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Requirements and restrictions McCombs School of Business

Program-specific requirements

Business applicants must apply to the fall semester.

In addition to submitting a complete application for admission, freshman applicants to the McCombs School of Business should also review the following information regarding special application requirements and admission restrictions.

  • Fall-only Admission: First-time freshmen in the School of Business must begin their studies in a fall semester. (Business does not accept spring or summer applications.)
  • Preparation: Students considering a business major should take math and science courses each year of high school.
  • Business Honors Program: Admission to the Business Honors Program requires completion of an additional application.

Restricted Admission: School of Business

Because admission to the School of Business is so competitive, automatic admission as a result of top 10% status is restricted to the most qualified applicants.

Admitting Students to Restricted Programs

  • Top 10% Texas graduates are admitted to Business based on their relative class rank (top 1%, top 2%, top 3%, etc.) until all available spaces for automatic admission are filled. (No more than 75% of the available spaces are filled through automatic admission.)
  • If 75% of the available spaces in Business are filled before all top 10% applicants are admitted, the remaining top 10% graduates compete with all other applicants for the remaining spaces (at least 25%). Admission decisions about these remaining spaces are based on individual review.
  • Top 10% graduates who are not admitted to the major of their choice are considered for their second-choice major. All top 10% Texas high school graduates who meet UT Austin’s application requirements are admitted to the University, although they may not be admitted to their requested major(s).

Learn More about Business

Still not certain about your major choice? Learn more about the McCombs School of Business.

Updated 24 April 2008

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