Stay on Track with your Application Submission: Don't delay.

Forgive my slow posts. The early consideration deadline absorbed a lot of my attention these last couple of weeks.

Now that it has passed however, I want to encourage prospective applicants to complete and submit the required application documents as soon as it is feasible.

I VERY strongly recommend completing the application process LONG before the January 15 deadline. Because Plan II does rolling admissions, the competition increases as the application cycle moves forward: fewer spots are available, therefore the competition is stiffer for each available offer of admission. We put applications into the review process in the order the applications are completed. So if you are waiting to submit essays or other required documents, your delay might your chances of admission.

Furthermore, the closer we get to the deadline, the harder it is to track your application documents. So many UT applications arrive each day during the last two weeks prior to the deadline the whole system slows dramatically. ApplyTexas applications load into the system slower: the 24-hour lag becomes a 48 to 72-hour lag before you can access the honors application.

If you submit documents by mail, the documents are digitized and loaded slower due to the sheer numbers arriving every day. Your teacher is pressured to submit a recommendation faster. Everything gets harder. Meanwhile applicants’ (and their parents') anxiety levels are rising. Don't delay! Smart applicants will have their applications complete and submitted by the last day of classes before their schools' winter break.

Remember too: Plan II notification is strictly in writing from Plan II Honors via US Mail. Plan II admission decisions will NOT be reflected on the Status Check website. Most, if not all other admission decisions are available on the BeALonghorn Status Check website if the applicant logs on using the UT EID and password (https://utdirect.utexas.edu/admissions/status_check.WBX).