We are moving through the Plan II Honors applications as quickly as we can while staying committed to a thorough, fair and careful evaluation. All applicants will receive a written letter notification through the US mail from Plan II regardless of the outcome, but the majority will not hear until mid- to late-February.
In addition to the offers of admission that we hope to have out by February 25, Plan II will offer the wait list option to a limited number of top applicants for whom we do not have enough spaces to make admission offers. If the number of applicants who were offered Plan II admission and accept the offer is low, Plan II will make offers of admission to some applicants on the wait list.
If you plan to attend UT Austin, regardless of your Plan II admission decision, the wait list is a no-brainer if it's offered to you. If you are seriously considering another school if you are not admitted to Plan II Honors, then you must consider your options carefully. If you do not pay the $200 UT Enrollment fee by May 1, 2011, Plan II cannot consider you for admission from the wait list. UT will cancel your admission offer; Plan II cannot reinstate your UT admission.
If you were offered the wait list option, rather than offered admission outright and you wish to be included on the Plan II Honors Program wait list, you must:
1) Respond/petition in writing, on or before Friday, April 15, 2011
o The letter requesting placement on the Plan II wait list, should be addressed to the Plan II Admissions Committee
o Send the letter to the attention of:
Jennifer Scalora, Director of Plan II Admissions
Plan II Honors, The University of Texas at Austin
1 University STA G3600
Austin, TX 78712-0569
2) Enclose the most recent record senior grades. (If no new grades have been added, your rank has not changed, and no other information has changed on your transcript since it was originally submitted, clearly state this in your letter and do not send another copy. But if you applied using your transcript with grades only through the junior year, you should submit your senior year grades.)
o The grades and letter should be sent directly to the Plan II Honors office, (unlike the original application documents which had to be submitted to the UT Office of Admission).
If we do not receive written correspondence from you by April 15, we must assume that you have made other choices and no longer wish to be considered for admission by Plan II Honors. Remember too, that if you have not paid the $200 enrollment fee, UT will cancel your UT Austin admission, and Plan II Honors will not be able to consider you for admission from the wait list.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Happy New Year!
Well, we are well more than half way through our applications, but we've made a little fewer than half of the admission offers we'll make for 2011. Things will pick up speed from here on. We still expect to have about 95% of our offers made by the end of February.
Now seems like a good time to address wait list offers too. Plan II will offer the wait list option to a limited number of top applicants for whom we do not have enough spaces to make admission offers. If the number of applicants who were offered Plan II admission and accept the offer is low, Plan II will make offers of admission to some applicants on the wait list.
If you plan to attend UT Austin, regardless of your Plan II admission decision, the wait list is a no-brainer if it's offered to you. If you are seriously considering another school if you are not admitted to Plan II Honors, then you must consider your options carefully. If you do not pay the $200 UT Enrollment fee by May 1, 2011, Plan II cannot consider you for admission from the wait list. UT will cancel your admission offer; Plan II cannot reinstate your UT admission.
If you were offered the wait list option, rather than offered admission outright and you wish to be included on the Plan II Honors Program wait list, you must:
1) Respond/petition in writing, on or before Friday, April 15, 2011
o The letter requesting placement on the Plan II wait list, should be addressed to the Plan II Admissions Committee
o Send the letter to the attention of:
Jennifer Scalora, Director of Plan II Admissions
Plan II Honors, The University of Texas at Austin
1 University STA G3600
Austin, TX 78712-0569
2) Enclose the most recent record senior grades. (If no new grades have been added, your rank has not changed, and no other information has changed on your transcript since it was originally submitted, clearly state this in your letter and do not send another copy. But if you applied using your transcript with grades only through the junior year, you should submit your senior year grades.)
o The grades and letter should be sent directly to the Plan II Honors office, (unlike the original application documents which had to be submitted to the UT Office of Admission).
If we do not receive written correspondence from you by April 15, we must assume that you have made other choices and no longer wish to be considered for admission by Plan II Honors. Remember too, that if you have not paid the $200 enrollment fee, UT will cancel your UT Austin admission, and Plan II Honors will not be able to consider you for admission from the wait list.
Unfortunately, we can’t give any firm number on anyone’s chances of admission from the wait list. Only those who respond in writing to the Plan II wait list offer will be considered again for Plan II admission. In years past, about 50% of those offered the wait list responded. Assuming similar numbers to past years, the “active wait list” in any given year might include about 30-50 names. From that list, we might admit a modest number of applicants in mid-May.
Now seems like a good time to address wait list offers too. Plan II will offer the wait list option to a limited number of top applicants for whom we do not have enough spaces to make admission offers. If the number of applicants who were offered Plan II admission and accept the offer is low, Plan II will make offers of admission to some applicants on the wait list.
If you plan to attend UT Austin, regardless of your Plan II admission decision, the wait list is a no-brainer if it's offered to you. If you are seriously considering another school if you are not admitted to Plan II Honors, then you must consider your options carefully. If you do not pay the $200 UT Enrollment fee by May 1, 2011, Plan II cannot consider you for admission from the wait list. UT will cancel your admission offer; Plan II cannot reinstate your UT admission.
If you were offered the wait list option, rather than offered admission outright and you wish to be included on the Plan II Honors Program wait list, you must:
1) Respond/petition in writing, on or before Friday, April 15, 2011
o The letter requesting placement on the Plan II wait list, should be addressed to the Plan II Admissions Committee
o Send the letter to the attention of:
Jennifer Scalora, Director of Plan II Admissions
Plan II Honors, The University of Texas at Austin
1 University STA G3600
Austin, TX 78712-0569
2) Enclose the most recent record senior grades. (If no new grades have been added, your rank has not changed, and no other information has changed on your transcript since it was originally submitted, clearly state this in your letter and do not send another copy. But if you applied using your transcript with grades only through the junior year, you should submit your senior year grades.)
o The grades and letter should be sent directly to the Plan II Honors office, (unlike the original application documents which had to be submitted to the UT Office of Admission).
If we do not receive written correspondence from you by April 15, we must assume that you have made other choices and no longer wish to be considered for admission by Plan II Honors. Remember too, that if you have not paid the $200 enrollment fee, UT will cancel your UT Austin admission, and Plan II Honors will not be able to consider you for admission from the wait list.
Unfortunately, we can’t give any firm number on anyone’s chances of admission from the wait list. Only those who respond in writing to the Plan II wait list offer will be considered again for Plan II admission. In years past, about 50% of those offered the wait list responded. Assuming similar numbers to past years, the “active wait list” in any given year might include about 30-50 names. From that list, we might admit a modest number of applicants in mid-May.
Monday, December 6, 2010
When Will I Hear from Plan II? What's happening?
Plan II has finalized reviews on 35% of the applications we have received to date (12/6/10). We have mailed two groups of offers of admission (115 offers). About 2/3 of the Plan II Honors offers of admission remain to be made.
Every applicant who completes all the UT and Plan II application requirements (on-time!) receives a thorough review and full consideration for Plan II Honors Program admission.
However, Plan II Honors reviews applications in the order in which they become complete. If your application documents were not completed until the final week before the deadline, your application will be among those we review much later in this admission cycle. It’s likely to be February before we review your application and notify you of the Plan II admission decision if you did not have every document submitted before November 22, 2010.
If you submitted any application documents on or after November 28, and they do not yet reflect on the Status Check, you have to be patient. Those documents may not show up on Status Check for another week, perhaps a day or two more.
Because so many applicants wait until the last week to apply, UT Admissions receives about 20,000—25,000 PAPER DOCUMENTS (transcripts, letters of recommendation, supporting documents and even résumés and essays which can easily be submitted electronically) from the applicants who apply in the final week before the deadline. UT received more than 15,000 applications after Thanksgiving and about 75-80% of those had at least one paper document.
Every paper document must be logged in, assigned a unique identification number and then be digitally imaged. In the case of transcripts, the staff at UT Admissions must manually enter the senor year course schedule units and check for the State’s minimum and the UT minimum high school requirements. It’s a tedious process that is complicated by shear numbers.
As far as admission offers at this point in the process, early on we skim off the very top of our applicants and offer admission to a small number until we get through most of the applications (which will be mid-February at the earliest). Those who are not scored in the top ranks won’t here from us until February. It COULD conceivably still be good news: There are some who are right on the cusp, but we will wait until we’ve seen most of the applicant pool before we make a Plan II offer of admission. And, there will be some very strong applicants, who submitted after November 20 (or so) that we won't even review for the first review until mid-, even late-February.
Every applicant who completes all the UT and Plan II application requirements (on-time!) receives a thorough review and full consideration for Plan II Honors Program admission.
However, Plan II Honors reviews applications in the order in which they become complete. If your application documents were not completed until the final week before the deadline, your application will be among those we review much later in this admission cycle. It’s likely to be February before we review your application and notify you of the Plan II admission decision if you did not have every document submitted before November 22, 2010.
If you submitted any application documents on or after November 28, and they do not yet reflect on the Status Check, you have to be patient. Those documents may not show up on Status Check for another week, perhaps a day or two more.
Because so many applicants wait until the last week to apply, UT Admissions receives about 20,000—25,000 PAPER DOCUMENTS (transcripts, letters of recommendation, supporting documents and even résumés and essays which can easily be submitted electronically) from the applicants who apply in the final week before the deadline. UT received more than 15,000 applications after Thanksgiving and about 75-80% of those had at least one paper document.
Every paper document must be logged in, assigned a unique identification number and then be digitally imaged. In the case of transcripts, the staff at UT Admissions must manually enter the senor year course schedule units and check for the State’s minimum and the UT minimum high school requirements. It’s a tedious process that is complicated by shear numbers.
As far as admission offers at this point in the process, early on we skim off the very top of our applicants and offer admission to a small number until we get through most of the applications (which will be mid-February at the earliest). Those who are not scored in the top ranks won’t here from us until February. It COULD conceivably still be good news: There are some who are right on the cusp, but we will wait until we’ve seen most of the applicant pool before we make a Plan II offer of admission. And, there will be some very strong applicants, who submitted after November 20 (or so) that we won't even review for the first review until mid-, even late-February.
Monday, November 22, 2010
'Tis the Season....
We are burrowing through piles of applications as fast as we can.
Folks who applied by November 1 should know that their application will be reviewed before other applicants', but an early review doesn't guarantee early notification. We do want to notify applicants of their Plan II admission status as soon as possible however. We don't like keeping people waiting any more than you want to wait. :-)
The good news/bad news is that we are seeing a lot of really wonderful applications. Of course, we are thrilled to see them and humbled that so many talented, bright and exciting individuals chose to apply to Plan II. The bad news is that it makes our jobs harder since we simply cannot admit all the great applicants.
We will send at least one more bunch of admission offers before the UT Winter Break and will keep reviewing files and notifying applicant throughout January and February.
Best of luck to all.
Folks who applied by November 1 should know that their application will be reviewed before other applicants', but an early review doesn't guarantee early notification. We do want to notify applicants of their Plan II admission status as soon as possible however. We don't like keeping people waiting any more than you want to wait. :-)
The good news/bad news is that we are seeing a lot of really wonderful applications. Of course, we are thrilled to see them and humbled that so many talented, bright and exciting individuals chose to apply to Plan II. The bad news is that it makes our jobs harder since we simply cannot admit all the great applicants.
We will send at least one more bunch of admission offers before the UT Winter Break and will keep reviewing files and notifying applicant throughout January and February.
Best of luck to all.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Notification and Timing
Early submission of application documents does not necessarily guarantee an early response. Plan II will review applications, in the order that the applications are completed. However some applications will be "held" until the full applicant pool is under review.
All Plan II Honors applicants will receive notification in writing, via the US mail, regardless of the admission decision. We will not discuss admission decisions on the phone, except in cases where the applicant is out of the country and the timing of mail delivery is unpredictable.
We expect to notify all applicants by February 20, 2011, but many applicants will hear much early. In any case, all Plan II admission decisions will be complete by March 15, 2011.
See Admission Notification
All Plan II Honors applicants will receive notification in writing, via the US mail, regardless of the admission decision. We will not discuss admission decisions on the phone, except in cases where the applicant is out of the country and the timing of mail delivery is unpredictable.
We expect to notify all applicants by February 20, 2011, but many applicants will hear much early. In any case, all Plan II admission decisions will be complete by March 15, 2011.
See Admission Notification
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Current Students as an Admissions Resource
Plan II has many student volunteers who are happy to share their personal impressions of Plan II, their decision process when they chose Plan II over other schools, their classroom and dorm experiences, their “extra-curricular” experiences, etc. These email ambassadors are an important information resource for prospective applicants.
At Contact a Plan II Student, you will find a long list of students willing to answer questions about their experiences at UT, in Plan II, in the dorms, in Plan II Honors and UT Austin student organizations, etc. Each student’s double-major and/or dual-degree information (including pre-med and pre-law) is noted. Feel free to contact as many email ambassadors as you wish. Ask them questions about their experience, such as:
What do you like, or not like
* about Plan II?
* about UT?
* about the students, the faculty, the dorms, the campus, or about Austin?
* about combining this or that major and/or degree?
* How did you manage your time?
* Were you still able to include outside activities?
etc., etc., etc....
Please note: We discourage these students from giving any kind of formal/direct “advising,” because we want to be sure every Plan II student and applicant gets answers from our trained, professional admissions and advising staff.
For instructions on how to apply to Plan II, please browse through our Admission pages, which direct you to official application information. Questions about the application or about the Plan II Honors program or curriculum? Contact: Admissions
At Contact a Plan II Student, you will find a long list of students willing to answer questions about their experiences at UT, in Plan II, in the dorms, in Plan II Honors and UT Austin student organizations, etc. Each student’s double-major and/or dual-degree information (including pre-med and pre-law) is noted. Feel free to contact as many email ambassadors as you wish. Ask them questions about their experience, such as:
What do you like, or not like
* about Plan II?
* about UT?
* about the students, the faculty, the dorms, the campus, or about Austin?
* about combining this or that major and/or degree?
* How did you manage your time?
* Were you still able to include outside activities?
etc., etc., etc....
Please note: We discourage these students from giving any kind of formal/direct “advising,” because we want to be sure every Plan II student and applicant gets answers from our trained, professional admissions and advising staff.
For instructions on how to apply to Plan II, please browse through our Admission pages, which direct you to official application information. Questions about the application or about the Plan II Honors program or curriculum? Contact: Admissions
Monday, October 11, 2010
Submit your required Expanded Résumé On-line
Good news. The UT Office of Admissions has upgraded the on-line résumé submission process. Now, when you submit your résumé electronically, it is saved as a PDF document. Your formatting is preserved.
This system is faster. Your document will be acknowledged on your Status Check site immediately. It's safer. You résumé will be protected by your UT EID and password so it's secure. There are no length limits.
No more faxing or mailing. This is absolutely the best way to go!
Be sure to read the information on BeALonghorn at Résumé.
This system is faster. Your document will be acknowledged on your Status Check site immediately. It's safer. You résumé will be protected by your UT EID and password so it's secure. There are no length limits.
No more faxing or mailing. This is absolutely the best way to go!
Be sure to read the information on BeALonghorn at Résumé.
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