How to Apply to Plan II Honors

Important details in the Plan II Honors Application Process

• Every Plan II applicant must choose the College of Liberal of Arts as one of the two college choices on ApplyTexas. If choosing a second college, in addition to the College of Liberal Arts (such as the Red McCombs School of Busines, College of Communication, the Cockrell School of Engineering or the College of Fine Arts), put the other college in the "first" position. REALLY! Plan II doesn't care if Plan II is noted as first or second. The other colleges do. A lot. Really.
  
  To maximize your likelihood of admission to the College(s) of Communication, Red McCombs School of Business, Fine Arts or Engineering you should note the other college in the first spot.  The order is not important in the Plan II Honors admission review.  It is important to several colleges' admission and scholarship decisions. Again, the order of the college and major choices is not relevant in the Plan II admission review process.  What we want is for our applicants to have opportunities.   

• In almost all cases, to be considered for admission to the Department of Art and Art History (art history, pre-design, studio art, and visual art studies/teacher certification), the applicant must indicate a major in this department as the first choice. The College of Fine Arts (CFA) usually will not schedule auditions for prospective music majors who do not put CFA in the "first" college choice spot.

• At the end of the ApplyTexas application, under "saved questions," the applicant will see a link for "freshman honors program." Follow the link, and respond "YES" when the application asks if the applicant is "interested in applying to an honors program?" Within 24 to 48 hours of submission of ApplyTexas, the applicant will receive a "thank you for applying to the University of Texas at Austin" email. At that point, the applicant may access the on-line honors application through the STATUS CHECK or BeALonghorn. Read all the Plan II application instructions and requirements before completing.

  NOTE BEFORE SUBMITTING APPLYTEXAS: The honors program to which the applicant can apply will have been determined by the colleges the applicant noted at the beginning of ApplyTexas. If the applicant did not note the College of Liberal Arts as one of the college choices, the applicant will not have the option of choosing Plan II Honors as for application on the on-line honors application.

• Every applicant is responsible for checking the status of his/her application throughout the application process.
  USE STATUS CHECK.

• PRINT AND KEEP COPIES OF EVERY DOCUMENT SUBMITTED AND EVERY PAGE OF APPLYTEXAS.org AS YOU COMPLETE AND SUBMIT PAGES AND DOCUMENTS.

Plan II encourages electronic submission of all documents, including résumés and essays. Any documents mailed, should be sent to the following address via US Mail to:

Office of Admission-Processing
University of Texas at Austin
PO BOX 8058
Austin, TX 78713-8058

To express/overnight materials through a private delivery service
(FedEx, DHL, etc), use:

Tel: 512-475-7387
UT Austin
Office of Admissions/Main 7
2400 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712

CRITICAL INFORMATION

• Deadline for application to UT Austin and to Plan  II for fall 2010 freshman admission is December 15, 2009, with no exceptions.  
  

• Applying late in the application cycle (after  November 15) is quite likely to adversely affect an applicant’s likelihood of  admission.  Plan II reviews application in the order the applications are completed and conducts “rolling” admissions.  We will begin offering admission for the fall 2010 as early as late October, 2009.  There are fewer spots available as we move closer to the deadline.  Competition will be stiffer as fewer spots are available. 

• Plan II Honors recommends that all applicants apply well before DECEMBER 1, 2009.  If there are problems with your application we have time to help you  complete your application before the deadline.

• Applicants must complete AND submit the ApplyTexas.org application to gain access to the on-line honors application, the UT housing application and the scholarship application.  Don’t procrastinate.  Don’t spend months rewriting essays--there is little to gain after the second or third draft.

• Remember to hit the submit button on ApplyTexas.

• See the status of your application documents at STATUS CHECK.  Every applicant is responsible for checking  the status of his/her own application documents and application status.

• It’s imperative to recognize that the deadline is a "received by" deadline, not a "post-marked" deadline.  The transcripts, test scores (SAT or ACT with writing, officially, electronically reported from the TESTING AGENCY, not photocopied on HS transcripts) and essays must be at the University's Office of Admissions on or before December 15, 2009....not “in the mail.”

• SAT and ACT test scores must be officially/electronically reported to the University of Texas Office of Admissions by the testing agency.  Scores that are reflected on high school transcripts will NOT fulfill application requirements.

• Plan II admission decisions are independant from other admission decisions at the University of Texas. An applicant does not need to take any action to stay in the UT Austin applicant pool if denied by Plan II Honors or any other competitive major/degree.

• The early November, 2009 SAT test is the last SAT testing date for which the scores can be reported on time for the December 15, 2009 final application deadline.

• The October 24, 2009 ACT exam is the last ACT testing date for which scores will be reported in time to meet the December 15, 2009 final application deadline.

• Two essays are required to apply to UT.  The same two essays, Essay A and Essay B, fulfill Plan II Honors essay requirements and UT scholarship application requirements.  If an applicant applies to Architecture or to Fine Arts an additional essay may be required.

• Plan II does not admit freshman to spring or summer  semesters.

• Interviews are not offered as part of the Plan II  Honors application process.

• Print and keep copies of every document you mail or submit electronically.

• The Fall 2011 application deadline will be December 1, 2010 (note earlier deadline)