Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 13:29     Subject: Beside honor, what is special about Turing scholar in UT Austin?

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/turing-scholars/success

It's competitive because it's only 50 students and Texas is about 7 times the population of VA or MD.


It's a standard "insulate the nerds from the muggles" residential honors program, so it feels more like an elite college
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 13:23     Subject: Beside honor, what is special about Turing scholar in UT Austin?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:nothing

You know nothing.

Maybe present data then? There’s no evidence to suggest they’re more successful so far.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 12:27     Subject: Beside honor, what is special about Turing scholar in UT Austin?

Anonymous wrote:do you have to be admitted to CS first?


No, they are separated and independent to each other.