I currently attend Texas A&M University-Commerce as a junior. I plan to transfer to Texas A&M University College Station or ut Austin for my last two years of undergrad. I’m applying for the computer science and engineering deratment majoring in computer science. I recently changed my major to computer science so I’m gonna be in undergrad for 5 years now with 3 years at commerce and my last two(senior and super senior yr)at college station or ut Austin if I get accepted. Here of my general stats
GPA- 3.68
BUT I have two bad grades. One is a c in history and one is d in business math 2,but I retook the class and got an A so it doesn’t count towards my gpa. But the D is still on my transcript . I ended up getting a D at first because of medical reasons ). The D happened my freshman yr. I’m sure the C won’t be too bad though. Other than the D that is an A now and the C , the rest of my grades are a vast majority of A’s. And some B’s.
Race: African-American
Low income
First generational college student
Extra activities : Kappa Sigma Fraternity member , NFTE ALUMI and mentor (a business organization for low income students), member of multiple programs , and a little volunteer experience
Hours : 74
I’m taking the required coursework in the fall so I’ll them done by the time I apply in January of 2018. But I would also have the second sequences of calculus 2 and Chem 2 in the spring(which is ok since I would have cal 1 and Chem 1 done) .
Can anyone let me know of my chances ?
I know I have some things going against me like applying somewhat late and my two bad grades but retook one and got A. Will they take reason for getting the D into consideration ? Do I have a chance of getting accepted ?
So you got an A in the retake of the business math class? (and not the history class)? Do you also have A’s in other more recent math and/or computer science classes? Can you afford to attend for 5 years?
If you have a good reason for the D, which happened freshman year, and you retook it with an A, that doesn’t seem to be a significant issue. The C in a history class doesn’t seem significant for a transfer to computer science. Otherwise your GPA is quite good.
Personally I think that these “chance me” posts are worth just as much as you pay for them, and not much more. However, to me your chances look pretty good. Good luck with this.
By the way, your academic advisor would have a far better ability to guess your chances than I would.
@DadTwoGirls yes I got an A in the retake of the business math class . I got a D at first from the result of missing a major test due to falling face first into concrete twice moments before the test and got a concussion. And I got a c in the history class. I didn’t feel like I needed to retake it.
“And I got a c in the history class. I didn’t feel like I needed to retake it.”
That would have been my reaction also.
@DadTwoGirls are you saying that I should retake it ?
No, I would not retake the history class. I think that history professors care about history classes. I think that studying history is a good idea because it gives a person more perspective on today’s world. However, I don’t think that computer science admissions folks care all that much about a history class (or at least not enough to bother to retake it, when you have more important and more interesting classes to take for a first time).
I wouldn’t give another thought to the history class.
You’ll need an A in calculus for sure. Have you taken any CS classes and how did you do?
@aroundthecorner I’m taking intro into computer science in the fall so I would have that done by the time I apply . The tamu course sheet for computer science says that a programming is not required but it is an advantage for an applicant .
It sounds like you know what you need to do. Just get good grades in the fall and you should be in range. Talk to your academic advisor, too. Sometimes there are little tricks and tips that help.
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