<p>My story is a bit long but I will attempt to shorten it as much as possible:</p>
<p>I graduated from a great university in California with a BS Environmental Systems. After graduating I worked for about a year, and figured out I want to do something completely different career wise. I intend on applying to medical school in the future but my major did not require me to take any courses such as ochem/ochem lab, biochem, microbio. I plan to retake all my lower division gen. science courses in order to prepare myself to take the needed upper div science courses.</p>
<p>Here is where my story becomes complicated: for the first 3 years of my undergraduate years, I had absolutely no direction in life and almost dropped out because my grades were so poor. It wasn't until my last year where I pretty much went from getting straight C's and failing classes, to getting straight A's. Unfortunately because I had taken so many units, and because I had slacked for so many years, my total GPA is calculated to be about 2.9.</p>
<p>I applied as a spring 2014 transfer as a major in Biology because there was no explicit "GPA minimum" listed on the page (the transfer page does say most applicants generally have a minimum 3.0 GPA, but I did not see that as a black and white line due to wording). However after some research it seems I won't even be considered because my GPA is below a 3.0. I have great essays, and ~800 hours working as a medical scribe directly under a physician, which I thought might help with admissions. Additionally, I was hoping that UT would see my extremely positive academic trend and take that into consideration.</p>
<p>I've been taking calculus, bio/bio lab, chem/chemlab, and physics/physics lab at Austin Community College during Fall 2013 semester and anticipate a 4.0 GPA. I have been accepted at St. Edward's and it seems as if I will likely end up going there as I have accepted the reality that UT won't even read my essays/look at my resumes and disregard my application after a quick look at my GPA. However there is a tiny part inside of me that is hoping that I might be accepted at UT because of my work experience and essays (this is assuming of course that they even looked at my resume).</p>
<p>So does anyone know how exactly UT looks at/treats people applying for a 2nd bachelor's degree?</p>