The final application deadline for UT Austin and for Plan II Honors is January 15, 2009. Waiting until the last minute to complete your application is the fastest way to lower your chances of getting admitted to Plan II or to UT Austin.
If you received an email from UT Admissions this week reminding you that your Honors Application is incomplete, please pay very close attention to the instructions.
Critical note: there is a 48-72 hour lag from the time you submit ApplyTexas to the time you can access the on-line honors application and the teacher recommendation system. So, if you don't submit ApplyTexas until the last minute, you just may find that you're ineligible for Plan II....because you procrastinated. Don't do that!
DO NOT FAX OR MAIL ANYTHING TO PLAN II HONORS. That will add another day or two to the time. We cannot receive your application documents here. We must send them to UT Admissions.
Note too that, due to the number of documents submitting to UT Austin every day, UT Admissions processing is currently taking 7-10 working days to process paper application materials (transcripts, paper resumes, etc.). If you send something by mail, you need to assume 2-3 days for delivery (perhaps more with the holiday season), PLUS 7-10 working days for your documents to be assigned a unique ID number, logged and digitized.Check your Application Status page for updates. Do not call me or UT Admissions to see if a document is here. If you send it late, you wait until they get to it. It will show up on the status check when it has been processed.
Smart applicants will have all documents submitted before January 2, 2009. That's the group you want to be part of.......
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
December Early Consideration Notification
All the early consideration notifications have been mailed as of December 11, 2008. Remember, the University's mail system often adds one to two days to the usual time that US mail delivery takes, so most folks won't receive their mailing from Plan II until Tuesday, December 16 or Wednesday, December 17.
If you haven't received something from Plan II by Friday, December 19, and you know your application was complete by November 1, email me. Although I am officially on vacation the week of December 15--19, and the University and Plan II Honors are closed from December 22 through January 5, I will check email regularly. If your notification was lost in the mail, I will make a trip by the office to resend your notification.
We saw an increase of about 15% in the number of early applicants this year. Although we had originally planned to hold the number of admits to only 50, we admitted a few more than that due the higher percentage of applicants. We also deferred more early applicants than we had originally planned.
If you are deferred there is, unfortunately, no guaranteed date by which you will hear on your final Plan II admission status other than the final April 1, 2009 deadline. I know it's very hard to wait to hear. I also know it makes your tough choices and decisions harder when you don't have all your admission information. Hang in there...but continue to explore other options! There are no promises with the deferral. I sincerely hope you won't give up on Plan II, but I certainly don't want anyone to turn down good opportunities for the Plan II "maybe."
If it makes anyone feel any better, we're having a hard time too. Believe me, we can really relate to the problem of having tough choices to make. As is the case every year, Plan II is receiving very strong applications from so many exciting and interesting students it makes my head spin. We get really bummed out when we must deny and defer so many super neat, smart and talented applicants.
Remember: 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. Log on with your UT EID and password.
I've enjoyed getting to know you all through your emails and your applications. I've laughed often, learned a few things and even shed a tear here and there while reading your essays. I hope everyone has a very safe and a very happy holiday season. I know it will be happier for those who receive good news from Plan II, frustrating for those receiving a deferral and a little less festive for those who find a denial letter in the mailbox. But you all have my very best wishes for all things good, jennifer
If you haven't received something from Plan II by Friday, December 19, and you know your application was complete by November 1, email me. Although I am officially on vacation the week of December 15--19, and the University and Plan II Honors are closed from December 22 through January 5, I will check email regularly. If your notification was lost in the mail, I will make a trip by the office to resend your notification.
We saw an increase of about 15% in the number of early applicants this year. Although we had originally planned to hold the number of admits to only 50, we admitted a few more than that due the higher percentage of applicants. We also deferred more early applicants than we had originally planned.
If you are deferred there is, unfortunately, no guaranteed date by which you will hear on your final Plan II admission status other than the final April 1, 2009 deadline. I know it's very hard to wait to hear. I also know it makes your tough choices and decisions harder when you don't have all your admission information. Hang in there...but continue to explore other options! There are no promises with the deferral. I sincerely hope you won't give up on Plan II, but I certainly don't want anyone to turn down good opportunities for the Plan II "maybe."
If it makes anyone feel any better, we're having a hard time too. Believe me, we can really relate to the problem of having tough choices to make. As is the case every year, Plan II is receiving very strong applications from so many exciting and interesting students it makes my head spin. We get really bummed out when we must deny and defer so many super neat, smart and talented applicants.
Remember: 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. Log on with your UT EID and password.
I've enjoyed getting to know you all through your emails and your applications. I've laughed often, learned a few things and even shed a tear here and there while reading your essays. I hope everyone has a very safe and a very happy holiday season. I know it will be happier for those who receive good news from Plan II, frustrating for those receiving a deferral and a little less festive for those who find a denial letter in the mailbox. But you all have my very best wishes for all things good, jennifer
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