<p>Wait, I’m supposed to wait until this semester is over to submit my transcript? My school was telling me to turn it in now and that UT will automatically check for newly completed classes this semester… omg. Why does everything have to get conflicting answers… (Not blaming you guys, blaming my school)</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate it if someone would be willing to chance me. I just want someone’s honest opinion.</p>
<p>Transferring into UT Austin, Spring 2014</p>
<p>First Choice Major: Mathematics, Entry-Level, CNS
Second Choice Major: Islamic Studies, COLA (I’m a male)</p>
<p>Did the two required essays
No letters of recommendations</p>
<p>Austin Community College (Including Early College Start Program)
GPA: 3.2
Classes Taken: HIST-1301, HIST-1302, GOVT-2305, ECON-2301, MUSI-1306
AP Credit: FREN-1511, FREN-1512, FREN-2311, FREN-2312, MATH-2413
Classes Tested Out Of: MUSI-1301 (I got an A, but it does not compute into my GPA)
Currently Enrolled In: Engineering Physics I (Just got my first test score back and it was a 95. The class average was a 75.)
Total of 38 credits and currently working on 4 more.</p>
<p>I earned AP Physics-B credit, but ACC does not accept them, unlike UT Austin.</p>
<p>High School GPA:
Unweighted: 3.2586
Weighted: 4.2971
Rank: 117/563
My rank went up by about 150 people throughout my high school years which indicates a positive correlation of my grades.</p>
<p>AP Scholar
2 AP Scholar Awards
4.0 GPA Award from my high school
Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
National French Honor Society
McNeil Engineering Club
4th Place in the state at the TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) Engineering Competition. National Qualifier.
7 years of playing the Viola
1 year of playing the Violin
6 Division One ratings at the UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest
Division Two rating at the Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest held at UT Austin</p>
<p>Only took Pre-AP and AP classes throughout my high school career.</p>
<p>Co-Vice President of my orchestra during my junior year (Elected)
Co-President during my senior year (Elected)
First chair of my high school’s top orchestra during my senior year
Viola Tutor</p>
<p>Fluent in Urdu
Took 5 years of French</p>
<p>About 468 volunteering hours at my local mosque
Helped out at an Eagle Scout Project (7 Hours)</p>
<p>Once again, I would greatly appreciate it if someone would be willing to chance me. Thanks and good luck to you all! :D</p>
<p>Cs5569: for cola undeclared, I think you have a good chance. If you pull for that 3.3, even better. I think your well roundedness and extracurriculars will help out your low GPA. However, if you’re accepted into the school, to internally transfer is really hard. I’m in the school of comm right now and I know to transfer, you have to apply and have a 4.0 GPA here to be surely accepted. My friend in social work is struggling now to transfer to comm, and he has nearly a 3.5 GPA. It’s tough, so it’s something to consider.</p>
<p>ElectricFlux: a 3.2 for CNS is honestly pretty low. Average GPA accepted for my semester was a 3.5, so strive for a 4.0 to boost that. Your extracurriculars are outstanding, but I do hope you put an honest effort into those essays, because those make or break you no matter the GPA. Also, be sure that your math courses have strong A’s to be accepted into the math program. Otherwise, I think you’re a strong candidate for the language major in cola.</p>
<p>So it goes like this
1st Choice
2nd Choice
then UGS
right?</p>
<p>app is in review…ahhh waiting…!!</p>
<p>@DeeGeeErbear</p>
<p>Yeah I know I’m if I’m accepted, I’m going to have do my best when I get there in order to transfer! But thanks for your input, crossing my fingers!</p>
<p>This is so nerve-wracking! People are starting to get accepted, and I have to wait until December before I get a decision. I hope they don’t run out of spots for CNS!</p>
<p>@sekrim: Already? Did they submit way earlier? Why do you have to wait until December?</p>
<p>People are getting accepted already??</p>
<p>Dee, if you could chance me, that would be wonderful. </p>
<p>Residency: In State Resident
Completed Hours: 15 hours, Lone Star College, 3.6GPA to date
In Progress Hours: 15 hours, Lone Star College, expecting 3.7 cummulative GPA
First Choice Major: Pre-Athletic Training, College of Education
Second Choice Major: Undeclared, College of Liberal Arts (COLA)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities / Work Experience: I graduated June 2013, so I’m actually applying for transfer as early as possible. For that, my resume mostly consists of everything I did during high school. My extracurricular activities speak for themselves, I held positions in a number of clubs and included my roles/duties in most of them on the resume. I held two part-time jobs through high school. After graduation, I became a certified and registered Pharmacy Technician and got a job with CVS, so am currently working 40 hours a week with school too. I guess that job makes up for the lack of extracurricular activities this semester. I also had over 100+ hours of community service from various activities that were mentioned in my resume as well.</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendation: I had two letters of recommendation. One was from an English teacher and Student Council sponsor at my high school, where I was an executive of student council for 2 years and the vice president of the student body for my senior year. The other was from the Head Athletic Trainer at my high school about my participation in the athletic training program. Both letters of recommendation definitely speak for themselves and also add more attention to the details I spoke of in my resume.</p>
<p>Essays: My statement of purpose was about a lesson learned in Sports Medicine which improved my leadership capabilities, and eventually gave me more responsibility in our high school athletic training program. Eventually I decided on Athletic Training as a career based on my participation in that program. My issue of importance essay was about government health reform, and talked about the benefits of the Affordable Healthcare Act. I took a non-partisan view on it though. The only thing I could’ve mentioned more was the importance that had to me, especially wanting to work in healthcare and the fact that I currently work in a pharmacy and deal with insurance all day long. My essays are definitely the only part that could’ve used more work.</p>
<p>Gnomon, I don’t complete my 30 credit hours until this semester ends. Which is in December.</p>
<p>Sekrim, we probably will have to wait until Jan</p>
<p>Application in review!! So nervous</p>
<p>Chance me! </p>
<p>Statistics:
GPA: 3.23 (expected 3.41 after this semester)
Credits: 39 (51 credits after this semester)
Current college: ACC
1st choice- COLA international studies, 2nd choice- UGS undeclared
3 Excellent essays
No recommendations
A lot of extracurricular activities and work experience. About 500 hours of community service hours. Worked over 30 hours while being full time in college.</p>
<p>Korsgaard, how are you planning on moving from Dallas to Austin in the span of 2-3 weeks? I’m in the same boat and it’s stressful thinking about it. Even worse would be going through all the effort of packing and planning only to be denied. I’ll probably end up with somewhere between a 3.7-3.8 so I don’t think I’ll get denied for CNS and UGS. I’m more worried that I’ll have a worse chance because my transcripts are getting in so late.</p>
<p>Lol I might live with my friend who goes there. I’m not really worried about moving. I’m just worried about getting in late and then my classes. I see what you mean though. I’m also in the same boat. I probably will have around a 3.7-3.8</p>
<p>Chance me, please? I’m in waiting mode like most of you :D</p>
<p>GPA - 3.4
Credits - 35
Current College: Blinn/Bryan, TX</p>
<p>Applying for COLA, Anthropology, specializing in archaeology. </p>
<p>Already went to archaeological field school through Texas Tech and got an A.</p>
<p>I’m applying under the Academic Fresh Start program due to my deplorable experience in college as a youth. </p>
<p>2 pretty good essays
1 letter of rec from my Archaeology field school instructor (but I don’t think it arrived in time- it hasn’t showed up in my documents on the mystatus page.</p>
<p>Lots of good work history but absolutely no volunteer exp.</p>
<p>That’s all I can think of.</p>
<p>Ok, now that we are officially waiting, might as well play the “chance me” game.</p>
<p>GPA - 3.76 (post-Fresh Start); one C 9 years ago, 4.0 GPA since
Credits - 41 total (25 for letter grade + 16 CR/test out); 17 hours in progress
- Includes an A in Calc 1 (M 408C) taken through UT-Austin Extension (not sure if they give grades from their own university more weight, especially in a technical class)
Current College: ACC + Calc 2 (M 408D) through UT Extension</p>
<p>1st Choice: Computer Science
2nd Choice: COLA - Economics
- I’m quite likely to double major in these, but CS is the priority. If I only get into second choice, I’ll take it and do an internal transfer to add CS. Went to internal transfer info session for CS today and it seems to be automatic if you have a 2.5 UT GPA, no minimum hours requirement (have to wait until after first semester). Definitely much easier than I had been led to believe, will of course confirm if it becomes relevant.</p>
<p>Essays: Wrote A/C. Both very good and explain excellence in a competitive field for nearly a decade after not giving college the effort it deserves the first time around (hence Fresh Start). Explained my life-long passion for CS and how I left a lucrative career to focus on a new career in CS. A lot of background circumstances explained in C. Explain a unique set of life experiences and background, how I would contribute to a diverse student body.</p>
<p>Resume: Has very good and unique work experience, volunteer hours put in regularly in a computer-related capacity, independent study of CS through online courses, proficiency in a couple of programming languages, ACC honors program, T-STEM scholarship recipient.</p>
<p>Recommendations: One from my Calculus teacher at UT where I got 100% in his M 408C class and one from an English teacher at ACC.</p>
<p>I write it all out and it looks very promising, but I know CS is very competitive. I got the vibe from the internal transfer info session that CS is expanding with the new building so maybe I’ll be ok. Seem to be right on the cusp of what is usually accepted. Also nervous having to wait to get rejected so that I can invoke Fresh Start, but everyone assures me that is the correct procedure.</p>
<p>Appreciate any thoughts. Wish we knew already! :)</p>
<p>Barqux- Did you fill out the fresh start contract?</p>
<p>I am also doing a fresh start and no one told me to wait to be rejected. They mailed me a fresh start contract in which I filled out and mailed back.</p>
<p>I’ve talked to three different admissions counselors now who say you have to wait to be rejected first. I have no idea how you got them to mail you a contract,. Who did you talk to? Does the fresh start contract show on your MyStatus? I’d certainly love to get that taken care of now instead of waiting. Feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>What I’ve been told meshes with the order from their web page here:</p>
<p>[Academic</a> Fresh Start | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/fresh-start]Academic”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/fresh-start)</p>
<p>Barqux- I spoke to an admissions counselor and we went over my gpa together. She confirmed that I would need an academic fresh start and mailed out an academic fresh start contract to me.</p>
<p>Perhaps your GPA is right on the bubble of being accepted without it? Mine was not even close without the fresh start.</p>