<p>I got admitted into my second major, which was in the school of Liberal Arts. My first choice was McCombs. Does this mean that I did not get accepted into McCombs?</p>
<p>…Unfortunately, that appears to be the case. The UT admissions officer at Longhorn Monday made it clear that our application goes to our first choice major/school, and if that school rejects your application, your app moves onto your second choice. In the instance the second major/school also doesn’t offer you admission, you have a third shot for undergraduate studies. </p>
<p>With that being said, you probably won’t be in McCombs your freshman year. BUT HEY, if you do decide to enroll at UT , you can apply for an internal transfer into McCombs, Cockrell, or any other major/school. </p>
<p>Good luck man.</p>
<p>Major in Economics. Try to keep up your GPA and transfer to McCombs your sophomore year. You can take Calculus I and II at ACC if you think those classed would lower your GPA. If you don’t get in, a major in Economics is marketable and you can complete the Business Foundations Program Certificate or attend the Business Foundations Summer Institute.</p>
<p>I’m worried cause I know I got accepted in November to the school and I applied to McCombs too (I know im not gonna get in cause i would have known by now). My 2nd choice was undergraduate studies and I havent gotten any emails ragarding my major!
and I sent in my fasfa a few weeks ago and got an email back saying they cant process my application because I haven’t been admitted to UT…
By admitted do they mean accepting my acceptance or just being accepted? Im just worried and want to know what major i got into. :(</p>
<p>Texaskid17, are you a student at UT? If so, I doubt you are an Econ student, as not many Econ students would recommend the BFP to anyone. Most of use recommend Business Econ or Math-Econ.</p>
<p>Jake, if you decide to go the Econ route to try to get into McCombs’, then that GPA is what you need to focus on. Taking Calc classes at ACC has already been mentioned and that is a great idea if you fear those classes will hurt your GPA. </p>
<p>As far as the Business Foundation Classes go, I’ve never taken them, but why take BFP when as an Econ major you can MINOR in business, which means you take the SAME classes that Business students take…you can apply for the “business economics” option so long as you have a 3.0 at UT and a 3.6 in UT Economics courses. This means that if you took Micro and Macro your Freshman year, then took MicroTheory(420k) either in the summer or fall of your Sophomore year, you could take regular McCombs’ accounting and finance classes in the spring of your soph year. If your goal is still to transfer into McCombs, then this would work out well for you as you would have plenty of hours to get in, and you could knock out both Core requirements AND some McCombs’ general business requirements.</p>
<p>Also, if you end up enjoying economics, there is an integrated MPA (masters in prof. accounting) option for econ students as well. While McCombs’ is a wonderful place to be, don’t act like it is the only school at UT.</p>
<p>Propayne7, no I am not Econ major. It was just my Plan B if I didn’t get into McCombs and info I gathered from ut’s website. Great info that you provided though - I couldn’t find a lot on here!</p>
<p>Re-reading my post, Texaskid, I come off much more brash than intended.</p>
<p>My apologies.</p>
<p>Thanks everybody for the help. Im planning on changing my major to Economics at orientation.</p>
<p>I never did orientation, but from what I hear there are nothing but long lines. There’s no need to rush into Econ unless you just feel more comfortable. You can take Micro and Calc (both McCombs’ prereqs) as part of your core curriculum for almost any major and change your major when the rush dies down.</p>
<p>If you find out you don’t care too much for Econ, finish those prereqs at ACC and fluff your GPA until you can get accepted into McCombs’. You can apply so long as you have less than 90 hours, so there is NO hurry on your end to get this done as a freshman or even a sophomore if your grades aren’t quite where they need to be. </p>
<p>Don’t bite into the rush that most students here seem to be in. Take a deep breath, slow down, and focus on learning and making the grades.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help. And also, I took Macro/Micro as a Dual-Credit class in High School. Would those count towards prereqs?</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Dual-Credit and AP, but if UT Austin gives you credit for Micro and Macro, then you should be pretty set in getting into McCombs. Take an easy UGS, some easy science for nonscience majors classes, and a couple of other core requirements your first two semesters and you should have no problem getting in.</p>
<p>This is somewhat irrelevant, but do students apply to Undergraduate studies as their 2nd choice major because it’s easier to be accepted into it (just in case their 1st choice doesn’t accept them)? It’s just something I’ve noticed in transfer students, thank you.</p>
<p>Jake–Macro/Microeconomics taken as Dual Credit in high school should fulfill the ECO 304K/L sequence. To be sure, you can use UT’s Automated Transfer Equivalency tool to make sure:[UT</a> ATE System - Query by Other College’s Course](<a href=“UT ATE System”>UT ATE System)</p>
<p>As for taking Calc I and II at ACC, are you planning on taking it over the summer or during the school year? If during the school year, make sure that the College of Liberal Arts allows you to be concurrently enrolled at UT and ACC. Some colleges will not allow transfer credit while enrolled during UT’s long semesters. Anything taken during the summer, though, is fine.</p>
<p>Texex86, thanks for your input on the dual-credit info. Also, COLA Economics doesn’t stop you from taking any courses at another institution during any semester.</p>
<p>Propayne7, and Txex86 thank y’all so much for the input.</p>
<p>Did any of y’all take ACC classes your freshman year? I just want to know the workload, and how stressful it would be to take classes at ACC and UT.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken any classes outside of UT since I transferred in. However, your work load will depend on the type of classes you take. Spread your hard and easy classes out while you are still lower division that way you don’t end up stressing out.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>Fall of Freshman: UGS
Science for nonscience majors
Gov 310
Calc 1 (ACC)
5th choice if you so desire.</p>
<p>your spring of freshman year can pretty much model the above except put RHE or whatever that garbage rhetoric class that everyone complains about in place of UGS.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks!</p>