University of Texas at Austin - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  3	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	41%
  Top quarter	75%
  Top half	98%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 96% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 37% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 89%, SAT math scores over 500 93%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 50%, SAT math scores over 600 63%, ACT scores over 24 69%, SAT verbal scores over 700 12%, SAT math scores over 700 20%, ACT scores over 30 14%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  Above 28	n/a	n/a	20%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	16%
  24-26	n/a	n/a	32%
  21-23	n/a	n/a	22%
  Below 21	n/a	n/a	10%