<p>What’s your cumulative GPA? Trend?</p>
<p>Has anyone received a decision for Spring 2013?</p>
<p>When I log onto My Status, it says: “your application for admission is in review. We have all the items we need to make your admission decision. As soon as your decision is made, it’ll be posted on this page and you’ll be notified by mail.” I suppose it will stay that way until next month.</p>
<p>I’m in a bit of a bad situation for fall transfer. I’m applying to the college of communication and by the end of the fall semester I’ll have thirty hours. I’m doing well in my classes, but I have a C in Federal Government and I don’t know if I’ll be able to pick it up. My predicament is that if I get the C, my GPA will drop to a 3.6 and I think it won’t make me a strong admissions candidate, but at the same time, if I drop the class and I get a W, I won’t have the 30 hours needed in order to be considered for admission. What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>That’s tough. I’m not sure what you should do. </p>
<p>I dropped a class last fall because I thought that a W is better than a C.</p>
<p>School: UGA
Transfer to: Gov’t (COLA)
Hours: 58(most of which are AP credits, and according to the admissions people it doesn’t matter as long as the school gives credit for it)
GPA: 3.84</p>
<p>My resume was about 5 pages and includes an internship I did this summer (marketing related, not Gov’t), and other volunteer work as well as a few organizations I got involved with at UGA. I am taking this semester off and looking to transfer in next semester. </p>
<p>I called the admissions office yesterday and they told me decisions should come out mid-November, however I am thinking that that is a worst-case because I had a short interview with a counselor at the Houston admissions office and she said it’s usually about 3-4 weeks. Also, the registration for spring orientation opens on Nov. 1, so I would have to think notification will happen before mid-November. If y’all have heard differently, please share.</p>
<p>So all I have to ask is: What are my chances? I’m cautiously optimistic, but obviously don’t know for sure, so I can’t start to make plans for next semester (housing, etc). Thanks</p>
<p>How many credits do have you actually taken in class? Your GPA/Good resume should get you in imo.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 23 hours in class. the rest of my hours (35) are ungraded, but I have been given credit for them from UGA. </p>
<p>Like I said, I talked to an admissions counselor about this and they said that as long as I have over 30 hours of credit it doesn’t matter how much of it is graded vs. ungraded.</p>
<p>I’m currently a college freshman at Butler University. My parents suddenly moved from Michigan to Texas in September because my dad switched jobs. I am looking to transfer to Ut-Austin next year. Will I be eligible for in-state residency?</p>
<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this is the right thread to talk about it, but I plan to transfer to UT Austin in order to get into Cockrell’s Engineer School (thinking of Astronautical Engineer along with a double major in government) in late 2015/early 2016 (I’m a first semester student at Midland College and I have terrible math skills that needs fixing, by the time I can get Calculus 3 in, I will have taken 6-7 semesters). So I need to get some questions answered.</p>
<p>First off, what GPA would give me a good shot at the school? I’m thinking of a 3.7-3.8 range, but should it be higher? Currently hoping for a 4.0 GPA so I can apply for financial aid, but I recognize that’s unlikely.</p>
<p>Secondly, could my autism be used as an advantage when writing a personal essay? I’m planning to use this opportunity to show how much I’ve changed over the years and how I’ve been able to my advantage.</p>
<p>Third, I’m hoping to get in 240-280+ hours of community service as well as join the engineer club we have. Anything else I can do to help get me accepted?</p>
<p>Thanks. I will do anything to get accepted.</p>
<p>You are a student with autism, planning to make good grades, and are wondering if you should write about it as part of your essay as if it would not hold worth? Be real man.</p>
<p>Of course you should write about it! If you can pull off a 3.5+ at a CC with your disability, don’t you believe that would set you above your peers? </p>
<p>If you accomplish everything you say you do, and get at least 30 credit hours (have your Calculus complete for Cockrell mind you) you should have a great shot of getting in.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>My question is, if you struggle with math, why is engineering the route you want to take? I’m not trying to discourage you, I’m just wondering what your motivation is. If it is because you like the challenge of math and the idea of applied sciences, the kudos.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that I’ve been working at H-E-B for over a year and will continue to work there until I graduate with an aerospace engineering degree. That should help.</p>
<p>I’m also not sure if the 40 hours of community service I put in during my senior year will help as well as if National Honor Society will still help me here.</p>
<p>@propayne7: To be fair, my autism is mild right now, as it only moderately affects my speaking capability, but I’m still able to communicate with others. However, it was severe when I was very young as I did not speak until I was about four years old. The more I think about it, the more I’m amazed at how bitter the battle I’ve been fighting for the last eighteen and a half year has been and how amazing my progress truly has been.</p>
<p>The reason why I want to try to become an astronautical engineer (space engineer) is aside from my desire to help promote progress of space exploration and space in general, it’s also because I want to give math a fair shot to grow inside of me, because I don’t think I got the opportunity to do so when I was a child.</p>
<p>Given my serious case of autism as a very young child, I was placed into special ed. Until 2002, I did not understand reality at all and was completely within my own world, with my main memories being video games and TV shows (primarily Cartoon Network). Slowly but surely, thanks to my desire to learn and through great special ed teachers (my last one I would say is my all-time favorite teacher), I was able to get fully mainstreamed by the 7th grade and graduated with a 3.5 GPA (took mostly AP classes senior year).</p>
<p>So right now, I should be at Texas A&M studying political consultant, but I’m not. Because of my inability to drive (nobody seems to want me to drive, which frustrates me because I NEED to learn how before I transfer, my family like to use the autism and "Midland is too busy!"excuse) and not taking the SAT/ACT (since I felt I would not pass), I had no choice but to attend community college. But what I realized the most is that I had terrible math skills. The only reason why I passed ANY math courses during high school was because our class relied on the calculator. If we had to do them hand-written, I would have bombed, plain and simple. Taking the COMPASS test and knowing I had to start all the way back to pre-algebra was heavily discouraging. It wasn’t until a couple of months into community college did I finally realize that the fact I had to be placed into special ed for so long (Kindergarden-6th grade) seriously hampered my math skills. As such, if I want to even hope of being an aeronautical engineer, it means starting from the very beginning and working my way up, so it will be 3 1/2 years before I can transfer to UT Austin (assuming I do Calculus 4 in my community college, which is offered). Then I have to wait a semester and then two years of majors. I should be discouraged and looking for a less math-intensive route, but it doesn’t do that to me.</p>
<p>Honestly, had I not had autism, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I would be one of those B+/A- students that did well enough to get into a good college (in my case, Texas A&M), get a good living, and that be the end of it; probably more of your typical “Average Joe”. But my autism litterally changed the course of my life. It’s encouraged me to break boundaries I never thought I would break and to set high expectations for myself. Rarely do you see a student sitting in an AP class that used to be in special ed classes. I am one of those rare exceptions and it shows how amazing of a translation I’ve made. While I am having to relearn math again, I plan to continue to surprise my family, friends, and teachers with the boundaries I push.</p>
<p>The seven semesters I will put at Midland College will be a testament to not only how well I do in school, but also my character and my willingness to succeed at a goal. It is for this reason why I even hope for admission to UT Austin and it is for this reason why I dream about being an astronautical engineer.</p>
<p>Whenever or not I write about my autism in my personal essay to UT Austin a few years from now depends on whenever or not I succeed in my main goal of proving myself. And you can bet that I will sacrifice almost anything for this goal.</p>
<p>Everything you just said to me sounds like a personal experience that few have to go through. With the level of determination you’ve shown in the past, I have no doubts that you will continue to push yourself and meet your goals and expectations. I look forward to seeing you at UT here in a couple of years!</p>
<p>So looking back at last year’s thread, people started getting decisions this week.</p>
<p>From speaking with admissions and looking at the news, I think that decisions will roll out much more slowly this year. Admissions gave me the impression that there was a large transfer applicant pool for spring 2013 and the news gave me the impression that UT is being very conservative about admissions in general this year.</p>
<p>Has anyone checked the IDA planner since submitting their application? It looks like my transcripts have been uploaded into the UT system, grades and everything. Perhaps that is the case for all prospective students.</p>
<p>Looks like they recently accepted the auto admits… hopefully the transfer students should be soon… I feel like all the classes will be full by the time we get notified :(</p>
<p>I talked to my admissions counselor about that and she said not to worry because they hold classes and our options will be similar to what other students have, should we be admitted. How true that is remains to be seen, but it is encouraging.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how UT calculates your GPA? I met with an adviser for pre-nursing in August and she calculated it to be 3.75 (although on my transcript for my community college it’s 3.8) - discounting classes I didn’t need for that major…Does that GPA just matter when it comes to applying for the upper division nursing program - or does UT take that GPA when reviewing my application?</p>
<p>They only consider classes that transfer</p>
<p>Oh okay. I believe all my classes transfer. So do you think I have a chance at being accepted?</p>