<p>What are the most competitive majors for transfers?</p>
<p>Also, is it really that hard to externally transfer to Mccombs?</p>
<p>Can someone chance me?</p>
<p>1) Current College: 1st Semester - UTA, 2nd Semester - DCCCD
2) Current GPA: 3.71 (including all transferable coursework from both colleges)
3) Probable total GPA after Spring Semester (in May): 3.8 hopefully
4) First Choice Major/College: Chemical Engineering
5) Second Choice Major/College: Biochemistry
6) Courses completed: Lots of IB and dual credit, mostly stuff like History, English, Fine Arts etc, but also Bio 1 which is needed for Chem. Engineering, finished Cal 1 with a B, Chem 1 with A, currently enrolled in Cal 2, Chem 2, Phys 1
7)Extracurricular Activities/Recommendations/Essays: </p>
<p>Random clubs and volunteering throughout high school, nothing that spectacular or relevant to my major of choice except maybe the Chem and Biochem society</p>
<p>No recommendation letter 
I switched colleges between semesters, and I didn’t get a chance to know my professors from first semester that well</p>
<p>Wrote all 3 essays</p>
<p>Currently taking an online course on Coursera called Calculus: Single Variable, and I wrote about that on the optional essay E to hopefully make up for the B in Cal 1</p>
<p>How much of a chance do I have? I’m confident I’ll get into UT, but I’m not sure if I’ll get into Engineering. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Do you need a recommendation letter to stand a chance for transfers?</p>
<p>It is not required to have a recommendation letter, but I was told by McCombs that it is a really good idea to get one or two from a professor that knows you well and a strong recommendation letter can absolutely up your chance of getting in.
I applyed with two, it is better to have a decent recommendation letter than none.</p>
<p>Did u do a full year or one semester?</p>
<p>Guys! Im applying for Computer Science. My GPA is 3.66. Chance?</p>
<p>i wonder if they will continue working on our apps in spring break</p>
<p>Is it preferable to attend a UT System school rather than a community college if you want to transfer into UT? I didn’t bother applying to UT, due to my under 25% (albeit high SAT scores). I just realized that I potentially want to go there and didn’t know the CAP program existed.</p>
<p>“Is it preferable to attend a UT System school rather than a community college if you want to transfer into UT?” - Excellent question, I was about to ask the exact same thing. Anyone?</p>
<p>For a transfer student, it doesn’t really matter. It’s better to get a 4.0 GPA at a community college than a 3.5 at UTA or UTSA. UT cares about how high your GPA is, but they usually don’t care where you get your GPA from. Maybe if you went to Harvard or something they would reconsider, but generally it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>My mom just told me I got a letter telling me I got on the President’s list about a week ago but she didn’t think it would mean anything so she ripped it up and never told me. I had very little on my resume aside from my part time job so I think it would help a little bit on my application. Any chance I can update my resume? I have less than 30 hours so they haven’t even looked at my application yet and won’t do so until the semester ends and I send in my second transcript.</p>
<p>kbp7794, is there a source for the claim? I was talking to a representative, who told me that getting a 3.0 from a community college is a lot different than a 3.0 from a school more competitive than UT Austin.</p>
<p>basically if its not a top flight school out of state such as ivy league or Stanford, berkley, or MIT, Duke…etc they really value all GPA’s the same because they’re got going to penalize the student for only being able to afford a community college. Where you got your 4.0 will NEVER hurt you. What courses you got that 4.0 from might hurt you.</p>
<p>I think it is pretty safe to assume that a 3.5 GPA will generally get you into any noncompetitive major at UT-Austin as a transfer. If you are on the lower end of the admissions spectrum (i.e. a 3.0), then I imagine that UT admissions will do a more holistic review of your ECs, coursework, and special circumstances.</p>
<p>There is a thread around here somewhere where a transfer student with a 3.3 was admitted, and he/she claimed to have come from a “College Confidential Liberal Arts College”. </p>
<p>To be completely straightforward, if you are sitting on less than a 3.4, I don’t think there is any way to judge the certainty of being admitted.</p>
<p>Hello guys, applied a month ago and i’m pretty nervous…can u please chance me?
Stats:
-Chemical Engineering major at Montgomery College,MD ( as an International student)
- 33 credits completed with a 4.0
- completed courses; Chemistry for engineers, physics 1, calculus 1 &2, engineering statics, english 1 & 2, engineering design, communication, history.
- currently taking; multivariable calculus, differential equ, physics 2 and sociology
- my essays weren’t too bad…
- my resume was ok…
- i have one volunteer experience and i am a math tutor at my college…
I will be glad if u can tell me what you think…
OUPS! applying;
1st major; chemical engineering
2nd choice; petroleum engineering
Does the fact that i am international affect my application decision? Thanks guys</p>
<p>I talked to an admissions counselor via email, and she advised me that generally where you went to school will not make a difference on your current GPA and the admission process, but the courses you take and how they are rigorous they are (by the college standards) has an impact. Whether you go to a university or a community college, does not make a difference</p>
<p>jpgarcia: I had a similar issue, and a representative told me that once you have submitted everything before the deadline, you can not change it after the deadline has passed. But maybe call to get reassurance.</p>
<p>Is history considered a competitive major at UT? Is there somewhere we can see what majors the more competitive ones are?</p>
<p>@Sandykeen Don’t quote me on this, but a lot of people I know that go to UT say it is harder for international to get in to UT. Generally, UT seems to prefer admitting in state residents, again its just what I heard, and I don’t want to believe that this may be true</p>
<p>If I applied for Summer instead of Fall is there a chance of hearing earlier?</p>
<p>izziedodat: I know you can still submit letters of recommendation even after the deadline as they are not required documents. I guess it isn’t that big of a deal. I doubt it would make that big of a difference.</p>