I got an email from UT Austin telling me to check the status of my application. I got my hopes up thinking that I would finally get accepted (I applied all the way back in September). Instead, I saw that they rejected me for admission as a freshman. Instead, the offered me something called CAP agreement. UT Austin will offer me admission for freshman year to UT Arlington, UT El Paso, UT Rio Grande Valley,UT Tyler, UT San Antonio, and if I meet a certain GPA standard at one of these school, I get automatically accepted to UT Austin.
Personally, I just feel really disappointed that I was obviously not good enough to get into UT Austin based on my stats/essays. My stats were 3.9UW, 4.9W, 26 Act
Nothing has ever really gone the way I’ve hoped for growing up. I tried my hardest in school, got As in the majority of my classes with maybe 2 Bs total and I still couldn’t get my class rank above top 10%. I was literally in the top 10.6%.
I feel like all of the hard work I did to get the best grades possible were for nothing because I failed at achieving the main goal (getting into the school I had hope for). Also, my mom told her co-workers and other families members that I was planning on attending UT Austin. She’s probably going to feel a bit ashamed that I then got rejected.
This was my mini vent, I’m usually not this much of a downer…
It will seem better in the morning. I’m sorry. It hurts:(. Honestly, with a 26, UT is too competitive to count on, even with a perfect GPA. They don’t have enough spots is all. But you do have a good option to get to UT Austin! You’ll see that after you mourn for a bit. Good luck to you.
PS: mom will be disappointed for you bc you are upset, but not embarrassed. I promise.
It is tough to get those rejections. You ACT is probably what hurt you. Do you have other applications in that you are still waiting on? Are you considering one of the CAP options? What is the GPA standard, and what is your probable major?
Thanks for the replies. The requirement for the CAP program is just to complete 30 credit hours in your freshman year, no GPA requirement I believe. I’m most likely not going to do the CAP because my intended major is Nursing and there’s not guarantee that I would be accepted as a nursing major, since it’s rather competitive.
I’ve been accepted to 2 other schools that offered my some money, so I’ll will most likely pick one of those options
You may not realize it now but perhaps much later that this new path is a good one that will bring you great things. If I were in your shoes I would believe that wholeheartedly! Remember too once you’re at a different school you’ll have nothing else to compare it to and you’ll be so busy and immersed you’ll forget about your original plan. Plans change and you’ll be the better for it!
@GreenTeaFanatic Let me state on the front end that I’m not an overtly religious person at all, but I’ve always found there to be truth in the Bible verse which states that God works through all things for good. It doesn’t mean that bad things are good, just that even when you hit a pothole, good things often result from it. I hope you don’t mind my sharing that, and if you do appreciate the Bible you might want to check it out.
UT is intensely competitive, and if you don’t get in under the 10 or 7 percent rule then I think you’re going to face trouble with an ACT under 30, from what little I know being a non-Texan. Your mother is far more concerned about you to worry about what her friends think.
Is there really any doubt in your mind that you can make good grades for one year at one of the other campuses and then transfer? They have told you what is necessary to achieve your goal and it’s going to require more work and a willingness to delay gratification. You can handle that.
You have not embarrassed your Mom. Really. She can simply tell her friends/coworker’s that you changed your mind. Hundreds of thousands of kids change their mind about what school they are going to attend between applications, admissions and May 1st and parents are generally just thrilled to have their kid’s be happy about whatever decision they make. As a Texas resident I know that there is this uber focus on UTA but honestly, there are so many other schools in Texas (not to mention other states) that are fantastic in their own way.
Yeah, it’s tough, especially if you’ve put such much hope on getting into a particular school. But it’s not the end! Last year my D was waitlisted/rejected by her top 4 choices (after studying really hard for her SATs and AP exams, excellent scores, straight As) and ended up choosing a school that she had only applied to as an afterthought. It turns out to be just the right school for her and she’s very happy there and not at all regretting that she didn’t get into one of her top 4.
UT San Antonio has a very good nursing program at its Health Sciences Center.
KNOW that UT admissions are brutal for those not within the auto-admit criteria. It’s just all about ranking. For those outside 7% or home-schooled or without rankings, it’s practically like ivy admissions in terms of selectivity.
At this point you just have to decide how important it is to graduate from UT. May be a blessing in disguise if costs is a concern. Your grades are solid so doing the 30 hours route and auto-transfer should be doable.
But … the degree program may be an issue as you brought up. May want to talk to folks at some of the UT system schools and ask about CAP folks and how often students get into the program they really want as opposed to GS.
Give yourself time for a pity party-- a day or so, max. (Hint: Ice cream helps. a lot.)
Then move on and decide on a plan B.
But please, please don’t make the mistake of tying your self worth into your GPA or your ACT or any other number on a page. You’re so much more than those numbers. Your mom and dad, and all the family and friends who love you, love YOU, not those numbers.
You ARE good enough for Austin, when you can prove yourself as a freshman at another college. Sorry you are upset, but you need to see the silver lining here. If your goal is UT Austin, you will have achieved it, when you are a college sophomore. That seems pretty good to me.
Congratulations! I am serious! Unlike millions of HS students all over the nation, you know precisely what you need to do to attend and get a degree from UT-Austin. It’s the opportunity that you wanted. From this point forward, the rest is up to you.
I wanted to congratulate you too - you sound like the kind of person who knows how to fight hard for what she wants. This is one small minor set-back in the big scheme of things. This is a minor skirmish, not even a real battle. And UTA did in fact give you a pathway to campus which is great. But I agree that you may want to focus on a sure-fire path to the major you want.
Hopefully you mom will be proud of you - she should be. Holy crap we should all have you for a kiddo!
Be proud of your accomplishments. I agree that the ACT likely hurt you for UT, but time to move on. Sorry things didn’t work out as hoped but for the vast majority people life does not exactly go as planned. The successful people are generally the ones who keep moving ahead despite setbacks/disappointments along the road.
I have every confidence that mother will not let the decision of a bunch of college admission officers change her opinion of her daughter. If it were my kid, I’d say that UT should be embarrassed for missing out on a great person and a great student.
So where to go from here? If you want nursing, go to one of the schools where you can achieve your goal. Your mom will correctly tell people that you decided to accept a generous scholarship and attend XYZ college. Wherever you end up, go and have a great experience.
I want to thank all of you for your comments and I agree with what you guys are saying. After having a night to sleep, I’m not that upset anymore. I realized, this isn’t the end of the world and I’m not a failure.
I did get accepted to an OOS school in Ohio that gave me an OOS tuition waiver scholarship and another $6,000 scholarship, which is a HUGE help for me. I realized that even if I got into UT Austin, they would probably not give me any financial aid. So in the long run, I’m probably going to laugh at how upset I was at not getting accepted to UT. I’m just going to look forward to my future and make the best of anything that happens to me
UT Tyler has an amazing nursing program! I predict you would almost want to stay there if you went for the 30 hours.
I would also wonder if you might have a better chance at getting into their nursing program?
