UT-Austin changes automatic admissions threshold from 7 to 6 percent

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2. The cutoff rate used to include everyone that was in the top 10% of their high school class.

Unfortunately, there isn't much space for adding more classrooms at UT and their facilities are maximum capacity. It is also nearly impossible to work a full-time job and obtain a postgraduate degree at UT. I looked into getting a masters degree there and it would have likely required four to six years to complete because of my daytime schedule.

My best shot to get a masters degree would have been at Texas State in San Marcos, but that would have involved about a 40 minute drive in each direction. Texas State has the reputation as a party school so I didn't see much benefit for the buck by obtaining a degree from there.