[EE admissions Fall 2011]

Does anyone have financial aids information from UT - Austin?

I got the admission about 2 weeks ago but nothing about funding so far.

I got a UT admit about two weeks back too, and I wrote to them just yesterday asking about the funding status. They sent me their financial aid offer last night.

[Austin, TX]

Congrats on the fellowship! Yes, cost of living is reasonable in Austin so you should be fine with that amount, but you will need to watch the finances if you're going to be dropping 4 grand on trips home each year.

You're going to have a hell of a time if you're looking for housing at the same time as the other ~49,999 students @ UT. If you won't be coming until mid-late August, I'd start looking in the summer and figure out a way to lock something down, especially if you want to be close to campus. There are tons of free locator services in Austin (they get commission from the apartment they rent you) who can be super helpful, if you use the right service. They'll help make sure you don't end up somewhere you hate..."scouting the internet" in August is going to leave you frustrated.

I'd recommend talking to Green Light Locator Services...they're very helpful and have an awesome reputation on Yelp. Also a sidenote: I notice on your list of schools to which you applied to put "UTA"...in Texas vernacular UTA refers to UT-Arlington....the one in Austin is just UT

Best of luck!

Gunner 24, thanks a ton. I just took at the look at the greenlight site, and I could definitely use something like that. I'll have to wait till I hear from other schools before I actually contact them, which could be as late as the middle of April. Which wouldn't be too late or anything for a service like this, would it?

Ah, I did have a hunch that something was wrong when I kept saying UTA and my professor kept saying UT during my phone interview. Anyway, I've changed that on my signature now, thanks!

[Austin, TX]

Hi,

I'm considering moving to Austin for grad studies on a $25500 fellowship(apart from the summer). I am an international student and I had no idea what to make of this number till I saw a couple of posts here on this forum. I guess Austin's cost of living should let me live comfortably on this amount? I'd also want to save up to go home to India once in a while, maybe twice in three years..and each trip will cost me about 4 grand, if information I just found on the internet is right.

And when, where and how should I start looking for housing? I wouldn't want to be in Austin any earlier than a fortnight before start of term, considering it'll be my last summer at home for a while! So I'll just have to scout on the internet, I suppose..

Thanks in advance!