<p>This is my situation. I received admission to UT, but I didn't get my first choice, which was the Business school; they admitted me to my second choice, Pre-Journalism. I have admission into the Business schools at UTD, SMU, A&M, and OU. No matter where I go, my goal will be to graduate from McComb's in 2014.</p>
<p>So my options for my first year are to attend Business Honors at SMU/A&M, major in Business at the OU Honors College, major in Business at UTD, or to spend my freshman year in the Journalism program at UT. I'm interested in getting some feedback as to which of these avenues would provide the best path for me to gaining admission to McComb's as a transfer student next year? I'm inclined to believe I'd be preferred if I was already in another program at UT, but I'm not positive. Any feedback would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I would just go to the Business Honors at SMU/A&M, but if you think you can get a great GPA go straight to UT, but i think it might be easier to get a better GPA at UTD. but i would just go to A&M honors and im pretty sure you would end up liking it</p>
<p>When transferring, what exactly is taken into consideration? Just college grades or does high school stuff (SAT, GPA, etc.) come back into play?</p>
<p>My best advice is to attend the schools that admited you. SMU has a solid business program and is in Dallas so your likely to get recruited by Dallas firms.</p>
<p>If you really want to go to McCombs and don’t have strong math skills then be sure to take Calc I & II at a community college or another school because it is very tough at UT.</p>
<p>A&M has a good business program as well and is tougher to get into then McCombs (which doesn’t say much since their both equally competitive).</p>
<p>now that i think about it, i dont think you really have any easy path, i would just go somewhere else, unless you for sure know you can get a good gpa</p>
<p>Pierrechn is right there is no easy path into McCombs. Im in the same situation as you and im going to Texas and trying to transfer in. Just in case i dont make the gpa to get in im gonna be in a major i still like so it wouldnt be the end of the world. Besides i can always get an mba</p>
<p>yea if you really want to go to UT for UT go, but if your tryna do the business thing i would just go somewhere else, you will make the same grades you would at ut at the other schools, so u could just apply as a transfer or something later. or you could just find another major than interests you and go to UT</p>
<p>I really think you should check out UTD. It’s a great school and if you love in Plano I’m sure all of your friends would want you to go there for a year over UT</p>
<p>Hey I feel like I’m in the best position to give advice. I’ve got a lot from this website so I feel like I should give back.</p>
<p>I went to SMU studying business for two years and after my first three semesters I got a 3.928 GPA and applied for Texas, USC, Virginia among others. I got into the three mentioned. </p>
<p>If I was in your position I would ask myself two questions:</p>
<p>1) Given the admission statistics for internal transfers at UT are you confident you can get a 3.8 or whatever it is?</p>
<p>2) If not then what is your B-plan.</p>
<p>It is harder to get into McCombs from out of state but if you don’t get in attempting to go the in state route you’ll have to fall back on journalism or something else there.
At SMU you’re already in the business program and you still have the option of applying to McCombs as an external transfer. I got at 3.928 and gained admission which is probably not that much different from hitting a 3.8 at UT. </p>
<p>In addition SMU business program is a fine program. Great teachers, great connections, great career service. I honestly believe that if a whole bunch of smart ass students decided to jump to SMU for their freshmen year than SMU’s ranking would be in the top 10. My point is they have the teachers, curriculum, networking and support staff to do it. It’s a school that really gives you options if you take advantage of it (that whole college is what you make of it really applies here). </p>
<p>I mean I got into Virginia and they had the top ranked undergrad business school the year they offered me admission. But honestly just focus on doing well because if you want good career opportunities than the options you have will take you there.</p>
<p>The labor market is extremely efficient at spotting top talent so just work on developing yourself, kid.</p>
<p>I would consider a community college along with your other university options. If you chose to go to SMU, there is always an issue with tuition($30,000). Another thing to consider is the difficulty level in the universities you listed. If you chose to internally transfer at UT, even though the statistics for the average accepted GPA is lower than the external transfer students, you have to remember that any class at UT is bound to come with some sort of difficulty. I went to a community college for 2 years and was recently accepted to McCombs. It all comes down to GPA, essays, and extracurricular activities(volunteering).</p>