Application

  

SAT/ACT UPDATE: High school students who apply to The University of Texas at Austin for fall 2025 undergraduate admission will now be required to submit an ACT or SAT test score as part of their application, as such Plan II Honors will also require SAT or ACT scores as part of the application requirement.  

Application Checklist for Plan II Honors Applicants:

• Common Application for Freshman Admission (Plan II is housed in the College of Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts must be 1 of your college choices; note we DO NOT have to be 1st choice)
• $75 Application Fee
• Student Information Form (if applicable)
• Official High School Transcript and rank
• SAT/ACT (required for Fall 2025 application review)
• Essays 
• Complete Plan II Honors prompts on Common App OR on Honors Application via MyStatus
• Résumé

To apply to Plan II Honors:

Students may apply for Plan II Honors on the Common application or via the on-line HONORS APPLICATION (which is accessible only after an applicant has completed and submitted the Common application). 

Plan II is housed in the College of Liberal Arts, therefore, Liberal Arts must be 1 of the 2 college choices.  It does not matter if Liberal Arts is listed as your first or second choice college - or if you list Plan II Honors as one of your major selection choices.  Listing Plan II as a major selection is not considered applying for Plan II Honors.   A complete honors application for Plan II Honors (5 sentences, short answer prompt and expanded resume - along with all required UT admissions materials) will place you in consideration for Plan II Honors.   If you do not complete the honors application on the Common application you may access the application via My Status. CLICK ON THE HONORS TAB on your MY STATUS page to access the honors application.

Details on how to complete your Common application can be found at Texas Admissions

The Plan II PERSONAL STATEMENT will be listed as an additional prompt to answer. The Personal statement consists of five sentences allowing you to tell the reviewer about yourself.  Please use these five sentences to describe yourself, your life, and your experiences that taken together form an accurate view of who you are and why the interdisciplinary nature of the Plan II honors program appeals to you.  This is your chance to shine.   Be creative! Be unique!  Do not list what was provided in other areas of your application.

Plan II also requires a short answer response.  Fall 2025 Plan II prompt:  

If you could add one required course—on any topic—to your high school’s curriculum, what would it be and why? What would you have liked to learn that wasn’t available to you? Limit your response to no more than 250 words.

Lastly, you must submit a RESUME  Plan II tips on the résumé

Additional Information:

• Plan II does not require a teacher or counselor recommendation.
• Do not send any application materials to the Plan II Honors office.  All materials must be submitted to the University of Texas at Austin Office of Admissions.  Electronic submission preferred in all cases.

Please do not submit documents via US Mail

 

HOUSING:

An applicant may apply for on-campus housing as soon as the UT Austin application process is complete.  

Because housing choice order is based on the date of the housing application, the earlier the application is submitted, the better.

Applicants should NOT wait until they receive an admission offer or until they have made their college choice decisions if they want to live on the UT Austin campus.

The Housing application may be found at applicant's MyStatus site, under the Housing tab.