Internal Transfer to McCombs

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hey. I am officially a COLA student (First Choice was McCombs). My major is Government, but I plan to do an internal transfer to McCombs. I know they base it purely on GPA, but I'm wondering how that whole experience is?</p>

<p>If you are (or will be) an internal transfer, was freshman year stressful from trying to maintain an almost perfect GPA?
What classes did you take?
How many hours did you take?
What GPA did you end up getting</p>

<p>I know that's a lot of questions but I'm just so apprehensive yet clueless about the whole process.</p>

<p>Thank you so much</p>

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<p>Im trying to do the same thing. From what ive heard its tough but doable you just may have to sacrifice going to some parties to stay in and study. Since theyre moving to a +/- system i expect the necessary gpa to get in to drop slightly but that doesnt mean itll be any easier to get in. Just remember in order to transfer you have to have taken calc 1, calc 2, microeconomics and macroeconomics. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. Yea, I know we need the indicator courses, but I’m kind of clueless about what else I should take. :-/</p>

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<p>Really I think thats something you should talk to an advisor about at orientation. At least thats what im doing, although i do know that i want to take core curriculum stuff instead of major specific stuff so i wont be wasting any classes if i transfer. You should be able to find a list of required courses for business and gov majors online to get a better idea if you want to.</p>

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<p>you start taking courses toward your major normally your junior year, but it may be sometime in your sophmore year</p>

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<p>oh okay. So mainly it’s prereqs and required courses are freshman and sophmore year?</p>

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<p>yup and you declare junior year</p>

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<p>caligirl–</p>

<p>This link,</p>

<p>[Finance</a> - Majors - Academics - Texas BBA - Undergraduate Program - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/academics/majors/finance/]Finance”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/academics/majors/finance/)</p>

<p>contains a sample four year sequence for Finance majors. Just click on the tab and it lists courses that are required both for lower division core and upper level classes. If you wish to look at other majors within McCombs and their sample degree routes, click on the list of majors on the left. </p>

<p>This should help give you some idea as to what general courses you are required to take. Don’t rely too heavily on the advisors at orientation, they are typically rather clueless. My advice would be to look at the sample sequences and map out a course strategy prior to orientation.</p>

<p>Keep in mind, that while the mean for internal transfers into McCombs last year was a 3.8, their minimum average was a 3.6, and that was before the +/- system was introduced. It is definitely doable to transfer into McCombs. As some have mentioned, it’s a good idea to take Calc I and II at a community college and scour PickaProf for good economics professors to keep your GPA up.</p>

<p>Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>Thank you so much txex86 !</p>

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