Visit us at Plan II Honors

Mondays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters, Plan II Honors offers a two-hour information session beginning at 10:00 a.m. at WC Hogg 4.104, the Plan II Honors office (Hogg Heaven).  At the end of the first hour of the session, current Plan II student ambassadors escort prospective students to a Plan II World Literature class from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.  While students attend the class, parents stay for a second hour of information and Q&A.  Session dates noted below.

Registration required.  Use this link:  Plan II Information Session Registration

• A full session will not show on the registration site.

• Plan II does not hold Plan II Honors information sessions during the summer.  (see summer information below)

• The UT Office of Admissions offers general information sessions during the summer.  Visitors may register for UT general information sessions using the same registration link.

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Fall 2012 Session Dates:

Registration for spring information sessions will open in late June, 2012.

Fall 2012 Plan II Honors Session Dates:

• Friday, September 7
• Monday, September 10 and Friday, September 14
• Monday, September 17 and Friday, September 21
• Monday, September 24 and Friday,September 28
• Monday, October 1 and Friday, October 5
• Monday, October 8 and Friday, October 12 
  
  The Oct 8 date will fill up very early due to the Columbus Day holiday.  Make plans as early as possible.  Plan II may hold a special information session or participate in an honors panel in conjunction with Discover UT events, but a Plan II class visit will not be included with that Discover UT session.
• Monday, October 15 and Friday, October 19
• Monday, October 22 and Friday, October 26
• Monday, October 29 and Friday, November 2
• Monday, November 5 and Friday, November 9
• Monday, November 12 and Friday, November 16
• Monday, November 19 (Campus offices are closed on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for Thanksgiving holidays.  No classes or information sessions are held.)
• Monday, November 26 and Friday, November 30 
• UT Austin classes end Friday, December 7

Spring 2013 Session Dates:

• Monday, February 4, 2013 and Friday, February 8
• Monday, February 11 and Friday, February 15
• Monday, February 18 and Friday, February 22
• Monday, February 25 and Friday, March 1
• Monday, March 4 and Friday, March 8
• No Plan II Honors information sessions will be held the week of UT Austin Spring Break, March 11 through March 15, 2013
• Monday, March 18   (no session will be offered on Friday, March 22 due to special event scheduled)
• Monday, March 25 and Friday, March 29
• Monday, April 1 and Friday, April 5
• Monday, April 8 and Friday, April 12
• Monday, April 15 and Friday, April 19
• Monday, April 22 and Friday, April 26
• UT Austin classes end Friday, May 3

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We will not overbook sessions and crowd small, intimate seminar classes with too many visiting students. If a session date does not appear on the electronic registration site, it is full or a session is not offered that day. Please check availability and register before you make travel plans. Registration dates may be changed if necessary and an alternative date is available.

Prospective students are enouraged to bring their parents (simply note the number of accompanying visitors at the electron registration site). We have plenty of room for guests.  The number of prospective students visiting the class is what we must limit.

The World Lit class is a (year-long Plan II core curriculum) course which is required of all first-year Plan II students--regardless of AP, IB or SAT II test scores or courses. This class visit often gives prospective students the best sense of what Plan II is all about.

Our Plan II Honors information session agenda includes: 

10:00--10:50 a.m.

• Why Plan II?  What is Plan II? Who should apply?  What do YOU want to do?
• Core Curriculum
• Double-Majors & Dual-Degrees    
• Evaluation Criteria    
• Housing

11:00--11:50 a.m.        Class visit for prospective students and continuation of Info Session for parents that covers:

• Study Abroad
• Test Credits (AP, SAT II, IB)
• How to Apply & Critical Deadlines
• What do you with a Plan II major?
• Plan II Student Organizations & Community

Notes:

While students visit the class, parents are encouraged to stay for the second hour of the information session. We will answer all questions from students or parents.

With advance notice, we can sometimes make arrangments for a prospective students to visit another class in addition to a World Lit class, but other class visits often conflict with campus tours, other college or major information sessions or dorm tours which are an important part of the UT visit. Plan II class visits are restricted to prospective students--no family members or friends may tag along. Most of these are very small seminar-sized classes; we do not wish to disturb the class dynamic with too many visitors.

Plan II Honors discourages summer, weekend, or holiday visits as the only visit a prospective student makes to campus if he or she is interested in Plan II Honors.

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Plan II Office Location and Parking Garage Information

• Make your plans early. Many sessions fill up several weeks in advance.
• Plan II does not offer individual interviews or schedule individual information sessions on days when regular sessions are not offered.
• Sessions will be held on most Mondays and Fridays, and some Wednesdays.  The first fall 2012 session will be Friday, September 7, 2012.
• We're sorry, but Plan II Honors cannot offer individual interviews or schedule individual information sessions on days when regular sessions are not offered.

Plan II recommends:

Printable Campus Tours:

Use The University's Self-Guided Walking Tour of the UT Campus (PDF 1.8MB) to learn about campus on your own and at your own pace.  This makes your day more flexible and allows attendance at other college or program information sessions, tours of dorm(s) and visits to the wonderful Blanton Art Museum, the world-renown Humanities Research Center or the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum. 

See also: The Diversity Tour  (PDF 2.5MB) to learn about spots on campus that serve as a reminder of the campus’s dedication to academic and cultural diversity.

Summer visits:

We discourage visits to campus during the summer.  During the summer, a prospective applicant can't attend a Plan II class, meet Plan II Honors majors, meet with faculty or see campus in any way that will be helpful for a student considering college choices.  This is a really active happening' campus—during the long semesters.  In the summer, it's a relative ghost town compared to the long semesters, with empty buildings on a hot and quiet campus.  A summer visit simply does not give a prospective student good information.  And that's true at the vast majority of college campuses nation-wide.   (Think about bringing prospective students to your high school for a visit in July….)  Only a visit during a long semester can really give a prospective applicant the full picture of what it might be like to be a student at UT Austin.  We will not meet individually with drop-ins during the summer, although the information session brochure will be available.  That brochure may also be downloaded (see link to the right).

Browse the Plan II website: 

We encourage prospective students to visit the University of Texas campus and the Plan II Honors Program office. However, before visiting, we strongly urge prospective applicants to thoroughly browse this website. Our website contains more information than we could ever cram into a one, two-, or even three-hour information session.