet with the principal to discuss issues in the school, school culture, and plan events
• My school has a science club where we go out and volunteer at elementary schools during the year to do science experiments and over the summer I was a “Team Leader” because we did a week long 8-3 science camp, so I had two separate groups of 5 kids that I had to manage and help work through science experiments
• I have Mu Alpha Theta math tutor. I am in the club and I’m signed up to tutor, but I haven’t yet this year but idk if that’s a fib that’s okay? I took both AP Calcs last year
• I’m in Science National Honor Society and it’s mainly volunteering events of picking up litter around school or somewhere else and then hosting the club’s booth at our towns environmental fair
• misc: Computer/Tech. I’ve always been big with tech since I could use a computer (but I never got into coding beyond what I needed). I used to use Blender a lot for funsies and my various video game modding needs. I actually sold a 3d render of someone’s Roblox character once in middle school. During the summer I completely built my own pc. (I describes it as Designed and built computers; modified software in my free time)

[robust grail]

i felt bad since it was planned months in advance and my counselor only told me what like 2 months in advance

[ruby timber]

Ok so my extracurriculars are for sure the weakest part of my application 😭 My grades and SAT are all pretty good even by IVY standards and my essays(m are hopefully good(?)

I have nothing big or unique at all. I have Archery which I’ve done for years and I included the awards I won last season. I shot at a national competition but I didn’t win anything and I was in a really bad mental state at the time (and also I was shooting against like 70 people with me being the youngest up to like 60). So I think that helps?

I also solo volunteer at an assisted living home every week to play games with the senior citizens and I help them around their rooms and to the bathroom and stuff (not a part of my volunteering duty). It’s not crazy special but it’s like a dozen women and they all crazy adore me 😭 I know this is super generic but a lot of colleges want a community impact, so this isn’t large scale like most top ones want, but is there a way to fluff it up? One of the ladies actually offered to write me a LoR through her son

[ruby timber]

That’s crazy

We found out in like march?

I think my ECs sound better laid out like that tho than in common-app format

Cause I have no state or higher awards besides archery

[robust grail]

my counselor told me and the other girls like 2 weeks before school ended.

[ruby timber]

Bro our teacher made us promise we had nothing in the way of it

[sinful copper]

Mine were:
3.7 years of internship at amazon as a high schooler
Shadowed a lawyer
ICDC
National math olymp
National MUN
Nonprofit board member for like 30k raised or smth

lowkey ahh

[errant topaz]

Haha, it's just something I found passion in

[robust grail]

guh

[sinful copper]

Ts tuff bro

[robust grail]

omg guys actually what the hell

i’m
being ec mogged 😭

[ruby timber]

Trust your not

[errant topaz]

im being stat mogged

[sinful copper]

Oh one my essays was about how I invested the money I made from my internship into stocks and made 473% ROI the first year 🙈🙈

[errant topaz]

we're all fine

[ruby timber]

I’m willing to bet if you wrote them out they’d sound vetter

[sinful copper]

Ye exactly

[ruby timber]

I never did any competitions or essays or anything like that

[sinful copper]

bro ik ppl who wrote like
"Gave a speech to over 700 people" when it was genuinely js a MUN conf

Like u can exag so much

[ruby timber]

So many ECs are fluffed up

But I felt too guilty to do that

[sinful copper]

I quit my paid internship four days after submitting all my apps

[errant topaz]

Mine was how I grew my project 400% from 10k to 50k

[slate kite]

when do honors come out

[sinful copper]

Cause it went in as October 2022- present in my resume LMAO

[ruby timber]

As NHs treasurer I said I raised $1500 for our holiday drive 🤞

Which is technically true

[errant topaz]

tuff

[ruby timber]

End of march?

[lament hull]

ok bro

[ruby timber]

Sometime in march I think

[lament hull]

why is username that

[sinful copper]

Tuff bro I think I did like 70k to 400k in stocks (NVDA 2024)

[errant topaz]

nvidia the method

[sinful copper]

bro I bought at 198 and sold at 1023

[errant topaz]

im conforming to the hate

[sinful copper]

I deadass remember selling it in my English honors class

And going crazy

[errant topaz]

looks like mid stats + crazy good ecs were the trend this year now that im looking at it

[sinful copper]

Made NHS team and was too lazy to do anything

[sinful copper]

yea my stats were eh

Like good ish

[errant topaz]

what were they if u dont mind me asking

[ruby timber]

Yep

I think it’s really cause colleges want community people

Who’ll go start things in their name

Grades are great but colleges already push their academics

[sinful copper]

4.54 w, 1530 SAT

I think 3.87 or smth along 3.8 uw

[lament hull]

roughly the. same

[lament hull]

yea same lolz

[sinful copper]

Yea

[errant topaz]

if thats eh

https://tenor.com/view/flightreacts-reaction-flight-reacts-flight-reacts-flightreacts-gif-14526489174047821058

[sinful copper]

English fiddled with me

[lament hull]

fr

[ruby timber]

I got capped with 5.2 W and 1570 sat

So it’s not a stats thing 😭

[sinful copper]

If I didn't choke English all 3 years I could've ended with a 4.67 😭😭

[errant topaz]

holy yall are very academically qualified

[sinful copper]

I got rejected but I'm also intl

[ruby timber]

Ohh yeah

[lament hull]

oh my

[ruby timber]

That’s so much harder

I’m in state

And I was super close to auto

[lament hull]

U GOT CAPPED INSTATE??

[sinful copper]

Yea intl lowk touching me

[lament hull]

bro

im done

[ruby timber]

As of now I am in the 5 percent

[errant topaz]

🫂

[ruby timber]

But I wasn’t when I applied

[errant topaz]

ut slimed people out

ong

[sinful copper]

fahhh

[lament hull]

i give u an offer

[errant topaz]

top 1% sat got capped wallahi we're fried

[sinful copper]

Bro I had a new EC after I submitted my app

[robust grail]

same here i got like okay stats

[lament hull]

yea gg

[sinful copper]

And all the schools took it apart from UT I think

[errant topaz]

?

[sinful copper]

It was such a good EC bro

[lament hull]

u take my umd and purdue cs acceptances and i take ur UT eng acceptance

🙏

[ruby timber]

I’ve heard there’s not a huge difference between who was accepted and who was capped

[errant topaz]

cant u appeal or something?

[sinful copper]

nah bro apparently I sent it too late even tho it was like mid Jan

[errant topaz]

im in state, 1320 sat, 3.55 uw gpa

accepted

eng

[lament hull]

himmy

[ruby timber]

Considering they capped the Harvard guy I’m taking it with a grain of salt

[sinful copper]

lowk take my uchicago and gimme UT with 2 years free 😭😭

[errant topaz]

can you throw in a snickerdoodle

ill consider

[sinful copper]

bro research lowk tuff

I should've done more

[lament hull]

gotchu

[sinful copper]

I only did one paper

[errant topaz]

crazy

[lament hull]

jesus bruh

[errant topaz]

possible yield protection?

[lament hull]

no way

[errant topaz]

[lament hull]

ut dont yield protect

[sinful copper]

Nah UT doesn't

[lament hull]

some jit got rejected UF and got into mit

😭

[ruby timber]

Highly doubt it

[sinful copper]

I got yield from VT

[ruby timber]

UT is still a really good school

[lament hull]

yea

[ruby timber]

They don’t need yield

[sinful copper]

Me with uchcisgo

Bro colleges confuse me

like gimme like a checklist of what u want atp

[lament hull]

😭

[errant topaz]

i got yield protected from questbridge

[lament hull]

i got DEFERRED from uf bro

[sinful copper]

I got rejected 😭

[lament hull]

i mean uf is like sub 20 accept rate

but still

[sinful copper]

Fuck UF

[lament hull]

im instate bro

😭

[sinful copper]

Only thing good is the girls

[lament hull]

hopefully i get in rd tho

[sinful copper]

U got that

[lament hull]

nah uf an all rounds chool lol

[errant topaz]

yes you will

[lament hull]

wud go there over UMD/ purdue

due to cost

[sinful copper]

(Yes I know I'm coping)

[lament hull]

u got chicago tho

🙏

u dont need UF

[sinful copper]

420k 💀

[minor lagoon]

UTs cs prestige is based more on Turing than anything

[lament hull]

true

😭

[lament hull]

isnt that the eng school

[sinful copper]

and then a car and housing after 4 years of college

[minor lagoon]

Nah it’s the honors cs program

[errant topaz]

wait cockrell is top 7?

wth

[lament hull]

or cs

i think turing is honros

[lament hull]

yea

lol

[errant topaz]

holy canoli

[minor lagoon]

CS is within CNS, Turing is the cs honors program

[lament hull]

man u better go b ro

[sinful copper]

I lowk have nothing to do now that apps r done

[lament hull]

g**n

[sinful copper]

I'm always on fort or smells

Reels

😭😭

[lament hull]

js g*on bro

[errant topaz]

i applied to rice and some ivy leagues too

honestly i wouldnt even mind going ut

[sinful copper]

Nah gotto lock in for the summer parties im gna go to 😭😭

[lament hull]

bro

UT eng>Rice eng

[sinful copper]

Some girl invited me to a pool party in Florida with expenses paid

Why r kids so rich

[lament hull]

MMM

I C UU

[errant topaz]

that i agree but my parents want me to go to rice

[sinful copper]

Nah I'm not usually petty but after my girl cheated on me, imma be the most petty kid known

[lament hull]

man rice

like

bro

imagine saying yeah i go to "rice"

https://tenor.com/view/rice-basmati-best-rice-behsad-real-basmati-gif-15608864

[errant topaz]

im vietnamese too

thats funny ashn

[sinful copper]

Person 1: yo I go to rice
Person 2: nice

[lament hull]

🤞

😭

[lament hull]

what is the price

bas

bars

[sinful copper]

Genuinely a convo I've heard

And they both were laughing after too

game is done

Gone

[lament hull]

https://tenor.com/view/bevo-texas-longhorns-football-smoke-gif-11794196381506834567

https://tenor.com/view/rice-basmati-best-rice-behsad-real-basmati-gif-15608864

who wins

[robust grail]

i found my ec list omg

took me forever

photography:

• took a 5 year course offered by my school starting in 8th grade
• highest gpa in photography
• built a photography business that i manage manage myself, i take senior portraits, sports photography, wedding photography, commercial, and extremely well rounded in other areas.
• gained my certification in adobe photoshop
• president of photography club
• 4x back to back gold key winner for scholastic art competition
• have my art featured locally at a restaurant

student council:

• all 4 years
• started and organized $3k for a fundraiser to donate to a local breast cancer clinic for the very first time in my schools history
• historian 🥳

skills usa texas:

• president of skills usa club for my school chapter
• 2x state qualifier for job exhibit: digital image manipulation
• best in show for digital image manipulation
• 2nd place photography district 11 competition
• 2nd place at state for photography

tutor

• started in freshman year
• tutored for kids at an after school program everyday (m to f) for 2 hours as volunteer service in math, history, and english
• gained over 800+ volunteer hours

literary magazine at my school:

• staff, graphic designer for the magazine
• not much to it besides my work was featured all 4 years of hs

cheer

• captain
• varsity all 4 years, not much because we don’t do competitive cheer

mu alpha theta (didn’t include in my college apps)

• just a member i don’t do anything

after ut:

• won champion @ austin rodeo in the senior photography division
• i get to go to austin later in march and then talk about my piece at a live auction!!
• in the pool for grand champion at the san antonio rodeo, the grand reward is $10k in scholarship money!!!!

a lot of the leadership positions i got was cause literally no one applied 😭

[errant topaz]

they dont know that 😉

your ecs are goated though!

[robust grail]

for some reason i feel like i did like so little the past like 4 years

it reads better on my resume

[errant topaz]

yeah me too lolol

[robust grail]

i’d say my ecs def helped my ut app tho

my academics were kinda meh

[lament hull]

ngl i minimally inflated my hrs and shi

😭

[errant topaz]

u got in?

[lament hull]

like its not wild but