Admission Process

This information has been updated for the fall 2009 application cycle:

The University of Texas application requirements include:

• The on-line honors application is accessible only after an applicant has completed and submitted the ApplyTexas.org application.

• NOTA BENE: An applicant must also submit two essays to submit the Freshman Scholarship application by the December 1 deadline. These two essays are A & B, the same two essays required for the UT application and for Plan II Honors application.

• An applicant must complete and submit all of the following items before access to the UT CAMPUS HOUSING application is available.

  • ApplyTexas, (see How to Apply)

  • $60 UT Austin application fee
    There is NO additional fee to apply to Plan II Honors. Do NOT send any application documents, application fee checks, housing application fees or deposit checks or University enrollment fees to the Plan II Honors office.

  • SAT or ACT (with writing) test scores
    Plan II does not require any additional tests or scores to apply or be admitted.

  • official high school transcript
    See required high school courses. Plan II does not require additional coursework or special classes.

  • two essays (Essay A and Essay B)

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To complete the additional requirements to apply to Plan II Honors, submit:

• the electronic honors application (accessible after applicant submits ApplyTexas and other UT application requirements),
• the Plan II Honors academic/personal statement (contained within online honors application),
• on-line Teacher Recommendation form using the on-line system
  One electronic recommendation is REQUIRED for the application to be considered complete. If the recommending teacher wants to send a letter, the letter MUST BE IN ADDITION TO the electronic form. Submit only one (recommending teacher) recommendation form for Plan II application.
• Résumé. See Personal Achievement. This should be submitted electronically at: BeALonghorn Essay & Resume Submission.

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

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Plan II Honors Application Process in Brief

• 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.
  
  If you don't put Communication, Red McCombs School of Business, Fine Arts or Engineering in the first spot, you almost definitely won't be admitted and you almost certainly won't be considered for the college scholarships.
  
  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) will not schedule auditions for prospective music majors who do not put CFA in the "first" college choice spot.
  
  
• Toward 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.
  
  
• 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

Do NOT send any documents or materials directly to Plan II Honors. All application materials go directly to the UT Office of Admission.

• Deadline for applying to UT Austin and to the Plan  II Honors Program for freshman admission in the fall 2009 semester is  January 15, with no exceptions.   (THE FALL 2010 application deadline will be December 15 and the Fall 2011 application deadline will be December 1.)
  

• Applicants must complete AND submit the ApplyTexas.org application, INCLUDING THE TWO ESSAYS, before gaining 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.
  

• It’s imperative to recognize that the deadline is NOT a “postmarked date.”  All documents, the electronic recommendation form, transcripts, TEST SCORES (officially, electronically reported from the TESTING AGENCY, not photocopied on HS transcripts) must be AT THE UNIVERISTY’S OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS on that date....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.
  
  
• An applicant does not need to take any action to stay in the applicant pool if denied by Plan II Honors or any other competitive major/degree.
  

• The last SAT test for which the scores can be reported on time for the November 1 Early Consideration deadline is the October 4, 2008 testing date.  The last SAT test for which the scores can be reported on time for the January 15, 2009 Plan II and University of Texas at Austin FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE is the December 6, 2008 test.
  

• ACT scores from the test date of October 25, 2008 will need Priority Reporting ($13.50 extra) to make it to UT for the Plan II Honors November 1 Early Consideration deadline.  The December 13 test date is the last ACT testing date for which scores will be reported in time to meet the January 15, 2009 Plan II and University of Texas at Austin FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE
  

• Plan II Honors recommends that all applicants  apply by DECEMBER 15, 2008  or earlier.  If there are any problems  with your application (missing documents, especially required essays and the  teacher recommendation forms are the most common) we have time to help you  complete your application before the deadline.  Remember, with the new January 15 application deadline, there will be a big two-week gap where most high schools will be closed for winter break as will most offices on the UT campus.  It will be difficult (perhaps impossible) for applicants to request recommendations or transcripts during that time.  
  

• Applying late in the application cycle (after  January 1) may adversely affect an applicant’s likelihood of  admission.  Remember, we do “rolling” admissions.  There are fewer spots available as we move closer to the deadline, because Plan II will continuously offer admission from December 15 on-ward.  Competition will be stiffer as fewer spots are available.  And, you are likely receive your admission status notification later if you apply later.
  

• Two essays total 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.   

• 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 SUBMITTED AND EVERY PAGE OF APPLYTEXAS.org AS YOU COMPLETE AND SUBMIT PAGES AND DOCUMENTS.

• MOST IMPORTANTLY:  USE THE ON-LINE STATUS  CHECK WEBSITE: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/admissions/status_check.WBX

-Every applicant is responsible for checking  the status of his/her own application documents and application status.