<p>My son has two friends who did it (spring 311 & summer 312) and got in MPA the next fall.</p>
<p>I guess if you have all the other courses that you have to take out of the way, you can do it.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my source of info (son) has gone back to Austin, but when I talk to him, I’ll ask.</p>
<p>Can you be a spring transfer into McCombs? I’m not sure.</p>
<p>McCombs has fall admission only. And I already have Cal 1 &2, and both Econ done. It’s just a matter of taking those Accounting classes and getting into McCombs. But if you do talk to him, please let me know. Thanks</p>
<p>So if you took Accounting 311 and 312 at a community college and received A in both courses (as well as an A in both Econs, MIS 301, Calc. 1 and a B in Calc. 2 also at a community college), do you have a good chance in the MPA program. What are the chances at an integrated MPA that starts your junior year and the one that starts right after you complete your bachelors degree?</p>
<p>I would say that they want you to take ACC 311 and ACC 312 at UT.</p>
<p>Something like that which is specifically required to get into that major they want you to take at UT. The business school especially.</p>
<p>yes, they want you to take the acctg classes at UT</p>
<p>hey does anyone know if STA 309 or ACC 311 is harder? how hard are their followup classes?</p>
<p>how is b a 324?</p>
<p>what are the hardest/easiest core business classes?</p>
<p>I would assume STA 309 is a breeze, given that AP Statistics in high school counts for the same credit.</p>
<p>BA 324 is a lot of writing from what I hear, and can be challenging. ACC 311 is easy, if you like accounting and get a good professor.</p>
<p>BA 101 would be the easiest required business class… but that doesn’t really count. It’s really all about what’s easy to you in particular.</p>
<p>According to my son who just took all those classes last year, stat is easy, BA324 is a major pain and a ton of work, can be hard to make an a depending on the prof, acct311 is a “weed out” class for accounting track, if you like it and are good at it, it will be easy, for some people though, it is what makes them decide they’d rather be a finance major ;)</p>
<p>having taken both introductory financial and managerial accounting at a community college will not aid me much when time comes to declare a major since I would not have been exposed to McCombs’s accounting and determine the workload of intermediate acct. However, I think there won’t be a huge differnce since I am transferring from Collin College, which is considered amongst good colleges and they are also opening another campus site for 4 year up to a phd level education. Maybe getting the syllabus from another student or talking to the accounting teachers might help. But sad to hear that McCombs’s MPA frowns upon any accounting courses taken at a community college, now that I really think I want to do accounting and excel.</p>
<p>A good community college might prepare you well enough for some universities. However, this is UT and the rigor of the courses will be at a much higher level than you probably expect. If you don’t get the basics at UT, you will create alot of misery for yourself down the road! Don’t make it harder on yourself.</p>
<p>Well I guess I’ve already created the misery, if any, because I can’t go back in time. However, I think some of the AP courses that I took in high school might have given me a heads up. I also noticed that although the community college courses were a bit challenging (not much), they weren’t as challenging as the AP courses I took in H.S and I was able to do well in AP courses. Anyhow, I expect for the best to come and thanks for the heads up.</p>
<p>Nxt, your situation may be interpreted differently by the MPA people in that you transferred from CC, where you took all the classes - not that you took your acctg classes there over the summer to get them out of the way. do you know what i mean?</p>
<p>I would go talk to somebody in MPA advising. They are really helpful and nice, and they can tell you your chances and what you should do.</p>
<p>I took Financial and Managerial Accounting as well as the calculus sequence along with few other general education courses and ended up with 32 credits. I think since its a Masters in Accounting program, they will be concerned about those two introductory classes that I’ve already aced at a CC b/c they are meant to be weed out classes at UT. I’ll certainly talk to an MPA adviser and there is an upcoming event coming up at UT (looks exciting) …its called gone to Texas [Gone</a> To Texas!](<a href=“University Events | What Starts Here Changes the World”>University Events | What Starts Here Changes the World) …I am looking forward to start networking.</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>Omg I remember last year the 8pm part at the tower of Gone to Texas was crazy.</p>
<p>Free t-shirts + free ice cream = TOTAL CHAOS.</p>
<p>Now I am really looking froward to it! Anything else you wanna add from last year experiences</p>
<p>any1 here of the new international relations major?
wonder how hard its gonna be 2 get into?? :/</p>