<p>Ok so unfortunately i was CAPed late last night after 5 months of waiting... But when my mom and I called my admissions counselor she told me that since i was now in the top 10 for final ranking that I would have auto admission for the spring of 2011. What i'm wondering is if i would have to wait to start any schooling til spring 2011 or if i could attend acc for fall semester and start at UT in the spring.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you’d be free to take classes at ACC, but call back your counselor to get clarification on this. A lot of UT kids take classes at ACC concurrently so I don’t see why it would be an issue for you to get in some credits ahead of the spring semester. Then again, they could be really strange and say you’d have to reapply as a transfer - definitely call or email to get the full story to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>I would honestly recommend that you don’t take any classes in the fall if you don’t have to - a gap semester wouldn’t hurt you, assuming there isn’t some strange stipulation that you be in school for the fall semester before coming into the spring. You could give yourself a break from the 12 years of schooling you’ve just finished, maybe get a part-time job or volunteer for a cause that it close to your heart. Of course I say this as a non-trad student who took several years off school, but I’ve watched so many kids burn out by going straight into college when the majority of them weren’t ready for it. I say if the opportunity to take a short break presents itself, take it.</p>
<p>Yeah that semester off would be really nice, but I dont think that would be approved by the parents lol. I’ve been accepted to A&M and SMU but i just can’t get over UT so im willing to do something to get in as long as it’s not CAP. And I figured that i could get calc out of the way and maybe some other difficult core classes, so i feel like it’s not a horrible idea. If it’s allowed.</p>
<p>Be very careful here! Although it does not seem to make sense, I am pretty sure that the way the law is written, if you take classes somewhere else, you will LOSE your automatic admit to UT. Yes, I said it does not make any sense!</p>
<p>Best advice would be to call the admissions office at UT and ask them directly. If you really want to go to UT, you sure don’t want to mess up your opportunity. The admissions office will be able to tell you exactly what your options are!</p>
<p>Yeah, i’m worried about that so me and my mom are going to try and have a conference call with my admissions counselor tomorrow.</p>
<p>idk you have gotten into 2 other good schools too, i would consider them. what do u want to major in at UT</p>
<p>Business. Maybe double major in finance/marketing</p>
<p>just a thought… You could live in a private dorm next year. Towers, Dobie, Castilian. I know Towers takes all students. That way you could live among other freshman and make friends. I think you can take classes partime at ACC or UT extension. MY d took classes the summer before enrolling and they took her credits. By living in a private dorm, oyu could be assured of starting with other freshman, making friends, and having a more traditional entry into UT.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>by living in private dorms wouldnt you have to pay out of pocket? like no aid? but if you really want to go to UT just start in the spring go to CC or something</p>
<p>I think socaldad42 has a great idea. That way you could still be a part of the UT social scene and make friends and stuff all while getting some credit at ACC. At least thats what I would do in your shoes because im going to be staying at Towers next year anyway.</p>
<p>Yeah socaldad- i actually already have a room at dobie and a roomate. so thats also what has prompted me to do this because i have not applied for housing at the other two schools. But one thing i’m worried about is being behind when i start at UT, i dont know if ACC classes would keep pace with UT’s.</p>
<p>Could you take classes such as government, ones that you don’t need for your major? I did some of that during the summers so that I could graduate in four years.</p>
<p>So anxious…Take 2 classes this summer at ACC. Then take 3-4 during semester one. knock out the core requirement classes. Rhetoric, english, math, sociiology, music or art appreciation, history, government, Most Frosh and Soph’s schedules are filed with these classes. This way you will meet your friends in the fall, go to football games, and have a full schedule under your belt. Most kids will have no idea that you are not one of them. The only thing you can’t do is join the greek system till later.</p>
<p>Should the OP double check to make sure it is okay take community college classes after you have graduated but before you are admitted? At some other colleges, this sort of “turns you into a transfer student”.</p>
<p>Definitely check with admissions before you register for anything anywhere! Midwest Mom is right, if you take a course somewhere else, you will become a transfer applicant, not an automatic admit for spring.</p>
<p>Yeah, i’m trying to get a hold of my admissions counselor but it’s been difficult. I’m hoping that i wouldn’t have to apply as a transfer if i was accepted for spring and paid my enrollment deposit before i registered for classes at ACC. I’ve heard of people doing calc and other classes at community college the summer before their fresh year. I feel like this is pretty much the same just a couple more classes.</p>
<p>im sure they’ll let you take classes at ACC… i mean for insurance purposes you need to be a full time student and UT should have no say in being able to negate you from insurance. you know what i mean?</p>
<p>It does not have anything to do with choice on the part of UT or insurance. It has to do with how the law was written by the legislature.</p>
<p>Has anyone ever heard of someone appealing their admissions decision and being successful?</p>
<p>okay… well what i was saying is that you need to be a full time student to be on insurance. that statement backs why i think ut would let one take acc classes.</p>
<p>soanxious, i havent heard of anyone appealing…</p>