UT Arlington supplemental essays
Yes, for some applicants. Every UT Arlington supplement in 2026-27 depends on the college or program you apply to. ApplyTexas, Common App. Personal statement optional (250-650 words).
The application closes February 15, 2027. Every UT Arlington prompt is printed on this page in full, with its word limit and who has to answer it, checked against the college’s own admissions page.
Deadlines
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Application deadline | February 15, 2027 |
Checked against www.uta.edu/admissions/apply/freshmen. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
The essays, 2026-27
Required (individual review)
A personal statement asking students to articulate any challenges or other extenuating circumstances experienced during their high school career and what they've done to overcome them.
Requested only of applicants who do not meet guaranteed-admission criteria and go to individual holistic review. If that is you, this is required writing.
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Your UT Arlington checklist
No supplement every applicant writes: which ones you write depends on your college or program. The application deadline is February 15, 2027.
- Common App personal statementOptional250-650 words
- One program-specific promptOnly if you apply to the college or program it names. All printed in full above.
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Getting into UT Arlington
UT Arlington admits 79.9% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1010-1240 on the SAT and 19-27 on the ACT.
About 8 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 32,294 undergraduates.
| Enrolled students | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT total | 1010 | 1120 | 1240 |
| SAT reading and writing | 510 | 560 | 620 |
| SAT math | 500 | 560 | 620 |
| ACT composite | 19 | 23 | 27 |
What SAT score do you need for UT Arlington?
A 1240 puts you in the top quarter of the students who enrolled, a 1120 at their midpoint, and a 1010 at the bottom quarter, meaning one in four enrolled students scored below it. The same three points on the ACT are 19, 23 and 27. A quarter of an enrolled class scoring under the 25th percentile is not a rounding error, so a score below the range is a reason to strengthen the rest of the application rather than a reason not to apply.
US Department of Education, College Scorecard (2026-09-17). Percentiles describe students who enrolled, not everyone admitted. SAT totals are the reading and math bands added together, which is how every source in this market reports them and is an approximation of about 10 to 20 points, because the two sections are correlated.
- What SAT score do you need for UT Arlington?
- UT Arlington sets no minimum. Among students who enrolled, the middle 50% scored 1010-1240 on the SAT: a 1010 sits at the 25th percentile, 1120 at the median and 1240 at the 75th. A score at or above 1240 is a clear strength in the application; below 1010 it is the part of the file the rest has to make up for. These are the figures UT Arlington reports to the US Department of Education, released in the College Scorecard of 2026-09-17.
- What ACT score do you need for UT Arlington?
- The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 19-27 on the ACT, with a composite of 23 at the median. There is no cutoff: a quarter of the enrolled class scored below 19. Reported by UT Arlington to the US Department of Education, College Scorecard release of 2026-09-17.
- What GPA do you need for UT Arlington?
- The honest answer is that the federal data behind this page does not contain one. Colleges report their admit rate and their enrolled students' test scores to the Department of Education; they do not report a GPA distribution, so any site quoting an exact average GPA for UT Arlington is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that UT Arlington admits 79.9% of applicants, and the more selective a college is, the closer to the top of the class its admitted students sit and the more the strength of your course load counts alongside the number itself.
- How hard is it to get into UT Arlington?
- UT Arlington admits 79.9% of the people who apply, which is about 8 in 10 applicants. Numbers inside the reported range put you in a real position here, and the application itself decides the rest.
What UT Arlington costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
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UT Arlington essay questions, answered
- Does UT Arlington have supplemental essays?
- Yes, for some applicants. Every UT Arlington supplement in 2026-27 depends on the college or program you apply to. Every prompt is printed in full on this page.
- How many essays do you write for UT Arlington in 2026-27?
- It depends on the college or program you apply to. UT Arlington sets no supplement every applicant writes in 2026-27; the prompts on this page name who each one is for.
Schools with similar admit rates
UT Arlington admits 79.9% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: UNC Charlotte (79.6%), Creighton University (79.8%), University of Minnesota Twin Cities (79.8%), Temple University (80.4%), Marquette University (81.3%), Loyola University Chicago (81.6%).