UT San Antonio (UTSA) supplemental essays
Yes, for some applicants. Every UT San Antonio (UTSA) supplement in 2026-27 depends on the college or program you apply to. ApplyTexas, Common App. Personal statement optional (250-650 words).
January 15, 2027 is a priority date rather than a closing date and Final deadline closes June 1, 2027. Every UT San Antonio (UTSA) 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 |
|---|---|
| Priority deadline | January 15, 2027 |
| Final deadline | June 1, 2027 |
Checked against future.utsa.edu/freshman/admissions. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
The essays, 2026-27
Optional (holistic review)
UT San Antonio highly encourages an essay from applicants considered through holistic review: essay A on ApplyTexas, or any open prompt on the Common App.
Their page: “If you are to be considered for admission through holistic review, submission of essay A on ApplyTexas or any open prompt on Common App is highly encouraged.” Two letters of recommendation are highly encouraged on the same terms. Holistic review is for everyone who does not meet the guaranteed-admission requirements. Unlike last cycle, UT San Antonio now names which prompt it wants, so there is no longer any need to guess between its own question and the generic personal statement.
Your UT San Antonio checklist
No supplement every applicant writes: which ones you write depends on your college or program. The priority date is January 15, 2027, which is the date to work to rather than the last day to apply.
- 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 San Antonio (UTSA)
UT San Antonio (UTSA) admits 86.8% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1000-1220 on the SAT and 19-25 on the ACT.
About 9 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 30,580 undergraduates.
| Enrolled students | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT total | 1000 | 1100 | 1220 |
| SAT reading and writing | 510 | 560 | 620 |
| SAT math | 490 | 540 | 600 |
| ACT composite | 19 | 23 | 25 |
What SAT score do you need for UT San Antonio (UTSA)?
A 1220 puts you in the top quarter of the students who enrolled, a 1100 at their midpoint, and a 1000 at the bottom quarter, meaning one in four enrolled students scored below it. The same three points on the ACT are 19, 23 and 25. 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 San Antonio (UTSA)?
- UT San Antonio (UTSA) sets no minimum. Among students who enrolled, the middle 50% scored 1000-1220 on the SAT: a 1000 sits at the 25th percentile, 1100 at the median and 1220 at the 75th. A score at or above 1220 is a clear strength in the application; below 1000 it is the part of the file the rest has to make up for. These are the figures UT San Antonio (UTSA) reports to the US Department of Education, released in the College Scorecard of 2026-09-17.
- What ACT score do you need for UT San Antonio (UTSA)?
- The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 19-25 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 San Antonio (UTSA) to the US Department of Education, College Scorecard release of 2026-09-17.
- What GPA do you need for UT San Antonio (UTSA)?
- 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 San Antonio (UTSA) is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that UT San Antonio (UTSA) admits 86.8% 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 San Antonio (UTSA)?
- UT San Antonio (UTSA) admits 86.8% of the people who apply, which is about 9 in 10 applicants. Numbers inside the reported range put you in a real position here, and the application itself decides the rest.
What UT San Antonio (UTSA) costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
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UT San Antonio (UTSA) essay questions, answered
- Does UT San Antonio (UTSA) have supplemental essays?
- Yes, for some applicants. Every UT San Antonio (UTSA) 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 San Antonio (UTSA) in 2026-27?
- It depends on the college or program you apply to. UT San Antonio (UTSA) 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 San Antonio (UTSA) admits 86.8% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: Kent State University (86.3%), Xavier University (86.4%), Washington State University (86.6%), Niagara University (87.4%), George Mason University (87.5%), University of Nebraska–Lincoln (87.5%).