<p>Honestly I’ve heard internal transferring is harder. UT is pretty hard (depending on your classes of course) and they only have so few spots open.</p>
<p>Yup, internal transferring is a huge pain in the ass and the school makes you take a certain amount of residency hours before you are even eligible to transfer. Also you are the last to be selected of in-state admission applicants, they give preference to the 80% of freshmen that were top 10 and then the remaining 20 goes to other freshman, transfers, internal transfers, out of state, and international. (In that order I believe)</p>
<p>I feel I have a pretty solid application, but I know it won’t be looked at until December 19th (when the semester ends). Is it hard to find housing, and pick out classes and everything all within 3 weeks? I checked and the semester starts January 13th, and I’m afraid that all the classes I want will be taken and the dorms will be full.</p>
<p>Housing will probably be very difficult since people’s leases run throughout the whole year. Registration opens up in November so I doubt you will have many class choices. However there is a add/drop period and you would be surprised how many classes open up then.</p>
<p>So if I don’t get into CNS but I get admitted into UGS you guys think I should just not go? I had planned to spend another semester here to get my GPA up if I didn’t get in at all, but maybe I should that even if I don’t get into CNS?</p>
<p>If so, I guess I should change my second choice away from UGS too and pick CNS CS again for it?</p>
<p>UT accepted too many students last year, and this year they were forced to reject a huge pool of applicants, there is simply no capacity left.</p>
<p>The current internal transfer webpage is very vague [Internal</a> Transfer](<a href=“http://cns.utexas.edu/students/future/apply/internal-transfer]Internal”>http://cns.utexas.edu/students/future/apply/internal-transfer)</p>
<p>Last year the page was very specific. Minimum GPA for internal transfer was something around 2.0
COLA and CNS were 2 colleges that accepted practically everyone. Students went to CNS office, and transfer process took about 2 minutes, probably 5 if it was a line. </p>
<p>Maybe it is getting more difficult now, I don’t know.</p>
<p>Also, external and internal transfer are very different. Classes in community college and UT classes are on absolutely different levels. UT is much harder.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16130346-post1565.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16130346-post1565.html</a></p>
<p>Well, I might be mistaken, and it was not 2.0 but 2.5, though UGS students have to transfer somewhere even if they have 2.0.
UGS was originally created as a 2 years program.</p>
<p>Ugh this is so confusing. I’m not sure what’s best to do anymore, so many mixed answers. </p>
<p>You’re saying CNS and COLA accepted pretty much every internal transfer?</p>
<p>About UT classes being harder than CC, I know. But if doing it for a semester gets me into CNS then I’ll do it without issue.</p>
<p>I really don’t remember all the details, but I believe there was some maximum limit of credit hours for internal transfer, UT does want you to try to graduate in 4 years.
If I were you I would try to transfer as soon as possible even to UGS to be able to transfer to CNS later.
The first semester schedule for transfer students is almost always a mess because you register after all freshmen and you don’t have priority registration because of your sophomore/junior status yet. And CS has 6 mandatory introductory classes: CS 312, 314, CS 311, 331, CS 429, 439 with Calculus and Statistics prerequisites, so if you did not take any equivalents of these classes at your CC, I believe it will take 2 years (CS 312, 311, 314, 329) only to move from pre-CS to BSCS status</p>
<p>[Degree</a> Plans | Computer Science Department The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.cs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-program/academics/curriculum/degree-plans]Degree”>Degree Plans | Department of Computer Science)</p>
<p>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science requirements
Overall 2.0 GPA in all math and science courses required by degree
• Overall 2.0 GPA in all courses taken at UT Austin
• 127 total hours required; 60 total hours in-residence
• 24 of the last 30 hours must be done in-residence
• 21 upper-division hours of Computer Science in-residence
• 2.50 GPA and grades of C or better on entry-level CS courses
(CS 312, CS 311/313K, CS 314, and M 408S/D)
• A grade of C- or better on every course required for degree</p>
<p>UT has +/- system and distribution system for grades in all classes, so less than 10% of UT students have GPA 3.5 +
And CNS classes are not easy.</p>
<p>JP-What I mean is let’s say I have a 4.0 based on 5 classes. However, 1 of those classes I got a B in. Will my gpa be different when they are looking at what GPA i received from my grades in the classes or are they just going to look at the GPA I got at the university?</p>
<p>Korsgaard, I’ve always been told GPA doesn’t transfer with you, they just look at it to see if they accept you. You start a new GPA at the university. If your school doesn’t track + or - I don’t think there’s any way for UT to tell and have a “lower” GPA than what you have currently.</p>
<p>Ya ya, thank you. I’m taking Calc 3 right now and already have my Associate of Science so if I had to take any math classes at UT it wouldn’t be anything to worry about. I’m also adept in anything CS related that isn’t too advanced, so even if all the CS classes I’ve taken here wouldn’t count I’d still be comfortable taking the classes. I’m pretty sure I’d be able to take anything required I might not have within a single semester and transfer to CNS, and that’s if I don’t meet the requirements anyway which I do believe I do. </p>
<p>Thanks for calming my nerves, I’ll stick to UGS for my second choice.</p>
<p>Hoping for some advice… will be applying as a transfer student for Fall 2014. Texas resident, but currently attend OOS (freshman/sophmore years). GPA @ 3.7, currently a CS major—chances? I’m willing to apply to another college if it’s easier to get admitted, but not sure which. Appreciate any help you can provide.</p>
<p>Wait, how do you have a 4.0 and have gotten a B in one of them? Either way no. Whatever it says on your transcript is what UT sees. If they wanted to recalculate everything for every student things would never get done.</p>
<p>(First time so I hope I am doing this right.)</p>
<p>3.64 GPA from Austin CC.
Completed 42 hours core curriculum.
Applying for COLA - Government.
Part-time jobs with senior elected officials at Texas Capitol last two legislative sessions, one my senior year of HS and one this year.
Honors program at ACC.
College prep school grad.
Varsity sports in HS and prep school, intramurals at ACC, several volunteer activities. Offered college scholarships to play sports after prep school, but decided to focus on academics, work at the Capitol and trying to get into UT.
Letters of rec from some elected state officials, including a Supreme Court Justice, and a bank president.
Pretty good essays according to writing lab staff.
Downside - withdrew from all my classes my first semester. Long story that will not create any sympathy from admissions staff. A pretty girl, a hot car, true romance (at least back then) and some men in blue uniforms (minor traffic stuff). But got back on track and caught up by attending ACC in summers. Still have the car, but done with everything else.
What do you think about my chances?</p>
<p>JP-One of the classes I am in has a curve from 80-100 being an A+</p>
<p>That’s why I wanted to know does UT redo your GPA for admission</p>
<p>Well I don’t know about your school, but at my school there is only letter grades on my transcript. So even if you got a B technically, but the schoool you’re at counts it as an A, wouldn’t that mean an A is on your transcript?</p>
<p>I just finished my application.
GPA 3.62 with 35 credit hours
Major Psychology
Not-so-good essays and two recommendation.</p>
<p>I just finished my application last week as well.</p>
<p>GPA 3.67 with 36 hours.
Education with UGS as a backup
Above average essays with no recommendations
Using academic fresh start</p>
<p>I was actually want to know my chance to get into the school/_</p>