<p>Hopefully this will not even apply to me, but since my high school does not rank or calculate GPA it is hard to find out where I fit in the whole big picture of admissions. I got a 1410/1600 last spring on the SAT and hopefully can improve that score somewhat in the fall. I am hoping that I can at least get into undergraduate studies because from what I have seen, transferring from within the university into McCombs isn't all that difficult if it is planned well. </p>
<p>So I have seen that it can be very difficult logistically to go into the CAP program and graduate from McCombs without a lot of issues. It is a big risk because if you don't get into McCombs then you are kind of S.O.L. in a major you didn't want to be in. I know the University suggests that you don't do CAP if you want to be in Cockrell or McCombs, but for everyone I know who was taken the risk it has worked out for them in the end. </p>
<p>So I am wondering if any of you have done CAP, and only wanted to graduate from McCombs, then it hasn't worked out. What did you do?</p>
<p>I have no personal experience in this of course, but people have posted here in the past about a plan of transferring into COLA, being an economics major, and then doing the minor in McCombs sort of program called “Business Economics Option”
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<p>If you are not accepted to UT as a freshman, you need to decide: Since it is so hard to predict whether you will be able to transfer into McCombs, you have to decide what you really want more, to get a business degree (so it is safer to go as a freshman to a college that accepts you into its business program) or to take business classes at McCombs at UT in Austin (which, if you are good student, is likely). </p>
<p>There is always the “get an MBA from McCombs” plan, too. Good luck! Hope you are accepted to UT and this becomes a non-issue.</p>
<p>Well, I was at UT yesterday and talked to a McCombs rep about this very issue.
If your in CAP and apply to McCombs for sophomore year it counts as an external transfer and therefore its much harder. So what I would do is do CAP, go to COLA and major in Econ at UT Austin and then apply for McCombs for junior year as an internal transfer. If you don’t get in, there is the option of the Business Foundations program which is kind of like a business minor.</p>
<p>I have a feeling I spoke to the same McCombs rep yesterday that you did. That same guy has told me at another meeting, I wish I could remember his name, that external transfers only need about a 3.9 to get straight into McCombs. But on this board, the way it sounds is that even if you have a 4.0, you still might not get in.</p>
<p>I believe his name was Carlos Enriquez or something, maybe Charles…this was at Longhorn Saturday at the McCombs session right? Yeah I’m in the same boat as you, I go to a nonranking school and its likely I get CAPed this fall and I sure hope that I can transfer in to McCombs…</p>
<p>The minor isn’t crap, the Business Foundations program is what is what is referred to as crap. The Business route to economics program is a real minor, with you taking 4 ACTUAL McCombs classes. Nothing is watered down.</p>
<p>If you’re not accepted out of HS, you really just need to decide how bad you want UT and how bad you want business. For example, would you be happy with an economics degree or something else if you couldn’t get into McCombs? Is business what you’re really set on?</p>
<p>For example, I did CAP and I plan on attempting to get into McCombs. But, if I end up getting a degree in economics instead, I will still be very happy. When I looked at schools, UT was the only one I really felt comfortable at and I fell in love with the school. So CAP wasn’t bad, because I would rather be in COLA at UT than business at any of the other schools I got into.</p>
<p>Another option you might consider is going to UTD, majoring in business and transferring to UT that way. My cousin did this with a 4.0 her freshman year and got into McCombs…where her GPA slowly declined from there.</p>