Dean's Scholars Program Online Application

For a special application for current or transfer students, click here.

You may also request that a written application 
be mailed to your address.

Applications should be submitted prior to February 15, 2004. Applications received after that date may be considered only in extraordinary circumstances.

To apply for admission to the Dean's Scholars Program, complete each of the text fields in this form and click the "Submit this application" button at the bottom.

Also, send us (or have sent to us) by postal mail a copy of your high school transcript that is most recent. This should include at least eleventh grade. This must be an official transcript, stamped and signed by a school official. The transcript must include class rank even if it may be an estimate, unless it is the policy of your school not to reveal class rank. Please note: The Dean’s Scholars Program requires a transcript separate from the one sent to the University of Texas at Austin Office of Admissions. An application is not complete until the transcript has been received.

Finally, ask two teachers, at least one of whom is a science or mathematics teacher, to complete the Faculty Reference forms. The forms, as well as your transcript, should be sent directly to:

The University of Texas at Austin
Dean's Scholars Program
College of Natural Sciences , Office of the Dean
1 University Station G2550
Austin, Texas 78712-1199

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Full Name:

Email Address:

Date of Birth:

Postal Address:

City, State, and Zip:

(Note All correspondence will be sent to this address. Please inform Dean’s Scholars immediately if there is any change.)

Phone:

High School:

Most Recent Class Rank:
out of

Date of Ranking:

SAT scores: Highest total at single testing:

Verbal score (for that testing):

Mathematical score (for that testing):

Expected major(s):

1. List any advanced placement examinations you have taken, the dates taken, and the scores received (if available).

2. List any SAT II examinations you have taken, the dates taken, and the scores received (if available).

3. List each school or community activity in which you have been involved during the last three years in order of its importance to you. Include only those in which you had a significant role. Include your period of involvement, the role you had, an approximation of how much time was devoted to it, and a short description of what you did. Please list no more than five.

4. List part-time or internships, summer jobs, and volunteer positions, you have held during the last three years in order of their importance to you. Include your position, period of involvement, and hours per week. List no more than four.

5. List in order of their importance to you any significant honors and/or scholarships received during the last three years. Include the award sponsor, basis for the award (e.g. leadership, scholarship, need, etc.), and date received. For awards such as science fairs be specific with respect to the level of competition (e.g. school-wide, state-wide, international, etc.).

6. Briefly, identify your educational and career goals.

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Note: Write a 300-500 word essay on Topic F below. On-line composition of these essays is not recommended. There are two options for electronic submission of the essays. Compose the essays on a word processor, then paste them into the appropriate text boxes on the on-line application. Alternatively, you may write the essays using a word processor and send them to us via email. Click here to submit them.

Topic E: Carefully describe a situation outside the scientific laboratory (i.e. in everyday life) in which it is sensible to apply the scientific method, show how the method is applied, and tell what results you expect to obtain. The scientific method is a broad range of protocols for using data to formulate and test hypotheses; you may choose any version of the method.

Consider writing one paragraph on each of the issues: the situation, the application, and the expected results.

As a sketch of an example, one might hypothesize "The color of clothing I wear affects how attractive others find me." The method employed could be to divide one's wardrobe into six color families and cycle through them ten times attempting to wear as much variety as possible within each family. The number of compliments on appearance could be measured for each family and a positive conclusion drawn if one family receives 30% or more than the average number of compliments.

Topic F: Explain a belief you accepted at some time in your life but have rejected on the basis of a rational process. Perhaps the change was initiated by something you heard or some experience you have had; but for this essay you must go beyond reporting what you heard or describing what happened to you. You must display the process of reasoning that carried you to your new belief. In your essay, be careful to explain the belief itself, reasons you had for holding it, and, most importantly, the rational process that led you to reject it.