<p>Does it severely hurt my chances of getting into UT Austin's computer science program if I turn in my application in late November? I understand that it's a really competitive major to get in to but they don't accept people in a first come first serve basis right? </p>
<p>Hey Htownkid, I also live in Houston and am applying for UT to be a Computer Science major, and I do not qualify for the top 7% rule. I just submitted my application a few days ago, and UT does not go by first come first serve at all. The time you apply only effects how high you are on waiting list for housing. People that applied back in August will get the best rooms before people like me and you. On a side note, UT does not require freshman to live on campus like other schools do, so it’s not that big of a deal. Computer Science from what I understand isn’t competitive. In college (I think) If you get accepted into the sub school, you can automatically do any major in that school. The easiest schools to get into at UT are the Liberal Arts school, and the Natural science school. The Natural Science school is the school that houses the Computer science major, there for making it way less competitive than say, their business major’s. Hopefully we both get in and I see you there!</p>
<p>It should be noted that the fact that the CS department is in CNS does not mean anything at all besides you applying to that college. Chances of getting in to CS should be compared with Cockrell and McCombs. While I am an applicant, I have done a fair amount of research into admission to CS to see that it is roughly equivalent to those colleges. But as for your later application entry, If you are not sure on your acceptance, then the later application date may not benefit your application but may not hurt it either. As long as you did not turn it in late, it shouldn’t be a big factor. </p>
<p>Rolling admissions is only for Honors Programs, and first come first serve (as mentioned before) is for dorms. As long as you get it in on time and have a strong record, you should be fine. My sister applied the day applications were due, about 30 minutes before the deadline, and still got her major/college of choice. Granted, she was an auto-admitted student, but I don’t think that turning in applications closer to the deadline is bad. It may show that you worked extra hard on essays and made sure to fill in all answers with great accuracy. Important to remember: Admissions doesn’t like to assume things. Unless you gave a specific explanation regarding the timing of your application, they probably will ignore it or won’t care about it. Good luck!</p>
<p>I have nothing to contribute except to say that I’m also from Houston, also applying for CS!
Fingers crossed for all of us!
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Actually, I did have a nice chat with academics. They said that yes, you have to get directly into CS (not just into NS and then get put into CS). For this reason, I put CS as my 1st choice major and NS undeclared for my second. It’s way easier to transfer majors than to transfer schools entirely.</p>
<p>As long as you send in your ApplyTexas undergraduate application in before the deadline, it won’t affect whether or not you get accepted.</p>
<p>Computer Science is very competitive now at UT. Being in the top 7% will guarantee you get accepted into UT but will not guarantee you get accepted into CS. The department has more than tripled in students in the past 5 years. There’s hardly more course openings or faculty to account for that. As a result most CS majors here have an extremely difficult time registering for CS courses (likely the most difficult of any department). There are some CS students this semester who aren’t even enrolled in a CS course because they couldn’t get any. There used to be the rule that all current UT students wishing to internal transfer into anything in CNS would be automatically accepted. CS is not like that now. If you are a UT student and are a Junior, they won’t even look at you (multiple Juniors with a 4.0 got rejected). </p>