The university will automatically admit students who score a 1430 on the SAT, a 33 on the ACT or a 105 on the Classic Learning Test.
AUSTIN, Texas — A private university in Austin will now automatically admit students based on test scores.
The University of Austin announced it would be introducing a new automatic admissions threshold, which will automatically admit applicants who score at least one of:
- a score of 1430 on the SAT
- a score of 33 on the ACT
- a score of 105 on the Classic Learning Test
Those scores would put anyone in roughly the top 5% of test takers in the nation. Students who are admitted would still have to meet basic eligibility standards and an integrity check, which involves at least one letter of recommendation and a disclosure of disciplinary or criminal history.
In a post on X, the small, private university referred to the national college admissions as “unjust.”
“Students spend high school anxiously stacking their résumés with hollow activities, then collect generic recommendation letters and outsource their essays to tutors or AI,” the post said. “Admissions at elite colleges now come down to who you know, your identity group, or how well you play the game. This system rewards manipulation, not merit. It selects for conformity, not character.”
The post went on further to say that the university hopes to “reward merit, intelligence and courage.”
The University of Austin welcomed its first undergraduate class in 2024.