<p>Hey all, I just graduated out of High School and trying to figure out what I'm going to do for college. What my original plan was to go to Lonestar for 1 semester to get the feel of college and then transfer to UH for 3 semesters to complete two years. Then from there go onto UT. My sister just told me that she thought going from a community college to UT is easier than what my original plan was. </p>
<p>I want to go into Computer Engineering or Network Engineering and I believe A&M is good with that kind of stuff but I'm thinking UT has a brighter future for me since it has better job opportunities....?</p>
<p>Anyways, I was just hoping to get some advice from people that are already in college and wish they could have done different. Thanks guys, anything helps.</p>
<p>I did similar. I went to Austin Community College then Texas State University then transferred to UT. I think it’s smarter to transfer from community college since it would be much easier to maintain high grades. UT only cares about GPA for transfer student admissions and doesn’t care where the GPA was obtained. </p>
<p>Don’t waste your time on anything but keeping straight A’s and writing good application essays. In my case, I barely got accepted to UT electrical engineering because I got more B’s at Texas State than was healthy.</p>
<p>I actually went to UH for one year, and I am now tranferring to UT. So out of my experience I would say that if you’re looking to tranfer to UT, you have an easier shot transferring from cc because you can keep your gpa higher. I took mostly core classes at UH and they were not as easy as I thought they’d be -_-. I also took a class over the winter at lonestar and it was a complete joke. Also, if you go UH you may end up liking it and not wanting to transfer. Some people like it there and others don’t. I was pretty neutral about it. Actually, UT is better for computer/electrical engineering.</p>
<p>Wow great advice, but then when I think about it what about my resume?</p>
<p>Like if I apply for a job and they look at my resume and they see…</p>
<p>1 Semester LoneStar
3 Semesters University of Houston
2 years at University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p>Would that look better than </p>
<p>2 years Lonestar
2 years at University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p>Once again I’m 18 and not too sure about this stuff, I’m not even sure if that’s how my resume would look, but would it matter?</p>
<p>Employers aren’t going to care if you transferred from LoneStar or UH.</p>
<p>Okay so now all that remains is should I go after one year or two? One of my cousins was saying that the earlier you go the easier it is for you. Like if you go to UT for your second year you’ll still be doing core classes which aren’t as hard as like classes directed towards your major. So you have a higher chance of keeping your GPA high. Any opinions on that?</p>
<p>It’s better for you to come ASAP. If you meet the calculus requirements, I would apply after the first semester.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, community college doesn’t have any engineering courses, so when you come, you’ll be starting at the bottom. Even if you took some engineering courses at UH, there’s a chance that they might not transfer over. In the case that those classes can transfer over, I think you’d still be less prepared for higher level engineering classes at UT than if you took the intro classes at UT.</p>
<p>Also it helps to inflate your UT GPA by taking core classes here.</p>
<p>That is true. The hardest classes you will take will be the ones for your major. The core classes that you take at UT will serve as a cushion to your gpa incase you don’t do so well in the classes for your major. If there are certain subjects you are not very strong in or just plain don’t like, take them at lonestar before you transfer. They will be harder at UT. And actually UT accepted all of my credits from UH. I hear some people had credits that do not transfer over. Something you may want to look into</p>
<p>Go to the CC. Once you are a UT student you will be known as a UT student and it won’t matter where you transferred from. The CC will be cheaper, with much smaller classes size and possibly a lighter workload.</p>
<p>Sorry for the bump in the thread but I just realized another question. Are there any prerequisites for trying to transfer to UT? I understand I need atleast 30 hours but besides that what all would I need to transfer? Any specific classes that you know of or anything? Thanks!</p>
<p>Your GPA needs to be around 3.7 and up to be considered as a transfer student right? </p>
<p>I’m a senior in high school and I was originally planning to go to UH for a year then transfer to UT but recently i’ve done some internet surfing as well as talking to my college counselors. They advised me to go to lone star CC my freshman yearif they ultimate goal is to attend UT. So it really depends on your finantial capability and your grades. I’m deciding on lone star because it will give me a chance to shoot for the GPA that would get me in a better position of the 4 year University. I do realize that I will be missing out on the “student life” experience but if you can see the huge picture than its definitely worth it to give up one year of having that kind of social life at UH to initially have it a year later in UT. Any thoughts or opinions would be much appreciated!</p>