<p>I've been accepted to UT as a fall 09 transfer, into my first choice major of Economics liberal arts. However... I fully intend on internally transferring into Mccombs next year, so instead of taking classes relating to an Economics degree, would it be best for me to officially change my "major" to Undergraduate Studies so that I can take the classes needed to be able to transfer into Mccombs (4 indicator classes to go) and knock out some general ed classes too?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>NO one knows about the Undergraduate Studies school because it’s brand new. However, if you are in Liberal Arts, it’s not going to do you any better to transfer to UGS. I would stay in COLA and take your core requirements and then transfer to McCombs with a high enough UT GPA. There is a lot of overlap between the curricula.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response, but won’t I be required to take classes geared towards an economics degree? I thought the point of UGS was for students who either don’t know what they want major in yet, or for students who weren’t accepted to the more competitive majors but want to eventually.</p>
<p>There are general requriments for all students before they begin their major. UGS is essentially just the first two years of the Liberal Arts curriculum, before students reach their major classes.</p>
<p>No one is going to force you to take any class, whether you need it or not. You will be the one to make the decisions on which classes you are going to take. Your adviser may ask about it, but you can explain what you are doing and it will be no big deal.</p>
<p>Then I guess it wouldn’t really matter if I was in UGS or not. I just thought maybe a UGS advisor would be the one to help me take classes geared to transferring into Mccombs. </p>
<p>About how many hours worth of general ed classes do all students need? I have 31 completed so far.</p>
<p>theloneranger, what do you mean by there is a lot of overlap between the curricula?</p>
<p>Gen ed requirements vary but here is a link to degree plans in McCombs. Choose your option and check out the requirements. Your advisor will help but ultimately you will be responsible for knowing which courses you need and making sure they are fulfilled. </p>
<p>[Degree</a> Plans - Undergraduate Programs - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/major/degreeplans/index.asp]Degree”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/major/degreeplans/index.asp)</p>
<p>TMT90</p>
<p>I’m not theloneranger but I’m guessing he/she meant was that some of the economics courses are required by McCombs and you wouldn’t be out anything. Pulling up the requirements for accounting on the link I gave, I see ECO 304K, 304L, and 420K are all required. They are also required for economics majors. Therefore, for the first three semesters of an economics major, you wouldn’t really be out anything, other than possibly filling some gen ed requirement which didn’t exist for your new major. An example of that is that LA requires 4 semesters of foreign language and McCombs does not.</p>
<p>Thanks Fiyero, that was very helpful. I think I will stick to Economics then, because that was my train of thought when I first applied for the major. Now that I have been admitted, I wanted to be 100% confident that I was on the right path. I already have 3 years of spanish completed in high school, so will the 4 semesters of foreign language in LA still apply to me? Also when I meet with an advisor at orientation, should I go ahead and tell them my plan to transfer into Mccombs next year?</p>
<p>I would tell the advisor about your plans to transfer. He/she could offer some helpful advice. I think you should be good to go on your foreign language but ask the advisor to be sure. Foreign languages can be a real b**** at UT so it will be wonderful if you don’t have to mess with it. Your GPA is going to be everything when you are ready to transfer, so consider pickaprof.com to help in your selection of courses and professors.</p>
<p>Thanks again Fiyero, you’ve been very helpful since I applied to UT in January. </p>
<p>Questions about orientation, housing, and financial aid:</p>
<p>My family wants to come with me to orientation (as in they wany to be a part of the tour, etc) , do they need to sign up for family orientation or is that only for freshmen? </p>
<p>When should I expect a housing contract? Will that come in the mail or is it online?</p>
<p>My financial aid package is being processed. Should I send in my special circumstances form now or after they send my package?</p>
<p>fiyero, i was looking up for classes and trying to make my own schedule before i go to the orientation. Some classes had “open;restricted”, so does that mean that only people in those major can take those classes? also some classes had “closed”, so can i get into those classes during add/drop period if someone dropped? I would like to get the best professors.</p>
<p>so far i am only able to find 2 classes. AST 301 with Winget, and ADV 305 with Kim.
Do you have any suggestions on other classes? I am trying to transfer into McCombs internally also.
I have both history, both english(1301 & 1302), both govt, both econ, both cal 1 & 2, speech, bcis, sociology, finished.
I still need to take both accounting, eng 316k, stat 309, and natural science credits still left. But i kind of don’t want to take english because i am not very good at writing and reading and understanding english very much. lol</p>
<p>TMT90</p>
<p>I know nothing about family orientation so can’t tell you anything there. Many another poster will see this and join in. I would send in the special circumstances form as soon as possible. Why wait and have them redo something when it could be done right to start with? But then I don’t have direct experience with that so what do I know. </p>
<p>topawala20</p>
<p>Your reasons for not wanting to take English are the exact reasons you should take English. 
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<p>Restricted on the schedule means you must be authorized for that class in some way. For business classes, that normally means you must be admitted to McCombs. For certain classes, there is a way around that. You mentioned accounting, so I’m guessing that is something you were looking at when you saw the restricted status. What is your current major again? Anyone in any major can pursue the actuarial science option. You can read more about it on the math department site. The reason I mention it is that it authorizes you to take certain classes in McCombs, such as accounting. If you get your advisor to add you as pursuing the actuarial science option then you will be able to register for accounting and some other business classes without jumping through hoops. If you don’t belong to a major or program which authorizes you to take those classes, you must petition for an exception to be allowed to register. It is a real hassle as I understand. That is why I offered you the other option. It is pretty painless. Ask your advisor if that sounds like something you might want to consider. </p>
<p>You have all the indicator courses, which is great. E 316 tends to fill up very quickly so it is difficult to get into the class you want when you want. Also too, don’t worry about classes being closed right now. They will open up spots for each orientation so you should have a chance to get the courses you want. Add/drop time is another option, but if you get in line early at orientation you won’t even have to bother with that. As far as science credits, I’ve heard many people say the easiest science courses are the physical science classes. Even an advisor mentioned this. Check those out. As a business major, you won’t have to take the same science classes a science major would, which is great for you for the GPA. I would stay away from geology classes. Some of them sound great, like the history of dinosaurs but when you look at the grade distribution, yikes!</p>
<p>topawala, how were you able to register for classes? Have you taken the TSI?</p>
<p>I looked at my RIS and I am barred from registration because I haven’t taken the TSI. But… I looked at the exemption qualifications and I meet exemption for both english and math. So why am I still barred? I won’t be registering until orientation anyways, but I don’t want to take the test if I don’t need to.</p>
<p>TMT90, I won’t be able to register for classes until orientation. I was just looking at the classes that I want to take and I have a pickaprof account for UT so I am putting everything on microsoft word so i can print it and take it with me to the orientation.
you can look at the classes here:
[Office</a> of the Registrar | University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/]Office”>http://registrar.utexas.edu/)</p>
<p>and what is TSI? can you send me a link for that information.</p>
<p>Fiyero, I was admitted to Liberal Arts (Economics) major. And I probably won’t take accounting this year at UT because I don’t want to risk my GPA. I can probably do good but the problem is that I HAVE to get into McCombs internally next year. If I don’t get into McCombs, then I probably won’t stay at UT the year after because I would have over 90 hours after that and I would be ineligible to transfer into McCombs. And is Astronomy good for Natural Science credit? because one of my friend at UT took that last year and got an A in it. I don’t like Biology and Chemistry either.</p>
<p>Oh gotcha! </p>
<p>Here is the link to RIS:
[Using</a> your RIS | Registrar | University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/students/registration/before/ris/index.html]Using”>http://registrar.utexas.edu/students/registration/before/ris/index.html)</p>
<p>It will tell you what bars you have. Mine says TSI, but I should be exempted from it. </p>
<p>Here is the link for information on TSI and requirements for exemption (scroll down):
[4</a>. Academic Policies and Procedures | General Information, 2007-2008 | Registrar | University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi07-08/ch04/ch04a.html]4”>http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi07-08/ch04/ch04a.html)</p>
<p>TSI is a placement exam I think.</p>
<p>thanks, on my i only have 1 bar which is something about advising thing.</p>
<p>and i want to edit my other post about natural science credit, i actually looked up physical science and professors gave out way more A’s for that classes, so i am deff. gonna take that now. lol</p>
<p>That is sooo odd, I wonder why you don’t have the TSI bar and I wonder why I don’t have the advising bar… maybe its because you were accepted a while ago?</p>
<p>Here’s what mine says:
Registration/Add-Drop Access Schedule </p>
<p>Registration times are not available, please check back later. </p>
<p>Note: The above times are your primary registration times. Please consult the Course Schedule for other possible registration periods.
When you are ready to register, you may go to Web Registration. </p>
<hr>
<p>Registration Bars
You have 1 non-financial bar at this time:
Texas Success Initiative</p>
<p>well this is what exactly it says on mine</p>
<p>Registration Bars
You have 1 non-financial bar at this time:
Admissions Office - waivered thru Fall Registration </p>
<p>so i am guessing it’s an advising bar because it makes sense that I won’t be able to register until the orientation and that’s when I have to talk to the advisers also. Please let me know if it’s something different.</p>