shank001 wrote:
finmaster wrote:
So I was fortunate enough to hear it from an adcoms member himself:-
1. You need to upload the scanned copies of your transcripts, the ones that your university gave you (in my case this happens to be the transcripts that I got during the four years of my undergrad education).
2. They will review your app, invite you for interview and, if they believe you're fit to be admitted, they will hold your decision and not intimate you of the final decision. They will wait for your university to mail the actual official transcripts to UT Austin.
3. Once the UT Austin receives the official transcripts, from your undergrad university, they are going to tally it with the scanned copies that you're uploading right now.
4. Everything being fine, they will make you an offer of admission.
I didnt quite understand point 2.
The instructions say "If you receive an offer of admission, you will be required to submit an official paper copy of your transcript. "
But in point 2 you say that they will not intimate you of the final decision until your university sends the final document. This is contradicting.
Your case is similar to mine. Are you going to upload the scanned copy of your transcripts from point 1 during the application submission and later during the official submission?
So basically they will make their mind up about your candidacy but they won't tell you. They will wait, wait , wait...till UT Austin receives official sealed envelopes of transcripts from your undergrad univ. Once UT Austin has those envelopes, they will tally those 'official' transcripts with the ones you're uploading now and two days later.
See basically, UT Austin doesn't allow McCombs to make an offer admission until UT Austin can verify your transcript data. That's also why UT Austin will ask for your scanned copies in that email two three days after submission.
I'm going to upload my usual transcripts PDF now and again two days later. Within the next few days, I'll visit my university and ask them to send a copy of the transcripts to UT Austin.