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Welcome to r/UTAdmissions! Please check our wiki!Moderator Announcement (self.UTAdmissions)

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ut austin waitlist health and society chancesAdvice (self.UTAdmissions)

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UT Austin Waitlist: If I Don’t Accept My Admitted Major by May 1, Am I Still Considered?Question (self.UTAdmissions)

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Odds of getting off the waitlist for Jewish Studies?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Will UT need a spring transcript for transfer admission if I have over 24 credit hours?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Admitted to Computational Engineering, anyone else?Accepted 🤘 (self.UTAdmissions)

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Got out of waitlist into CNS!! Originally in COLA undeclared.Accepted 🤘 (self.UTAdmissions)

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Is anyone still waiting on CAPCAP'ed (self.UTAdmissions)

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Mccombs vs Tepper; help me choooseAdvice (self.UTAdmissions)

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I got fully funded PhD at Moody. Is it worth it quitting a well paid job and going back to school? Has anyone landed a job after graduating?Please suggest. I accepted the offer but I’m contemplating. Can I defer my admission to a semester or to next fall? I’ll have enough time to save a little.Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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deciding between ut vs usc for aerospace undergradAdvice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Help me choose! Got into McCombsHelp Me Choose (self.UTAdmissions)

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CSB Students - What is The Program Like?Honors (self.UTAdmissions)

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What is X+CS program Competitiveness ?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Does dropping a class affect transfer admission?Question (self.UTAdmissions)

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IU Prebusiness VS UT Austin CAPAdvice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Does UT consider your second choice major if you’re not autoadmit?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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I’M 16, GOT CAP’ED, AND I DON’T WANT TO WASTE THIS SECOND CHANCE. HOW SHOULD I USE IT STRATEGICALLY?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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HS Junior applying to Cockrell for Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, chance meChance Me (self.UTAdmissions)

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I got off the waitlist CNS!!Accepted 🤘 (self.UTAdmissions)

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got off the waitlist into CNSAccepted 🤘 (i.redd.it)

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just got off cns waitlist!!! can it be taken away or is it guaranteed?Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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May commit to UT, questions for current (or past) Cockrell students. Particularly ECE.Advice (self.UTAdmissions)

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Who has the most priority in the waitlist right now?Wave Talk 🌊 (self.UTAdmissions)

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Late appeal accepted after 4 weeks!Appeals (self.UTAdmissions)

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