<p>I'm thinking about transferring to UT, although I'm not in the business school because my current school doesn't have 2 levels of calculus for business majors (I took business calculus but would have to take calc 1 and 2 on top of that). ANYWAYS, I hear from my friends already at Texas, you're supposed to get into McCombs after your freshman year, otherwise you're way behind and juniors get the lowest priority when it comes to acceptance. Is this true? most schools accept you into your school after your 2nd year. Is it harder to transfer internally as a junior and/or will you be behind when it comes to graduating on time?</p>
<p>While I transferred into McCombs after my 1st year, I have friends who went in for their 3rd year. </p>
<p>It IS pretty ridiculous what you have to go through if you want to graduate on time.</p>
<p>In a 2 years span, not only do you have to take all of your business core classes (BA 101, 324 etc.), you also have to take classes for your major. On top of that I am pretty sure you need to take a UGS class even if you are a junior transfer. </p>
<p>You are expected to declare your major coming into your junior year so you can take those courses, it’s troubling because you won’t have the opportunity to take some of the introductory level classes (MIS 301, MKT 337 etc.) before, as most people (like I did) use those to decide which major to declare. Are you in the business school at your current uni or do you already know what you want to major in? If so, then this wouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>On top of that, you will have to be looking for an internship to fulfill your requirement in order to graduate (though McCombs does have classes you can take if you can’t get one).</p>
<p>I have a friend who transferred as a junior and he will have to graduate a semester later.</p>
<p>As for you, I would say it’s worth it to transfer if you get in. I would suggest you work hard to make sure you fulfill all of the degree requirements (english, government, natural science etc.) BEFORE you attend UT, so that the only classes you need to take are business classes.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about McCombs, but what I can say about the UGS course is that depending on when you started college, as a transfer you get to go under the catalog that was in effect when you started at your current school (so long as it hasn’t already expired, but they have a pretty long shelf life). UGS courses are fairly new, so there’s a chance you may not have to take it - that’s the case for me, because I’m under the 2006-2008 catalog even though this was my first semester after transferring.</p>
<p>@MagicMan522</p>
<p>-What’s the UGS class?
-How many business class hours do 3rd year transfers have to complete (given that they’ve completed all other degree reqs)?
-Any of your 3rd year transfer friends graduate on time?</p>
<p>Yeah, I just finished my first year (so I’d have the 2009 catalog), and I’m going to have ~40 hours and got nearly all of my Gen Ed classes in so maybe it won’t be so hard to get in all of those business prereqs. I’m going to have to go up to Austin and talk to someone about it (assuming I can without fully committing to the university yet).</p>
<p>Its not as difficult as it seems when entering in for your junior year, just adapting to the environment. If you honestly don’t know what your going to major in, don’t try to transfer because you need to hit the ground running junior year. You need 121 hours to graduate with a BBA. You should already have at least 60 hours completed before entering because a full time + summer school in 2 years can easily equal to 60 hours. The only hard part is balancing all the upper division classes because your going from taking all lower division to all upper division. UGS course is an intro course to the university/campus life that all freshman and transfer students take but i’m unsure whether fall incoming transfers have to take it.</p>
<p>As for getting accepted, its difficult, but do-able. You need something close to a perfect GPA(average accepted GPA is a 3.89), extracurricular activities, and a good meaningful essay towards the values of UT.</p>
<p>Here’s the degree plans that you can look at. It will tell you exactly what needs to be completed in order to graduate. For accounting, you need 6 upper division accounting classes. Then 9 other business upper division and 1 non-business upper division classes. </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>u need 60hours at UT to graduate, so you should be able 2 do it if you have the courses done</p>
<p>@USofPlutarchy</p>
<p>I only have a friend who is a junior transfer and that is what he told me. I don’t know about the others. I only transferred into McCombs last year. I would say, in terms of transfers, there is a 70-30 split between sophomores and juniors. I don’t know the statistics off the top of my head, but I believe that only 52% of McCombs students graduate in 4 years. Don’t hold me to this, this is just what I remember seeing, but I could be wrong. I also don’t know how this affects MPA students.</p>