Greetings to everyone. Allow me to provide my background before asking my question. My first 2-3 years of ACC (Austin Community College) weren’t up to par with UT standards. I was basically a slacker and was even suspended from financial aid after the first semester due to withdrawing from 2 classes (prog fundamentals and Cal 1), failing 1, and barely passing the other with a C. Here’s my grades from the first couple of semesters:
Spring 2013:
COSC-1336 006 Prog Fund I - W
ENGL-1301 071 Composition I - C
HIST-1301 027 U S History I - F
MATH-2413 003 Calculus I - W
Fall 2013:
No classes taken.
Spring 2014:
ECON-2301 006 Prin Macro Eco - W
ENGL-1302 094 Composition II - C
HIST-1301 016 U S History I - B
Summer 2014:
GOVT-2305 055 US Government - C
Fall 2014:
ECON-2301 048 Prin Macro Eco - C
GOVT-2305 082 US Government - B
PHIL-1301 007 Intro Phil - C
Spring 2015:
ENVR-1301 003 Intro Env Sci - C
GOVT-2306 017 Tx & Local Gov - D
HIST-1302 031 U S History II - C
Fall 2015:
COSC-1301 049 Intro Comput - A
SPCH-1311 040 Intro Sp Comm - A
Spring 2016:
COSC-1336 006 Prog Fund I - A
ITNW-1325 011 Fund-Network - A
MATH-1324 008 Mth Bus & Eco - A
I have my eyes set on UT and wanted some input from other folks that could have possibly been in the same situation and turned their life around and went on to UT. My questions are:
- If I continue my current trend, what are my chances at UT, realistically speaking?
- Will I have to retake all those C's and that one D to even be considered?
- If I get rejected, is there a chance that I will be put on the PACE/CAP program?
Your chances of getting accepted are pretty much zero, you need to start looking at other universities. Even with the upward trend your GPA is barely above 2.5, and since you have 48 hours already you can’t even raise it over 3.0 before transferring. CAP is also extremely unlikely. You have to come to terms with the fact that you’re applying to a competitive school where the vast majority of the people applying have a 3.5+ and didn’t slack off their first 2 years.
@Eagles016 That’s what I plan on doing and I can’t afford to get anything less than an A from now. I have a lot of things to worry about like the SAT/ACT, volunteer hours, GPA, etc. and my main focus is to bring up my GPA to at least a 3.2.
@danfer91 I’ve seen students get UT admission with a 3.1-3.5 GPA. I’ll start looking for other universities once I’ve tried UT. Thanks.
@Solomon94 And? What does that have to do with what I posted? Yes, people get accepted with 3.1-3.5 GPA’s, however it’s unlikely, especially on the lower side. Besides, I don’t see what that has to do with your case. You aren’t going to have over a 3.0 so it’s a moot point.
Right now you have a 2.56 GPA with 48 hours completed. Even if you got straight A’s on your remaining 12 hours before you transferred the maximum amount, you would still only have a 2.85. To reach your goal of a 3.2 GPA, you would need to get all A’s in your next 38 semester hours, or ~13 classes. This would put you at 86 credits. So you could be a senior at another university in the time it would take you to get above a 3.2 GPA at ACC. This is ignoring the fact that UT doesn’t like seeing applications with over 60 hours. Essentially, you’re going to be stuck applying with a sub-3.0 GPA. That’s fine, but just realize that UT is going to be a super reach for you given your first few years. Just take the remaining 12 hours and do your best, apply, but be sure to apply to plenty of other school too, because getting into UT is a long shot.
I’d look into UTSA, UTA, Texas State, UH and UNT. CAP/Pace isnt offered to transfers so thats out of the question and I dont think its worth spending time attempting to get into UT when your odds are so low. Look into alternatives
I don’t think UT is going to happen for you.
But, you could transfer into University of Houston. UH is a pretty good school and it has a lot of respect in Texas. Since the football team won the peach bowl last year, UH got more name recognition nationally. As a transfer with over 30 credits, you only need a 2.00 GPA. Not sure what your major will be, but be aware that certain majors will require a higher GPA (info here: http://www.uh.edu/admissions/apply/apply-transfer/admissions-criteria/)
“UNT, UH, and UTA will net you a quality education, but those schools (along with UTSA) are commuter schools which means pretty much you won’t have much of a social life/meet friends and have a fun college experience. UH is particularly a bad social atmosphere if you aren’t from the Houston area. 80-90% of students at UH undergrad are from the Houston area”
That’s not very accurate. All 3 of my brother’s roommates at UH were from OOS and they had a normal college experience. They weren’t outcast-ed for simply being an OOS students. You can still become friends with students who commute, you’re not only limited to being friends with people on campus.
@Eagles016 Sorry that your time at UNT wasn’t as pleasant as you hoped for. But at least things worked out for you
@Eagles016 I was trying to be polite in my last comment, that’s why my comment was “generic”. You came off a bit bitter in comment #7.
Also, just because you weren’t able to become friends with people (maybe because you didn’t connect with them, you thought you were above them, you weren’t that motivated to befriend people who are older or have a job) doesn’t mean that @Solomon94 can’t make friends. He may not even live on campus when he transfers to a university, so being at a school with people who commute probably won’t make him regret his choice of university every day.