UT now only automatically accepting top 6 percent of graduating class

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It just got a little harder to be automatically accepted into the University of Texas at Austin.
The university says due to a steep increase in the number of applications to UT, along with continued growth of Texas high school graduates, they will now only automatically accept students in the top 6 percent of their high school graduating class — beginning in the summer and fall of 2019.
UT said Friday the change will not impact currently enrolled high school seniors a