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UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZEDTESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardizedtesting scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. News & World Report in 2024.
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The PSAT, or Preliminary SAT, is a standardizedtest that gives you a sneak peek at what the SAT will be like. Submit your CSS PROFILE if you’re applying early. While the FAFSA opens after October 1, some schools require the CSS Profile earlier in the fall if you’re applying through their earlyadmission process.
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These days, your options extend well beyond a semester abroad with exciting options for joint and dual degrees with top universities in the U.S. Although not a hyper-selective admissions process, these programs are nonetheless competitive. You can apply ED to William & Mary but there is no earlyadmission for the joint degree.
As shared in the post about earlyadmissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Take more standardizedtests. Deferral Statistics.
Over 8,500students applied to UPenn through its binding Early Decision program this year, around 500 more than last year. UPenn admits around half of its incoming class through the early round. Standardizedtest scores remain optional.
We will have to wait until the final application numbers are available before fully understanding the trends, but this increase may reflect a more permanent shift in students and colleges relying on earlyadmission plans.
Since REA applications are reviewed without your senior year’s first-semester grades, you’ll need to show consistent performance up to that point. You’re ready to apply early. You’re still working on test scores. You’re planning to take or retake standardizedtests and want to include your improved scores.
The student agrees to withdraw all other applications, and not accept any other offers of admission. Early action programs are a hybrid. Students may apply early under these early action (EA) programs and receive an earlyadmissions decision. So why, then, do colleges like the early decision process?
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