Desi Historian and UT Austin

Ranking (Top 10 in the US); TA and RA positions that come with scholarship benefits up to 100% tuition fee waivers. Highly competitive admission intake process that requires a profile with High GPA scores (>9/10), high GRE scores and research background. A lot of IIT'ians choose this university for their post graduate and PHD programs....Read More

I chose my university based on several aspects - Repute in my field, Sources of Funding. I applied with SOP and filling the general application by December 1, 2022 and heard back by March 2023. I chose my major due to my interest in Statistics and Optimization. GRE was made optional although I submitted mine. GRE 321/340,TOEFL 108/120...Read More

Return on investment, coursework, location. The ece program is one of the best; there are lots of TAships that help with funding, the location is very good , and a lot of hw companies are situated here. These are the main reasons why I chose this university...Read More

I applied to 7 Universities in the US: - Waitlisted: UCSD - Rejected: Stanford, UCB, Georgia Tech, USC - Admitted: Purdue, UT Austin Possible reasons for rejection (these are never revealed by the admissions committee, so I am purely hypothesising): - There might have been too many competitive applicants for the number of available seats - Some schools might be paying attention to unique skill sets (having prior research experience or courses taken in a particular field) that I might have lacked I chose UT Austin for its strong reputation in electrical engineering and world-renowned faculty members. Its location in the technologically and culturally booming vibrant city of Austin also made it a favorable choice I had applied for the Fall 2022 intake, but deferred my joining until Spring 2023. There was no specific factor influencing this decision The entire process took ~4 months. I applied online by the regular deadline of December 15th, and had an interview in February. The admission letter came in early April, and I had time until April 15th to accept it...Read More

I applied to 5 colleges for the Masters in Business analytics program 1) University of Texas at Austin 2) Carnegie Mellon University 3) University of California San Diego 4) University of California Davis 5) University of Washington I got an admit letter from all these universities; The reason I think I got into all colleges I applied was I had work experience in business analytics and gave all the necessary and unnecessary competitive exams so that my profile stood out I selected University of Texas at Austin as the Masters in Business Analytics program here is more tech oriented when compared to all the universities I got into and the program was started a dozen years ago which when compared to colleges like CMU which started their MSBA program 2 years ago gives an edge to UT Austin. Also the program fee when compared to other colleges I got into is at least 30-40 percent discounted here Summer intake as it the most common intake for Masters in Business Analytics program I applied in the month of October 2023, got my acceptance in December 2023 and filled-in the $2000 registration fees which got paid towards my summer semester fees and I applied for Visa in the month of May and got my visa approved on 31st May 2024 and traveled to US on 27th June 2024 where my college started from 2nd July 2024...Read More

I applied to six colleges which are Georgia Tech, UT Austin, UW Madison, Texas A&M, SUNY Buffalo, and Northeastern University. I was admitted to all except Georgia Tech, where I was rejected. My GPA is low and I heard from peers that Georgia Tech accepts applicants with GPA more that 9. One more reason might be I have less work experience and that might have effected my admission. One thing that influenced me to choose UT Austin is its reputation. It is much better than the other colleges that I accepted into. And one more reason is its Tuition fee is bearable and UT waives entire tuition fee if one is able to secure a TA position. The admission process is simple you need to submit SOP, 3 LORs, Resume and an application form and need to pay application fee. Once you have submitted your application you need to wait for their decision. For few streams GRE is optional and for some its mandatory with a cutoff of (315). For MBA one has to take GMAT. For english proficiency you can either take IELTS(min 7.5) or TOEFL(min 90). Overall admission process is hectic, their application website is pretty old and hard to navigate.  ...Read More

I applied to two universities and was planning to apply to one UT Austin: Applied and shortlisted UMN Carlson, Minnesota Applied and shortlisted Anderson school of management, UCLA Was planning to but did not apply because got admitted to my dream school. No rejection as such but the major reasons for rejection according to me are: delayed round admit (always go for round 1) and non-alignment of SoP (generic SoP will not get you admit). Make sure that you highlight what is special about you and why you like the college. Because UT Austin has a better ROI. With less fee and living cost and higher brand value across the US and India, it is worth the money spent. The admission process has a 3-question SOP (one of the questions is a video recording where you need to answer the SOP question and record it) and 2 LoR submissions. The SoP questions are around what you bring as a future student, why you have chosen UT and why you are a good employee for a data science role. Followed by a 15-minute interview to get to know you. They also check your GRE/GMAT (any one) score. The admission team is very responsive and the process is very smooth and always on time I applied for the summer 2023 intake as this is the only intake for the program (the program is of 1 year and gets over in the summer next year). I applied in round 1 and for that, the application process starts somewhere around August and the submission deadline is in mid-September. This is followed by an interview invitation in November and you receive your admission in the 1st week of December....Read More

My overall experience here has been great. I have learnt a lot in my program and I have gotten a lot of opportunities to network with people from different countries....Read More

My overall college experience has been very very good. It is expensive to live and enjoy Austin, TX but it is a great city compared to other parts of USA. Good experience in academics and also social life....Read More

It was a great experience for academics and I made a lot of memories and new lifelong friends....Read More