Chances CC to UT Austin or Houston

Transfer Students
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<p>I want to go for my BSN and have been attending a community college for the last two years.
My GPA hasn't been so great (more like its been terrible) and I was wondering how my chances were to getting into either school.</p>

<p>So far I've taken
Psychology(prereq)-B
English 1(AP credit)-no grade
English 2(AP credit)-no grade
Economics-C
Statistics(prereq)-B
Bio 1(prereq)-B
Government 1(prereq)-A
History 1(prereq)-A
College Algebra(prereq)-B
Bio 2-B
BCIS-A
Humanities(prereq)-A
British Literature-A</p>

<p>Overall GPA at this time is around a 3.2
FYI-I still have another year at the CC (another 34 credits left). Will probably boost GPA to 3.6 max</p>

<p>As you can see the my prereq classes are pretty much Bs not counting the easy classes such as history, gov, etc.</p>

<p>Is it safe to say that UT isn't really going to care about my A's I've received in classes like BCIS but be more focused on my prereqs? If so, does having a B average on my prereqs destroy my chances of acceptance?</p>

<p>I've been lazy the past couple years but I'm pretty confident I will work harder. If you actually look at my transcript I've been progressively been taking more hours and have been receiving better grades. Will UT or any other school recognize this? Will UT really care about the C I received in economics? If so, should i retake to try and make up for it? Any classes you would recommend my retaking if any?</p>

<p>From reading around the internet, seems like my chances into UT Austin are very slim, are my chances the same for Houston? Can any provide info on UT Houstin's acceptance rate (I can't find any)</p>

<p>Last, any other universities that I can probably aim for rather than these two with my GPA in mind?</p>

<p>Had the following school in mind
A&M CC, A&M Prairie View, SFA, Texas Tech, UT Arlington, TWU <- any of these actually decent for nursing? I know they all have nursing schools but are they really decent schools?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading my long first post! Can't wait to hear responses, even thought my hopes are pretty low.</p>

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<p>There is no UT-Houston. That’s UT’s medical school.</p>

<p>Check and see if your CC has a transfer agreement with any of the State Schools – that said, if your GPA is above a 3.5 you should be able to get in everywhere but UT-Austin. </p>

<p>Don’t know too much about UT-Austin’s transfer requirements.</p>

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<p>thanks for correcting me, when i said UT Houston i was referring to UT Health Science Center at Houston</p>

<p>when you mean by 3.5 GPA</p>

<p>do universities really not care about prereq grades individually but rather care about the general GPA?</p>

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<p>Yes, they definantly care about the prereq grades for your major. If they cared about the general GPA rather than prereq grades, people would just take a whole bunch of fluffer courses and bs their prereq classes. Some univerisites have a seperate area on applications to calculate your major GPA.</p>

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<p>Yes and no. For business, UT really cares about what you get in the business prereqs (Calculus, Economics and Computer Class). Most of the other schools within UT are much more laid back when it comes to grades in prereqs. I actually knew a kid who got a C in Macroeconomics and still got in as an Economics major.</p>

<p>As for your GPA, the average admitted transfer GPA for UT is just a smidgen over 3.5, but I’ve met several kids with 3.3s and 3.4s who were able to get into the College of Natural Science and College of Liberal Arts, so I wouldn’t be too discouraged.</p>

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<p>what about EC?</p>

<p>should I start stacking up hours from a hospital?</p>

<p>btw thank you to all that replied</p>

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<p>The general impression I got from the admissions counselor I spoke to from UT about a year and a half ago is that UT only really cares about your GPA, and to a much lesser extent, your essays. </p>

<p>I got accepted last year and the only EC I had was a part-time job working about 15 hours a week.</p>

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<p>well my GPA as for now is a 3.3</p>

<p>hoping to boost up dramatically during the summer and fall</p>

<p>is it really true that 3.5+ is the magic number?</p>

<p>last question</p>

<p>i was arrested for theft under 50 dollars (class c misdemeanor) <- yes i know it was a very stupid thing to do…</p>

<p>this is going to have a major toll in my acceptance right?</p>

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<p>bumps…</p>

<p>anyone?</p>

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<p>it’s been awhile</p>

<p>bumps?</p>

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<p>bumps</p>

<p>anyone</p>

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<p>i see T___T</p>

<p>lawl!</p>

<p>but seriously will no one answer?</p>