<p>I am an international student who go to high school in Texas and I qualify for residency because I am graduating from a high school in Texas with four years of attendance. Here is my question.
I am aware that UT CAP is offered to those that did not get accepted to UT Austin right away. But is CAP offered to "every" Texas residents that did not get accepted to UT Austin?
FYI my unweighted GPA is 3.29 and my SAT score is 1620.</p>
<p>No, it’s not. A lot of people are offered the program but it isn’t offered to all denied Texas residents. I’m at UTSA and I’m likely going to be transferring. It is a pretty cool place and my professors are awesome. The students are what give this school a bad reputation.</p>
<p>I am not in the first half of my class but I have 3.28 gpa and 1620 SAT score. Do you think I will get cap offered?</p>
<p>Why are you transferring, Hookem?</p>
<p>Sorry for the late reply but, my major is neuroscience and UTSA simply won’t give me the credentials or prestige that I need in the future. Nostalgia and name recognition play a large role in applicant selection. I also love Austin and UT’s campus. I have nothing going on as UTSA as far as my future is concerned. I know many UT alumni who could help me with things at UT and also put in a good word for me when I apply for a program or something similar there. I’m enjoying my time at UTSA but I don’t plan on staying here. Pretty much all of my friends are CAP, some have said that they will stay and some have said that they will leave.</p>
<p>The top seniors at UTSA are accepted to top graduate prgrams, law schools and medical schools. UTSA students who transfer to Austin are sometimes lost in the crowd and when they seek help getting into med school are told “Actually, I have no clue who you are.”</p>
<p>I’m sure students from many small schools get accepted into programs and whatnot. It is simply the fact that the school is established and very well known. Who do you think will be more likely to be accepted into a major specific program, a UT graduate or a PV graduate? Likely the UT graduate because the school is known for being more rigorous and it simply has name recognition and usually a positive connotation with it’s name. I’m sure that everyone that I ask for recommendations will more than likely remember me. I was in a two separate programs at BCM and the coordinators (doctors and associates) know me by name and even provided me with hand-written and typed letters with authentic signatures, not copies for applications. I’m one of those people that not only has a look you won’t forget, but a personality you won’t forget. Also, to those hoping to get letters of recommendation, I suggest you get them towards the end of your semester so the professor will still know exactly who you are. I thought it would be harder to get to know my professors but even in my larger classes, I’ve been called out by name, multiple times, to either answer a question or to get an answer to an email I had sent. Also, the professors looked right at me when they called me so I know they knew who I was and what I looked like. Oh and to those interested, after the first semester, I finished with a 3.7 GPA at UTSA and I only studied for maybe three of my six classes. All A’s and one B, some A+ and some A-.</p>
<p>Can someone answer his question. with a 1620 will he get in? </p>
<p>Will i get in. I made a 25 on the ACT and i am under top 50% in my class. lots of extra curricular work. i have a job. i think im around top 40%… will i get in? </p>
<p>And I wrote 2 very strong essays. not to mention recommendations </p>