By Nikki Dabney
Staff Writer
For many seniors, the hardest part about the college application process is the waiting. Students put much time and effort into preparing resumes, filling out applications, and assembling recommendation letters to meet a strict deadline, and then suddenly there’s nothing to do except to wait.
It was rumored that the University of Texas at Austin would be notifying their applicants if they got accepted or denied sometime last week. As a result, seniors were checking their MyStatus page as often as they could to check on their application status. For a generation that is linked to their phone, as often as they could meant at least every class period.
Just as the suspense couldn’t rise any higher, the results were released as promised. This weekend, UT-hopefuls discovered their fate. The atmosphere at school on Monday was very mixed; about half the students arrived wearing their best UT attire while the other half wore a face that said it all- they didn’t get into the school of their dreams.
As usual, social media was blasted with photos of acceptance letters and posts from older siblings proud to welcome their brother or sister into the Longhorn family. Other students who did not apply to the University of Texas expressed congratulatory remarks to some and offered their condolences to others.
While not everyone got in, many CHS seniors were accepted into the Coordinated Admission Program (CAP). CAP was designed to expand the admission options available to students interested in enrolling at The University of Texas at Austin. Students can attend another UT System university, such as UT Arlington or UT San Antonio, for a year and then they can transfer to Austin. Although this program can get students where they want to be, for some it is not enough.
“I’m not going to do the CAP program because I want to attend a university for the full fours years to get the full college experience,” senior Hayley Struck said. “I honestly wish they would have just denied me instead of giving me this option.”
Some UT applicants have still not been notified of their admittance. The top ten percent students (who were automatically admitted into the university) have still to learn of their acceptance into the school relating to their major and athletes are still waiting as well.
As the year whines down, the waiting process will end. More students will hear from their schools. More students will be relieved. More will be let down. But in the end, it is assured that everyone will end up where they’re meant to be.
