2016/2017 UT Austin Transfer Thread

Chance Me?

Computer Science

Classes: (this is only the classes I have credit for at the time applying)
Programming Fundamentals 1 and 2, Data Structures, Cal 1, Cal 2, Pre Cal, Bio 1, Bio 2, Hist 1301, Hist 1302, GOVT 2301, SPCH 1315, Music Credit (Forgot class code)

GPA: 4.0

Recs: 3 (cs prof, former alumni, math prof)

Clubs/EC - Vice Prez + Co Founder of Finance Club, Treasurer of CS Club, Co-Founder of Semi Annual Hackathon event, Math Club, Robotics Team etc.

Essays Good to Really Good:

(1) Talked about my limited funds and temp. health probs

(2) My progression through CS (starting from writing my first lines of java all the way to my first steps into Neural Network technology)

(3) The economics of why bachelors degree are important

Possible Weakness- class selections are weak due to me having to drop a history and physics last semester because of a temp. illness

Thanks in Advance!
AND MUCH APPRECIATED, I CHECK MYSTATUS 3.9897238 TRILLION TIMES A DAY

@adr1697 same here

@wickedwarrior777 if you see this thread from last year: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19787575/#Comment_19787575
everyone tends to hear back around June 15th. Also, admissions will tell you “May to July, but probably mid-June” which fits the timeline for June 15th. Mind you the reason why it is June is that a majority of transcripts won’t arrive until late may so the decision takes a couple of weeks from there. Just be patient and good luck to everyone. My advice for the meantime is to continue to do great things and update the admissions department on them!

@mccombs17orbust Unless you have over 30+ hours, then nothing you do right now matters… at all

If I’m gonna have 30+ hrs. after May, I can’t update my resume or anything so how can I tell the admissions counselors of new things that I’ve done like internships? I can’t right?

@utcswannabe if I have 53 hours, I can update them about things such as getting summer internships/learning I made last semesters deans list? I’m confused as to how this would be possible.

^^

@wickedwarrior777 @aatwe28 If you applied (The transcript you sent closest to the march 1st deadline) with 30+ hours, there is no updating any part of your application. Your application is being looked at as we speak, and the decision should be made sooner than people who applied with less than 30 credit hours.

Someone chance me? I’ll chance you too if you message either on here or private message me!!

Major: CNS Biochemistry
GPA: 3.82
Essays: Pretty solid essays talking about the healthcare industry.
Extracurriculars: Radiation Oncology Internship
Cardiology Internship
Physical Therapy Internship
International Urology and cardiothoracic Internship scheduled for this summer in India for 7 weeks.

Letters of Reccomemdation: 3 from the doctors with whom I have worked with so UT admissions counselors know that I am not lying about my internships.

Also a part of some medical societies in school.

All opinions welcome!

Best,

ww777

@wickedwarrior777 Just by looking back at last years thread you seem to have a good chance.

@wickedwarrior777 Pretty decent chances, chance me back?

@utcswannabe If you don’t get in, I don’t know who should. I don’t see any weak points.

@UTtransfer
Possible Weakness- class selections are weak due to me having to drop a history and physics last semester because of a temp. illness

That’s what I am pretty much worried about.

That happened to me- having to drop for medical reasons- and I called UT and they said they do not care at all about drops as long as we have the 30+ and if your major has req. classes if you dropped that specific course. But otherwise they do not care.

@utcswannabe

Should get in, you have a very solid application. I doubt that class drops make a difference as long as you meet the requirements. what school are u coming from btw?

Is COLA easier to transfer into than CNS? Like in terms of average GPA, etc.?

@wickedwarrior777
UT Tyler and a Local Community College in Houston, Texas - my story is a bit complicated, but I’m not a returning student or anything like that (I am 19)

@wickedwarrior777 Cola is pretty easy

Just sent in my housing application!

@utcswannabe Just out of curiosity, what high school did you go to? I moved from the Tyler area to Houston a couple years ago.