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UT's admissions are dictated by state law: the top 6% of all Texas high school students are offered automatic entry to the university — making up 75% of the school's incoming class.
The University of Texas at Austin was ranked as the 18th most selective in the South. [119] As a state public university, UT Austin was subject to Texas House Bill 588, which guaranteed Texas high school seniors graduating in the top 10% of their class admission to any public Texas university. A new state law granting UT Austin (but no other ...
The University of Texas admissions controversy grew out of the investigations and public statements of a member of the University of Texas System Board of Regents.Wallace L. Hall Jr. was appointed to a six-year term in February 2011 by then Governor Rick Perry. [1]
Fisher v. University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
The American-Statesman’s guide to application deadlines at Austin-area colleges and what’s different about applying this year.
Texas House Bill 588, commonly referred to as the "Top 10% Rule", is a Texas law passed in 1997. It was signed into law by then governor George W. Bush on May 20, 1997. The law guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class automatic admission to all state-funded universities.
The University of Austin (UATX) is a private, [4] liberal arts university located in Austin, Texas. [5] The university has established a campus in downtown Austin's Scarbrough Building , and enrolled its first undergraduate cohort in the fall of 2024.
Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996), [1] was the first successful legal challenge to a university's affirmative action policy in student admissions since Regents of the University of California v. Bakke . [ 2 ]