<p>My first and only major was Mechanical Engineering, but it appears that I got rejected. Will being in the School of Undergraduate Studies affect me in the long run? I am surprised and disappointed because I thought I had a very high chance of getting into the School of Engineering and now I'm having second thoughts of going to UT. Is it possible to still get in Cockrell before school starts if I submit a major change? If I already got rejected once, is it pointless to submit a major change to mechanical engineering?</p>
<p>bump. Anyone out there that could help me out?</p>
<p>Why don’t you just try it? There’s nothing to lose</p>
<p>You received an admission decision already? Are you a transfer or incoming freshman? And is this an Early Action app? Thanks!</p>
<p>Sorry, NM. Just read Engineering decisions came separately. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>You will probably not be able to do the major change to get into Cockrell, but you can try. Many auto admit students don’t get into Cockrell so they won’t have any/many major changes.</p>
<p>But my daughter started out in UGS in 2009. She transferred into Arch E at the end of freshman year. You need to make nearly all A’s and you need to try to get into your math courses and do well. When she was in UGS, she took her core requirement, some history classes and math. She is graduating just one semester late (she did the Business Foundations courses and studied abroad). </p>
<p>You can get into Cockrell if you do well your freshman year! Quite a few students transfer out of Cockrell so there are always spaces for sophomores!</p>
<p>Thank you all for replying. I’m just a bit doubtful of going to UT as an undeclared major. I see it as a big risk because I don’t know how hard it will be to keep my gpa up and if I do there’s always the possibility I still won’t get accepted. Will the classes I will be taking as an undeclared major be the same as the classes I would take as an engineering major my freshman year? I got accepted into the school of engineering at Texas A&M. Will it be better for me to go to A&M?</p>
<p>Yes, freshman year is freshman year is freshman year. It’s all core curriculum. Math, bio, chem, english, elective. Just be sure to get with an advisor from your desired major’s college before registering for classes to make sure you’re taking the appropriate ones needed in order to stay in sync with other students in that major. Classes are generally the same across the board until ~3rd-4th semester. The only thing you may potentially miss out on via this route is the networking / research lab connections, but you can easily remedy that by getting involved in Freshman Research Initiative and choosing a lab that aligns with your major. Seriously, not a problem.</p>
<p>All that said, though, whether or not to opt for A&M full program from the start is a decision you’ll have to weigh carefully and decide for yourself. I would get in touch with a UT advisor for engineering and discuss it with them: the specific likelihood of being accepted into the program later, the timeframe for when this might happen, etc. - the same questions you asked here, essentially. You don’t have to be in a specific college to speak to or get advice from an advisor or professor in that college. Let them know about the A&M offer and which they think is best. The one thing I can tell you for sure is that the expert opinion of a fully qualified individual well versed in both programs is going to offer much better advice than anyone here can. If you can’t get in with an advisor, find a professor’s email. Do a little research perusing the engineering dept. faculty CVs and staff directory, and email him or her this question. If you don’t hear back, email several. Most college profs are friendly and eager to help. Just keep it short and to the point, friendly but not weird or unprofessional. They’ll think no differently of this than if you were any other of the 40,000 UT students randomly seeking advice. Often they consider it a compliment to themselves to be asked, and a sign of maturity and motivation on your part for seeking quality advice to make an informed decision. In my irrelevant opinion, the decision you’ll have to make here exceeds the capacity of a generic, random, anonymous online forum.</p>
<p>My D got in UGS after applying to Engineering. We are OOS. Sounds like a holding pen that makes you re-apply after Freshman year or change majors. Given the lack of scholarships for OOS, and the risk of being sent in a direction you dont want to go, we view it as a rejection.</p>
<p>Again, thanks for all the replies and helpful info.
@bulldoggator I am in state and top 10% (valedictorian) of my class and I still got rejected from the college of engineering and on top of that I didn’t really receive many scholarships. On the other hand, Texas A&M gave me a full ride, so more than likely I’ll be an aggie next year. I don’t want to go into UGS and still take another risk of not getting accepted into engineering the next year.</p>
<p>Go to A & M if you already are accepted into their engineering program.</p>
<p>manutd1
Go to A&M</p>
<p>My S is in nearly the same situation. He really wanted to study Computer Science at Texas but was placed in UGS instead. We are also OOS and also consider this a big risk. Can anyone offer advice about how difficult it is to transfer after the first semester and how much he would be missing out on? The other schools we are considering are Purdue and Georgia Tech, where he is in the Computer Science programs. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Your son is not in the same situation. Internal transfer to engineering is very-very difficult, internal transfer to CNS is a piece of cake. </p>
<p>If he decides to go to UT the only issue would be to sign for CS 312 the first semester. The classes can be full or reserved for CS majors. But this class meets requirement for science core class so he still can try, talk to advisor during orientation, get into wait list etc…</p>
<p>Thanks. The CS department was pretty pessimistic about getting any CS classes before Summer 2014 so that is what has us very concerned. Do you know if students successfully come out of UGS into CS and still graduate in 4 years? Is it common?</p>
<p>I believe that the majority of people who got into UGS and didn’t graduate in 4 years are people who
- did not have any AP/IB/CC credits
- changed major several times or declared it junior year.
- took 12 credits per semester instead of 15, dropped classes, failed classes etc</p>
<p>I cannot imagine how a kid who has good study habits and knows what he/she wants will not graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>Go to A & M. Easy decision there honestly.</p>
<p>Wow! Congrats on a full ride to a&m! I have one engineering major at each…UT and a&m. A&M is a wonderful university! I know many students want to be in Austin…it is a fun, wonderful city. But I as a parent love Aggieland too! My son actually chose it over UT. He wanted the smaller town since we live in Austin! He is soooo happy there! Both universities will offer great educations if you study and get involved in all they have to offer.<br>
Hopefully, if you attend a&m, you’ll love it and never look back. However, I do know of several students who transferred from a&m engineering to UT engineering. They all had 4.0s, or close, in freshman engineering classes.<br>
Both programs are extremely challenging!</p>
<p>My twin brother is also having to make this decision (between UGS at UT or general engineering at A&M); unfortunately, neither school is giving him any scholarship. He thinks that UT has the better overall engineering (Electrical) experience, but he is also worried that it will be difficult to transfer out of UGS into the college of engineering. While A&M provides him a second alternative (pre-vet), my brother is concerned that the classes will be heavily weed-out based, making them much harder than they would be a UT.</p>
<p>What do you think he should do? (He likes both colleges equally, so this is pretty much the deciding factor or him)</p>
<p>My son, although only a junior, has the same concerns. He wants to go to UT for engineering but is worried if he gets accepted that he won’t get engineering since it is so competitive. He will be an Academic admit to A&M but not an auto-admit to either since he is not in the top 7% but he prefers UT over A&M. He will apply to both in August.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the percentage of kids that have successfully transitioned from UGS to Engineering?</p>