Purpose:
On-site, summer admission program policy applicable to U. T. Austin
Date Approved:
November
16, 2000
Background:
In order to better control overall student enrollment while admitting quality students, on November 16, 2000, the Board approved a revision to the Provisional Admission Policy for The University of Texas at Austin to establish a Summer Enrollment Plan. The Plan, effective Summer 2001, is designed to yield approximately 600 regularly admitted students, as set out below. The top students who are not offered regular Fall Admission would be offered the Summer Enrollment Plan. The revised Program will be evaluated at the end of the third year.
With the initiation of the Summer Enrollment Plan, students would enroll in typical first-semester freshman courses. This would relieve some of the course availability problems currently experienced in the Fall semester. These students would be held to the same GPA requirements placed on students entering in the Fall. They would be free to select courses appropriate to their goals. Using current matriculation rates, it will be possible to enroll a total freshman class of 7,000 (6,400 Fall plus 600 from Summer) without increasing overall enrollment.
Last reviewed April 2003