how i got into UT after getting CAPPED! appeals tips & tricks

[@ernie6403]

this video was SO helpful. i just got capped (a year later after this video lol), and i've never cried harder in my life. i'm definitely going to appeal, and am going to try my hardest to get admitted now. the way you spoke heart-to-heart at the end of the video really helped calm my nerves/anxieties. thank you so so much for this.

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

aweee that's too sweet! thank u so much for showing love. i was def in your place before and when i tell u i BAWLED, i BAWLED. but have hope and you will be okay at the end of the day.

[@aliqobe]

Did your appeal end up working?

[@dianaw4072]

Thank you for this! My son just appealed- he brought his SAT score up 200 points since his application. Crossing our fingers and toes. He’s still ok with being capped because at the end of the day, he still gets his chance to graduate a longhorn. 🧡

[@Toni_monster]

Watching this 3 years later, but I really appreciate your insight on this. I was denied from my dream UC today and this video definitely prepared me for my appeal. Thank you for being so vulnerable in this to help us out ❤

[@mckenziemortgage]

ngl i rlly appreciate u spreading this info, i got capped yesterday and i was so so so soooo hard on myself in previous months cuz i so focused on getting in. when i got capped, i just said wtv and with this appeal, im saying wtv too. ty ty ty tyyy

[@carolimem]

Thank you so much for this video!! I've just been denied from my dream school and I'm in a weird situation where I have to get into the schools sister school for the program I want to do. I got in to the hard one that is selective on art portfolios, but denied from the easier school because of my grades. I'm appealing with the other director of admissions advocating for my appeal. It helps me so much to see other people get appeals accepted.

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

best of luck and congrats!!

[@nelsonasusiya3476]

3 minutes into the video and I'm in love with you already. 😂❤

[@lianamena4274]

you are a freaking GODDESS!!! thank you for posting this video ILY!!

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

AH STOP IM BLUSHING

[@Aisha-uv2jz]

thank you so much for this video! i just wanted to make sure that if i send an appeal, they won’t take back their offer for CAP if they think like “nah nvm”? maybe it’s an irrational fear but i don’t want them to take a second look and decide not to offer me any way into ut.

[@map5948]

I was wondering that too bc im going to appeal as a CAP student however in my essay I didn’t mention anything about getting into CAP

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

im sure this is not a problem at all. i have never heard anyone getting their cap offer revoked. dw too much :)

[@saltshaikher2265]

Nope, appealing doesn't interfere with your CAP offer!

[@map5948]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046 thanks !!

[@aiztoh]

Oh my, this is so much help, especially in the end! I'm doing this for worst like I can't go next if I can't pass this through summer.

[@persues03]

😭😭you’re a life saver sis

[@persues03]

Just wondering what do use to edit and make you’re thumbnails...I’m assuming your iPad

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

AH glad i helped

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

@@persues03 yup i used my ipad and a drawing app

[@sarahkapoor1083]

you put my feels in to words at 10:00

[@madisonwalker4524]

How long did it take for them to give you back your appeal decision?

[@DazedDreamer79]

Thanks for this video. I have a quick question; do you personally believe that food insecurity is a viable extenuating circumstance? My grades were rather low during my freshman year due to my both of my parents becoming unemployed. I started off high school with a 2.7, as it was rather difficult to prioritize my academic success when you’re unsure when your next meal will be. However, my parents found work towards the end of my sophomore year, and my grades in junior and senior year reflected this. I had around a 4.17 in junior year and a 4.83 in my senior year. I managed to increase my gpa to a 3.6, and I’ve taken around 12 or 13 aps. Sorry for the lengthy text, but my main question is if food insecurity is a valid explanation for my situation? Thanks

[@partyrocker404]

I am not the maker of this video but as someone who is planning on appealing their transfer decision I personally feel like that is a completely valid extenuating circumstance. I know you have probably already submitted that appeal by now but I just wanted to say that it is amazing that you were able to academically recover like that and I am proud of you and regardless of what they say you should also be proud of that. it is horribly unfair that one bad year in high school can have such a major impact on your gpa.

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

i didn't see this till now but hailey said it well and i am also v proud that you got through something so difficult

[@규하이-g7d]

Hey~ sorry for asking. I’m foreigner, so I couldn’t get the meaning of ‘get capped’. What’s that mean? I’m looking for the information how to transfer to UT Austin from community college.

[@lrfpv5292]

Just got accepted to UT for Electrical Engineering. I live in Washington, so out of state. Incredibly grateful for the opportunity. Good job getting accepted.

[@nikita6822]

could u please tell us your stats? I am a junior and I'm applying next year

[@lrfpv5292]

@@nikita6822 3.98 UW GPA (~4.4 weighted) Varsity XC + Track 4 years 1470 SAT (got super unlucky, and bc of the CCP virus I could only take it once) Electronics Projects (RF, C++, embedded systems, 3D printing, etc) Piano Violin USTA Tennis Orchestra-concertmaster Article Writer for FPV company President RC club Church volunteer LINK Crew Speedcubing Hope this helps. Good luck!

[@nikita6822]

@@lrfpv5292 thank you so much! could you tell me what your high school rank was.. i’m not in top 10% so i’m kind of scared:/

[@lrfpv5292]

@@nikita6822 my school did not rank. If I could guess though I think I was probably top 10%. At least uw GPA. Weighted maybe 20 because I only took 8 APs.

[@ducvankhanhtran1472]

Same for me. I also got CAP and appealed and then got admitted to UT!

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

CONGRATS

[@yashaspradeep7073]

hey can i see your appeals essay I got capped as well

[@sofiaramos7055]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is exactly what I needed :)))

[@danielsnodgrass1045]

In terms of the formatting of your appeal, did you write it in a more narrative and anecdotal style like your original application essays. Or was this more alongside an informational text listing developments and attributing to your growth?

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

more informational i would say. you want to get to all your points and present facts. however, you also can't really portray your development without somewhat being "narrative and anecdotal". but i would just keep in mind to be objective

[@saltshaikher2265]

This helped me so much! Thank u

[@britanyalejandre8362]

Does everyone who is rejected get capped? Like is UT’s way of rejecting you I’d by putting you in cap?

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

No! Some students get cap or partial admittance into pace. You can definitely just flat out get rejected

[@divadiva684]

Hi, please assist with this my question, after you appealed did you call anyone at UT to follow up and get status of your appeal or to confirm if your appeal was received? Thanks.

[@michellehua4493]

Same here, I'd like to know this too

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

i got an email that my appeal was received and then there was a follow up email where they were like you'll receive a notification in your MyStatus portal after its reviewed but that it would be no later than a certain date.

[@michellehua4493]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046 Thank you!

[@divadiva684]

Thank you!

[@map5948]

Wait I wrote about my grades:( I wrote about how I got a 4.0 this semester and made honors graduate, and I wrote about how it was hard as an IB Diploma candidate having to do IB assessments along with course work......I haven’t submitted it yet cause I’m waiting for my teacher to write a LOR if she can so should I re write it???

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

at the end of the day, it's your appeal. if you feel that your grades prove why you should be in ut, then go for it. my thing is just there's tons of kids that study hard and get good grades. you want to stand out from other people. but if you convey the committee that your grades are exceptional then im sure that's fine too. LOR isn't required but it ofc does help. dw about that you can't get it rn tho. if you're meant to get in, you will.

[@map5948]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046 thanks so much for the advice!! I just submitted it yesterday and I did end up talking about my 4.0 but I explained further and I am in CAP so if this doesn’t work out I always have CAP I’m just hoping for PACE but so true what’s meant to be will come thanks sm:)

[@nicholasjohansen2279]

@@map5948 hey! were you accepted?

[@jj-vn9hl]

@@map5948 did ut austin end up accepting you or offer you PACE?

[@map5948]

@@jj-vn9hlHiii unfortunately they did not:,) but I am actually at the university of Washington! So everything worked out for me fine fortunately, I do hope if you got capped and send in an appeal they accept it!

[@javicanx]

Would you recommend i send SAT scores with my appeal when i initially opted out for sat score submission for 22-23 freshman year

[@sajanisilla295]

I'm in the same position, did you end up sending your scores?

[@malaine6901]

Thanks so much for the information and advice! So there is a deadline to join CAP, is it possible for me to apply/ say yes to CAP then go to another school?? Because UT isn't my dream school but I haven't got the decisions from the other schools yet. Basically, I am not committed to UT yet but if I get rejected from the other schools, I'd like to take the CAP route.

[@lianamena4274]

Hi!! CAP isn't binding (thankfully)!! So if you are unsure of what school you'll be attending, then I recommend joining CAP just to have a secure backup plan. Also, I'm unsure of the deadline, but I suggest submitting your agreement on the start date, February 12th (especially if you want UTArlington or UTSA).

[@malaine6901]

@@lianamena4274 thanks so much!

[@divadiva684]

@@lianamena4274 hi after you submit the appeal, do you contact UT to verify if the appeal was received and or get the status update for the appeal or just wait it out? Thanks

[@lianamena4274]

@@divadiva684 hi there!! I haven't submitted my appeal yet, but from my understanding, there will be a "receipt" or time as to when you turned it in. You have until March 15th to turn it in and everyone will get their decisions by April 1st. Hope this helps!! Good luck!!

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

im not exactly sure how this works so thanks liane for answering the questions

[@isabelcsitkovits5139]

thank you so much!! i have a question about the letter of recommendation and transcript upload. when u go to submit the appeal, it says to choose a file for these things. however, the counselor would send the transcript straight to the school, and the teacher i asked for a LOR probably doesnt want to send it to me. how did you upload these things??

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

What I did was I got an updated report card from skyward (your school site that posts all your grades) and took screenshots of my gpa and ranking as of now that displays my government name. Since it matches everything and they can attach it my UTEID, I think that was good enough

[@map5948]

@@zariawebb-atkinson1976 so you took a ss of your cumulative GPA and rank on skyward from your phone? Did you upload that onto the files? I have a physical copy of my 1st semester grades and was going to uploaded that but should I also ss my cumulative GPA and rank on skyward?

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

@@map5948 Honestly, if you want your proof to be taken legitimately I would go for the most professional approach. You only need to provide information that is new and would actually help your case. Since idk what exactly new evidence you're bringing to them, I can't really advise you to do anything.

[@map5948]

@@zariawebb-atkinson1976 ok thanks!!:) I’m already upset that I didn’t get a LOR so I only uploaded a transcript and my GPA and rank but I was capped so I’m hoping to just get into PACE😅thanks for everything !!:)

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

i would definitely have the counselor send the transcript and have the teacher send the LOR.

[@miaarredondo7763]

For those of us that want to provide a LOR, can we upload our teacher's LOR in additional documents? or do they have to send an email/letter to the school themselves? and if so, where do they send them to?

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

i think the only option for ut is that they give you a space in your mystatus to upload the LOR yoursel. i don't think there's an email they send it to from what i remember.

[@handfulofmushrooms1135]

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[@ellentally3789]

Will submitting the LOR and the updated transcript for my appeal, be the same way I submitted them for my original application? Or will it be different?

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

not sure but i think you go to your mystatus and it should have a space in documents where you upload both

[@sashes375]

does appealing rescind the CAP offer?

[@saltshaikher2265]

Nope

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

im 99% sure it shouldn't

[@WorkHardTowardYourGoals]

How long does it take to hear back after submitting an appeal

[@Hello-ze1sd]

Congratulations sending you so so much love 💕💕💕🩷🩷🩷

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

About to graduate now but THANK YOOUU

[@malaine6901]

Another question, is it true that if I say yes to the CAP program, do the requirements and get a high GPA, I would get accepted into UT's liberal arts college? My major is business/entrepreneurship/ management so I applied to the school of business. After CAP, am I going to the school of business or liberal college?

[@lianamena4274]

Hi!! So once you meet all the CAP requirements, you pretty much create a new application. (A short essay, new letters of rec, etc.) On this application, you can apply to your first-choice major. For example, you would put Mccombs school of business as your first choice, but as your second choice, you would put liberal arts in which you have a guaranteed spot. I recommend following @kaitlyntt97 on TikTok, she goes over every detail of CAP. Hope this helped!!

[@malaine6901]

@@lianamena4274 Oh ok, thanks so much!

[@ddtn11]

hi! i got capped! and i wanna ask did you win any honors or recognitions or did your grades go up drastically and you put them in your appeals? lmk! thx!

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

my grades didn't drastically go up so i didn't add them. i did an fbla competition where i placed but only put it on my resume. hope that helps!

[@kazandracaballero9814]

Should I participate in CAP if I am graduating with dual credit (I’m going to graduate with an associates degree)? I’m worried that graduating in 3 years instead of 2 is worth it or not😭

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

that sounds like something you should decide for yourself like i really could not tell you what to do lol. there's merits and downsides when going to college like education and debt. there's also many factors that play into this decision like what you hope to do in the future.

[@michellehua4493]

On the UT portal, it only gives me the option to appeal to the major I originally applied for, I've decided to change majors, is it possible to appeal for another major? It's not because of the difficulty of the major, more of I finally found out what my true passion is and the major can help me achieve that.

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

yes, you should be able to appeal to another major.

[@michellehua4493]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046 Thank you so much!

[@sakinajaffrey1238]

were you in the top six percent?

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

nope 8%

[@azinoebe4087]

please can I send you my appeal letter for tamu?

[@rachelzhan]

Hi! Would you please answer my question: does accept the CAP agreement affect your appeal process? I am really worried about it. Thanks so much!

[@michellehua4493]

That's a great question, I'd like to know too!

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

i really don't know the answer to this question :( but i think accepting the agreement wouldn't hurt your chances.

[@rachelzhan]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046Thanks! I asked several people and seems like nobody knows....even my counselor. I would probably accept it, but not sure if I am going to go. Just keep the option open

[@perlas8680]

Thank you.

[@shravminchill3561]

Hi my sister tried to contact you. I appreciate if you could help her. Thanks

[@jennifermelissaayala7996]

I got CAP, but I also just received new rankings. My school is very small (68 students) so being in the top 6% was a struggle, when I apply I was #5 which equals around 8%, now I went up to #4 and I am in the top 6%. Do you think that they will automatically admit me, or is it still a risk?

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

im not sure if they would automatically admit you (but also im not sure how that works) but writing in your appeal that you are 6% will definitely help a lot. GOOD JOBBBBB CONGRATS!

[@jennifermelissaayala7996]

@@whatdidlinzsay3046 Thanks! I’m hoping that will help: thank you for responding

[@IbrahimKhan-jd2yy]

Ranks are set after junior year for applications. Rank changes generally do not make a difference with appeals but spend some time and write a great appeal anyway. It can only help you.

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

@@IbrahimKhan-jd2yy I'm not sure if this applies to you, but I know for my school, the rank sent to the college was whatever it was at the time you sent in the application. So, if you send in your application after your first semester of senior year, it would be your end of first-semester senior year rank. But what you said about how rank changes generally do not make a difference, I agree. Nevertheless, if it drastically went up like you're in-state and now you're 6%, then I would definitely mention it.

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

Wait a second....can you appeal more than once???

[@map5948]

No I don’t think so

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

nope :(

[@rizzoli7]

ayee ;)

[@rizzoli7]

p.s - i got into McCombs after appealing :)

[@jj-vn9hl]

@@rizzoli7 what did you write about

[@user-vx2fw7qe1n]

Ngl feel like texas got it right, got like 30 kids in my school with 5.0 gpa, here I am with 4.2 and 3.9, terrible sat (hate studying) and I was focused on work, not school, I want the green, not the number, I regret my choices but I understand why texas put me in cap, i at least want pace , if I get pace, I would be the happiest person ever, and it’s not even exaggeration, but life never goes your way I guess

[@whatdidlinzsay3046]

No matter what, be proud of yourself. No one else understands what you've been through. Trust that everything will work out

[@Gio-de3on]

Relatable LMAO