UT Austin requires at least one official SAT, ACT, or CLT score from the testing agency. Self-report in MyStatus after you send the official file. Deadlines: Oct 22 (EA) and Dec 10 (regular).
UT Austin requires first-year applicants to send at least one official SAT or ACT score directly from the testing agency. Official Classic Learning Test (CLT) scores also satisfy the requirement. You may self-report in MyStatus after you request the official file. The official file still has to arrive by the deadline.
Source: UT Austin freshman admission and the admissions FAQ. SAT code 6882. ACT code 4240.
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For Summer/Fall enrollment, Early Action application is October 15 with supplemental materials including official scores by October 22. Regular application is December 1, materials by December 10. Decisions: EA by January 15, 2027 (admit or defer), all decisions by February 15, 2027. UT does not require SAT Essay, ACT Writing, ACT Science, or SAT Subject Tests. Students may submit ACT with or without Science; both are treated equally. If Science is on the report, the composite including Science is in the review. Application fee is $75, with waivers available. The score requirement is separate from Texas automatic-admission rank rules. Do not confuse a rank path with a missing test file.
October 3, 2026 is the SAT that still feeds Early Action if the agency file lands by October 22. November 7 feeds regular. September 19 ACT is this week; only useful if you already sat and can send the file. Do not wait to self-report and forget the agency send. MyStatus is not the official file.
The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Register on the official site, not through a prep company. If this school is required, a test date you cannot enter is not a plan. If this school is optional, sit only if you will use the score somewhere. Texas-wide score context (not UT policy) sits on average SAT score Texas.
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A UT Austin score-range article, if you open one, is the band. This page is the rule: official SAT, ACT, or CLT, on time.
A required school does not grade your homework. An optional school does not forbid a test date. A test-free campus will not read the SAT in admissions even if the PDF is in the portal. The work is still five questions a day if any campus on the list will use a number. The bank is 25,000+ questions on iPhone, Android, and the web with the same account. Free accounts get three quizzes a day, five questions by default. Ace at $19/month removes both daily caps. Official full-length practice stays in Bluebook. Khan Academy Official SAT Prep is the lesson when a named miss needs a teacher. Larry Learns is the dose. The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Registration is on College Board or ACT, not inside a quiz app. October 3 regular registration closes September 18. Late registration for that date stays open through September 22. If you still need October 3 for Early Action or Early Decision, use the late window. After September 22, November 7 is the live target (regular deadline October 23). December 5 remains if you need two months.
UT Austin's operational rules, in order. Official scores must come from the testing agency; MyStatus self-reporting does not satisfy the requirement on its own. SAT code 6882, ACT code 4240. There are two clocks, not one: Early Action applications are due October 15 with official scores by October 22, and regular applications are due December 1 with scores by December 10. The application fee is $75 for domestic applicants, with waivers available, and $90 for international applicants, where no waivers are offered. CLT satisfies the requirement alongside SAT and ACT.
The UT Austin-specific miss is self-reporting in MyStatus and never sending the agency file. MyStatus is not official. Official SAT, ACT, or CLT must arrive by October 22 for Early Action or December 10 for regular. The second miss is taking the October 3 test and requesting the send on October 21. Agency files take days. Request the send when you register. The third miss is delaying a test date to add ACT Science or an SAT Essay. UT does not require those. If Science is on the report, the composite including Science is in the review, but you may send ACT without it. CLT also satisfies the testing requirement. Codes 6882 and 4240. Fee is $75. Rank-based Texas admission paths do not delete the test file. Two clocks: apply by October 15 for EA, and land the official score by October 22.
UT Austin requires an official SAT, ACT, or CLT score from the testing agency.
You may self-report in MyStatus after requesting the official send. The official agency file must still arrive by the deadline.
No. With or without Science is accepted. If Science is present, that composite is in the review.
6882. ACT is 4240.
October 22 for Early Action, December 10 for regular, for the Summer/Fall cycle on the freshman page.
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