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. Regular round: apply by Dec 1, official scores by Dec 10.
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, the Early Action application was due October 15 with supplemental materials including official scores by October 22; that round has closed. 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.
For the regular round, the November 7, 2026 SAT (scores November 20) is the last national date that can reach UT by December 10, but its registration closed October 27, so it helps only if you are already registered; request the official send as soon as scores post. The December 5 SAT releases scores December 18 and the December 12 ACT on December 17 at the earliest, both after December 10. 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 December 5, 2026 and March 6, 2027. The next ACT dates are December 12, 2026 and February 27, 2027. 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 30,000+ 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 December 5, 2026 (register by November 20, late registration through November 24) and March 6, 2027. The next ACT dates are December 12, 2026 (register by November 9, late deadline November 29) and February 27, 2027. Registration is on College Board or ACT, not inside a quiz app. For UT Austin's December 10 regular deadline, neither December date reports in time, so these dates help only with other schools on your list.
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 were 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. UT does not superscore: its FAQ says it uses the highest score from one test date.
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 December 10 for regular applicants (the October 22 Early Action date has passed). The second miss is taking the November 7 test and requesting the send on December 9. 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. For this cycle the open clock is regular: apply by December 1, and land the official score by December 10.
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.
December 10 for regular applicants in the Summer/Fall cycle on the freshman page. The Early Action date, October 22, has passed.
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