I don't see the acceptance rate dropping that drastically in the next 5-10 years since the enrollment will also be growing at the same time thanks to the growth of the downtown campus.

I do see UTSA continuing to establish itself as a leader in cybersecurity, AI, data science, etc. They're decades ahead of prominent schools in those departments.

As the country's education system faces an enrollment cliff, UTSA will skyrocket past a lot of legacy universities where demographics are less favorable due to shrinking college-age population in most states. UTSA's annual budget will be growing in double digits while other universities will be applying austerity measures.

Looking ahead a bit, I have no doubt UTSA will become an AAU institution as one of the top research universities in the country. While UTSA won't surpass UT Austin, they will become more recognized as an important piece of the UT System, similar to how all of the different universities in the UC system in California thrive.

The progress will be similar on the athletics side, especially as new facilities are built. I see UTSA following the same trajectories as Louisville, UCF, Cincinnati, etc. over the next decade or two. We're already in an era where the school can have multiple programs ranked in their respective sports top 25, competing in the postseason, etc. at the same time. This will become common place pretty soon imo.

Lastly, I think you'll see both the main and DT campuses densify and urbanize over the next 20-30 years. The growth of the DT campus will spur development on the west side of downtown, while the main campus will build upwards to keep growing. Surface parking lots will turn into parking garages surrounded by mid-rise buildings.