<p>Hi im a high school junior and im beginning to learn about applying to colleges but still confused. UT Austin is one of my top choices because they have a great nursing program. Im hoping if i stay top 8% ill be automatically admitted but lately i've been hearing that a person can be accepted into a college but NOT into their major, why is that?</p>
<p>If they decline you of your major allow you to be undecided, but accept you in the school, can you eventually get into your major if you do all the courses?</p>
<p>What makes the school decline you of your major?</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible for you to be accepted into the university, but not the college of your choice. Usually, if I’m not mistaken, what happens is people get in either through automatic admissions (top 8~10%) or have high enough stats for the university, but the stats are not high enough for the specific college/major.
You have to understand that the majority of the university is students that were, at least, in the top 10% of their high school class. So rank alone will not guarantee acceptance into, lets say, their more prestigious colleges such as Cockrell and McCombs where lots of people wish to attend. You would need to have done other things such as scoring highly on the SAT/ACT, extracurricular activities, volunteering, etc.</p>
<p>Being in the top 8% only guarantees that you get into the university. It doesn’t guarantee that you will get into the college/major of your choice. My guess is that if you don’t get your major then they just put you in the school of undergraduate studies which is essentially being undeclared as your major. Some colleges such as the college of natural sciences are open to everyone which means that if you can just get into the university (top 8% is fine) then you can get into that college. The college of natural sciences doesn’t decline anyone as long as you are in the university. I don’t know the list of all the colleges at UT that are open to everyone that gets in. Some are of course very hard to get in. I got into the school of engineering last year and eventually decided that I didn’t like it and transfered to the college of natural science and automatically got in. My grades didn’t meet the requirement to transfer to another form of engineering had I wanted to do another engineering. It’s not necessarily easier to switch majors once you are already in UT (for some cases it is, for some it isn’t) but you can switch your major to anything once you are already in UT provided that you meet the requirements and you have high enough grades.</p>
<p>So some schools dont decline students if they’re already in the school? I want to be a nurse and I’m not sure if the nursing program will accept me or not. I’m involved in a lot of organizations, volunteer, and have good grades. Im retaking my SAT in October so i’m not sure if its going to be high or not. UT is like the number one school i want to go to. I hope I’m able to be accepted into the nursing program.</p>
<p>Well, when I applied to the College of Natural Sciences, it took 45 seconds. All I had to do was sign my name and select my major. The guy said that they accept who can at least get into UT. As for nursing, I have no friends in nursing and I’m not very familiar with nursing at UT. It looks like you begin at pre-nursing and then work your way up to the nursing program. Here’s a page with some information:</p>