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<p>Many top tier universities force all students to enter as undeclared, which may be where you are getting this positive outlook from, but UT essentially forces a major upon you. In many cases, the major-specific introductory courses are restricted to those students who have been accepted to the major so students in the UGS are forced to take non-specific core requirements until they transfer in to a major. In majors with rigidly structured degree plans such as engineering, this means that the 4 year program doesn’t effectively start until they transfer in. In most cases, this means that you only go into UGS if that’s your only way into the university.</p>