University of Texas at Austin supplemental essays, 2026-27

Teamwork and community are pillars of the Canfield Business Honors Program. When reviewing your resume, is there a particular aspect that reflects these values? Tell us more about this experience and how you will bring these values to Canfield Business Honors. Limit your response to 300 words.

What it asks for: community you belong to.

The Cockrell-McCombs BS/MS Honors Program is a unique program that integrates engineering and business education from the start. The program provides the fundamentals of engineering and business to develop the leaders needed to ensure economic growth and national security. Why do you see this as a combination of skills that would help you achieve your career goals? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: why this school.

Describe your significant activities, employment and achievements, particularly those relevant to the study of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Also describe your educational and career goals. Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: an activity in depth.

Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business (Texas ECB) is a powerful dual degree program looking for students who are dedicated to both an electrical and computer engineering and business honors education. Why do you see this as a combination of skills for your career goals? What have you done in high school, in the classroom and outside, to prepare you for honors engineering and business course work? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: why this school.

In the Human Development and Family Sciences department, we examine individual and family development from infancy to old age, with a focus on how social, community, cultural, and policy contexts may shape development. Why have you chosen to apply to the HDFS Honors Program? What makes you a good fit? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: why this school.

What knowledge, skills, or experiences do you hope to gain through participation in HDFS Honors, including its research opportunities? How do you hope it will support your academic and professional goals? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: goals and future.

Prospective students cite many reasons for pursuing education in the liberal arts, and we would like to know why you want to do so. In 250 words or less, tell us why you want to study the liberal arts. Consider (but don't feel obligated to answer all) questions like: Why should anyone study liberal arts at all? Why does the world need the liberal arts? What does your liberal arts degree get you? What will you do with your liberal arts education?

What it asks for: why this school.

Help us get to know you better. Please write five sentences (numbered 1-5) that give us some insight into you, your life, your interests and your experiences. There are no right answers — feel free to be creative and think outside the box.

What it asks for: open or creative.

Communication is a fundamental part of human life, influencing every aspect of the world around us. Future communicators like yourself must wrestle with the question of whether communication is motivated by self-interest or cooperation. Discuss an example from a communication discipline (advertising, communication studies, communication and leadership, journalism, public relations, radio-tv-film or speech language hearing sciences), that supports one of the two perspectives. Please limit your response to no more than 250 words.

What it asks for: why this major.

Each of the three CNS Honors Programs has a distinct profile. Why are you a good fit for the Dean's Scholars, Health Science Scholars or Polymathic Scholars program? How will you contribute to that community?

What it asks for: why this school.

Help us get to know you better. Please write five sentences (numbered 1-5) that give us some insight into you, your life, your interests and your experiences. There are no right answers — feel free to be creative and think outside the box.

What it asks for: open or creative.

Texas CSB is an innovative dual degree program looking for students who are dedicated to both computer science and business. Why do you see this as a powerful combination of skills for your career goals? What have you done in high school to prepare you for computer science and business course work? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

What it asks for: why this school.

1. Teamwork and community are pillars of the Canfield Business Honors Program. When reviewing your resume, is there a particular aspect that reflects these values? Tell us more about this experience and how you will bring these values to Canfield Business Honors. Limit your response to 300 words. (300 words) 2. The Cockrell-McCombs BS/MS Honors Program is a unique program that integrates engineering and business education from the start. The program provides the fundamentals of engineering and business to develop the leaders needed to ensure economic growth and national security. Why do you see this as a combination of skills that would help you achieve your career goals? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words) 3. Describe your significant activities, employment and achievements, particularly those relevant to the study of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Also describe your educational and career goals. Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words) 4. Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business (Texas ECB) is a powerful dual degree program looking for students who are dedicated to both an electrical and computer engineering and business honors education. Why do you see this as a combination of skills for your career goals? What have you done in high school, in the classroom and outside, to prepare you for honors engineering and business course work? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words) 5. In the Human Development and Family Sciences department, we examine individual and family development from infancy to old age, with a focus on how social, community, cultural, and policy contexts may shape development. Why have you chosen to apply to the HDFS Honors Program? What makes you a good fit? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words) 6. What knowledge, skills, or experiences do you hope to gain through participation in HDFS Honors, including its research opportunities? How do you hope it will support your academic and professional goals? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words) 7. Prospective students cite many reasons for pursuing education in the liberal arts, and we would like to know why you want to do so. In 250 words or less, tell us why you want to study the liberal arts. Consider (but don't feel obligated to answer all) questions like: Why should anyone study liberal arts at all? Why does the world need the liberal arts? What does your liberal arts degree get you? What will you do with your liberal arts education? (250 words) 8. Help us get to know you better. Please write five sentences (numbered 1-5) that give us some insight into you, your life, your interests and your experiences. There are no right answers — feel free to be creative and think outside the box. 9. Communication is a fundamental part of human life, influencing every aspect of the world around us. Future communicators like yourself must wrestle with the question of whether communication is motivated by self-interest or cooperation. Discuss an example from a communication discipline (advertising, communication studies, communication and leadership, journalism, public relations, radio-tv-film or speech language hearing sciences), that supports one of the two perspectives. Please limit your response to no more than 250 words. (250 words) 10. Each of the three CNS Honors Programs has a distinct profile. Why are you a good fit for the Dean's Scholars, Health Science Scholars or Polymathic Scholars program? How will you contribute to that community? 11. Help us get to know you better. Please write five sentences (numbered 1-5) that give us some insight into you, your life, your interests and your experiences. There are no right answers — feel free to be creative and think outside the box. 12. Texas CSB is an innovative dual degree program looking for students who are dedicated to both computer science and business. Why do you see this as a powerful combination of skills for your career goals? What have you done in high school to prepare you for computer science and business course work? Please limit your response to no more than 500 words. (500 words)

Canfield Business Honors: 300 words; Cockrell-McCombs B.S./M.S. Honors Program: 500 words; Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors (ECE): 500 words; Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business (ECB): 500 words; Human Development and Family Science Honors (prompt 1): 500 words; Human Development and Family Science Honors (prompt 2): 500 words; Liberal Arts Honors (prompt 1): 250 words; Liberal Arts Honors (prompt 2): no stated limit; Moody College Honors: 250 words; Natural Sciences Honors: no stated limit; Plan II Honors (prompt 2): no stated limit; Texas Honors Computer Science and Business (Texas CSB): 500 words.

These prompts ask about community you belong to, why this school, an activity in depth, goals and future, open or creative, why this major. The why-this-school answer must be written for this school. Answers about a community, a challenge or an activity often adapt from drafts for other schools; My Schools maps which of your drafts fits which prompt.