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University of Austin (UATX)

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University of Austin (UATX)

@uaustinorg

Read the Great Books. Build real things. Graduate debt-free. Apply in five minutes: uaustin.org/admissions

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Joined August 2021

University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Mar 31, 2025
College admissions are unjust. Not just biased. Not just broken. Unjust. Students spend high school anxiously stacking their résumés with hollow activities, then collect generic recommendation letters and outsource their essays to tutors or AI. Admissions at elite colleges now
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Apr 19, 2025
"We are underestimating the Islamists." @Ayaan
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Nov 5, 2025
UATX will never charge tuition. And we will never take government money. Here's why. Graduates spend decades shouldering debt for hollow credentials. This debt influences every decision they make: What job to take. Where to live. When to marry. When to have children. Some will
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Apr 1, 2025
INBOX SUBJECT: Wow, exactly!
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University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Sep 2, 2024
At Convocation this very morning, founding students will cross the stage, shake President Kanelos' hand, and receive a copy of Homer's Odyssey before matriculating as members of the founding class. Here are some of the books our university is built on.
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University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Nov 25, 2024
Watch the full @CBS @60Minutes segment on UATX here.
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Oct 20, 2025
"Palestine was invented as a way of allowing guilt-ridden liberals despairing of Western civilization and traditions to have a torrid affair with third world violence and politics, an emotionally thrilling if morally vacuous assignation, which the only ones ever to pay any price
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University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Oct 15, 2024
We aren't an anti-woke university. We reject the woke/anti-woke framing. We are committed to the fearless pursuit of truth.
John Arnold
@johnarnold
Oct 13, 2024
Laura and I support UATX not because of woke or non-woke or whatever but because it's an opportunity to do a fundamental rethink of the principles and priorities of a selective university without the constraints created from having a history dating back centuries.
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University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Apr 14, 2025
"I can't give this talk in any other university in the United States without having people protest and threatened." @Ayaan
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Apr 21, 2025
Some European countries are on the brink of civil war. —@Ayaan
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Apr 1, 2025
Replying to @zach_yadegari
Perplexing. Here's our algo: IF test_score ≥ threshold (SAT 1460+ | ACT 33+ | CLT 105+) THEN admit = TRUE; ELSE rank_by(test_score, AP/IB_scores, 3_achievements)
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Apr 4, 2025
You must submit (your application).
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University of Austin (UATX)
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Nov 8, 2021
Since our launch 12 hours ago, we’ve received more than 900 queries from excited academics asking about open positions. If you’re interested in learning more about faculty opportunities, please sign up for our mailing list. We are eager to hear from you: uaustin.org
University of Austin (UATX)
@uaustinorg
Nov 29, 2023
NEWS 📰 The University of Austin is pleased to announce our new CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech: Michael @shellenberger. The Chair is intended to advance the study of censorship and the technological, political, economic, and cultural conditions that lead to
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