This brought the acceptance rate for the holistic pool to about 5%, tighter than Harvard or Yale. For 2021, the total number of applications increased to 57,500 but the number of seats remained the same. If you subtract the 7,500 direct admit applications from the 51,000 total applications, this amounts to a selectivity rate of 5.8% for the holistic pool. Students from all over the world apply to win one of these coveted seats. The remaining 2,550 seats are awarded on a holistic basis - where every aspect of the student's profile is considered. No other factor matters but the class rank, which is computed based on the relative weighted average GPA. From 2013 to 2018, applications to UT Austin rose from 38,000 to 51,000 for about the same size of the incoming Freshman class of 10,200.īy Texas law, 75% of these 10,200 seats are given out to high school students who rank in the top 6% of their class. With the city of Austin's standing as an effective alternative to Silicon Valley and numerous high-profile multi-billion dollar investments from Big Tech, UT's prestige has dramatically increased in recent years. In terms of prestige among the country's top public universities, UT is nearly in the same league as the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia. The university's Engineering, Computer Science, and Business programs are consistently ranked in the top-10 in the country, better than similar programs at Ivy League schools. Boasting over 4,800 graduate assistants including more than 1,800 research assistants, UT has earned Carnegie Foundation's classification as an institution that engages in 'Very high research activity.' Four Nobel laureates are affiliated with UT.

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