<p>I have been considering the CAP program for some time now. I have been accepted into SMU buisness school, but i'm not sure i want to attend that school and pay the money for it.
I was wondering what the acceptance rate is for transferring from CAP to McCombs, as well as if you are considered an internal or external transfer if you are transferring from one of the commuter schools.
It honestly seems like if you are not trying to get into one of the automatic transfer schools ( liberal arts, undergraduate studies,.... ) then you have just as much of a chance to get into UT McCombs ( or any other school ) then any other college student attending any other college in Texas.</p>
<p>It is possible to get into McCombs via external (going through the CAP Program) or internal transfer (attending UT and than applying for McCombs after completing a minimum 24 credit hours).</p>
<p>However, the chances of getting in straight from the CAP Program are slim as supposed to doing an internal transfer.</p>
<p>If I were you would seriously consider going to SMU despite the cost since you have already been admitted to the business school. If it turns out to be beyond your reach financially, are there other business schools you could go to that you were accepted to?</p>
<p>Go to SMU, it’s a better school than the CAP ones.</p>
<p>I’m currently finishing up my CAP year, planning to complete 24 hours at UT austin next year then apply as an internal transfer to McCombs. Internal transfers are much more likely to get in as opposed to external transfers (Just look at the statistics on the McCombs site).</p>
<p>If you want business, it’ll take you a year to get into UT, and then most likely another year to internally transfer into McCombs… And that’s only if you get in. I’m not sure about how many transfers they take, but I know that their engineering department, which I think is relatively as difficult to be accepted to, only takes roughly 15 people per year to internally transfer into the program I wanted. Save yourself two years and go to SMU.</p>
<p>@Borb
Thats what I’m hoping to do as well, and potentially try to transfer straight after freshman year ( although it is very unlikely )</p>
<p>@Shellgames
Well the rate at which they accept people internally is about 65%-75% into the McCombs school, which i would say is a pretty good rate to take the risk.
The only thing that I don’t like about the program is the fact that it is a risk in it self. I don’t want to potentially waste two years, but getting into UT would be completely worth it</p>
<p>If getting into UT is your ultimate goal, then take the CAP program. If you don’t eventually get into McCombs you can do Economics/some other major (provided you get the 3.2 and do Econ and Calc 1 and 2) then get a masters at McCombs. </p>
<p>Why not just transfer into McCombs after your freshmen year? If you get a 4.0, you’ll probably get in. This question goes for Borb and Petersburg.</p>
<p>@ Petersburg and Borb</p>
<p>I’m also going to complete the CAP program, but for Natural Sciences. I was just wondering about the placement tests for Math and Chemistry. Do CAP students need to take the test if they want to take General chemistry and Calc I freshman year? If so how do you study for the New Calculus test?</p>
<p>Yeah you need to take the placement test (At least for math, I don’t know about chem). I took the COMPASS, which was fairly easy (I placed in Pre-Cal, trig kicked my ass). Just brush up on your senior year math and you’ll be fine. If you place below Math 1314 (College Algebra) I don’t think you can complete the CAP program. Above college algebra is pre-cal (2412), then calc I (2413)</p>
<p>Just throwing this out there… 2 of my friends were CAP’d 2 years ago and made a 4.0 at UTSA and got accepted into McCombs. It wasn’t hard, completely manageable, and totally attainable if that’s what you’re setting your heart and mind on.</p>
<p>Ha, thanks for the reply. It just goes to show: if you try hard, anything can happen. I’m not applying to McCombs; I’ll be automatically transfered to CNS. However, I would really want to apply for the honors program at UT. I understand that CNS has two programs. The first one is Dean’s Scholar (the best), and the second one is Health Science Honors. I know I can apply for Dean’s Scholar as a transfer, but does anyone know about HSH? Is it only for high school students –> college?</p>
<p>Also, can you apply to out of state universities if you’re completing the CAP program (use UT as a safety school)?</p>
<p>Yes, you can still apply as a transfer student to other schools even if you are in the CAP program.</p>