Getting into Texas Universities: Create your Perfect Apply Texas and UT-Austin Applications
Reduce your Application Stress and Maximize your Texas Admissions Chances
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Are you interested in diving deep into college admissions while putting forward your best applications? How do you write outstanding college essays? What does an admissions reviewer see after you press submit?
Getting into Texas Universities is perfect for you.
Kevin Martin, the founder of Tex Admissions, builds on his popular UT-Austin admissions guide Your Ticket to the Forty Acres and Surviving the College Admissions Madness. In over 65 modules, this course walks you through the holistic review process for first-time freshman and transfer applicants. Understanding how admissions works at UT-Austin will make you more competitive for selective programs nationwide. It is the most comprehensive material for college applications available anywhere.
This course provides over 12 hours of premium audio commentary, 35 application workshops where you see essays and resumes evolve from first drafts to final submissions, and dozens of Apply Texas essays and college resume samples so that you can better understand how reviewers score applications. Includes audio and ebook copies of Your Ticket and Admissions Madness.
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Kevin Martin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin as a first-generation college student with a Bachelor’s degree in Government, History, and the Humanities Honors program. After serving in UT’s Office of Admissions where he reviewed and scored thousands of college applications, he completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Malaysia. Kevin travels the world while helping students apply to college through his business Tex Admissions and Admissions Madness. He is the author of the popular UT-Austin admissions guide Your Ticket to the Forty Acres and his unconventional take on higher education Surviving the College Admissions Madness. With his inside perspective and critical approach to college admissions, his clients have found success at prestigious universities nationwide. He has explored 115 countries and counting.
Course Curriculum
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StartIntroduction: Stumbling into Admissions
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StartSection I: Introducing Holistic Review
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StartChapter 1: What are my chances?
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StartChapter 2: The Personal Achievement Index
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StartChapter 3: Factors you can control
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StartChapter 4: The Academic Index
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StartSection II: What Does the Reviewer See?
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StartChapter 5: Who is your admissions reviewer?
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StartChapter 6: College fairs and high school visits
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StartChapter 7: Admitting for "fit"
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StartSection III: Dispelling Myths: Race, Privilege, and Affirmative Action
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StartChapter 8: A brief legal history of affirmative action
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StartChapter 9: Why does UT-Austin consider race?
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StartSection IV: Putting Your Application Together: A Tactical Approach
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StartChapter 10: Correcting Misconceptions
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StartChapter 11: Crafting Compelling Essays
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StartChapter 12: Building Effective Resumes and Recommendation Letters
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StartSection V: College, School, and Honors Admissions Data
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StartChapter 13: Regular Admission Data and Statistics
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StartChapter 14: Honors Admission and the Application Process
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StartSection VI: What Comes Next? Receiving Your Decision
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StartChapter 15: The Transfer Guide