<p>I will PM you, soadquake. I appreciate your offer!</p>
<p>Thanks Soadquake. Since she applied for BHP primary, she applied for CNS Computer Science Honors (with a plan to do Dual major), she felt CS is much lesser load as she was planning to do BHP primary. Not sure if CNS has similar 9k scholarship like cocrkrell !!!</p>
<p>Mainelonghorn,</p>
<p>I heard the same things on OOS waiver, so was not too sure… I heard business does not have much and CNS says they have some, that was another criteria for us to apply for CNS as they have this waiver… so we figured doing BHP+ CNS CS might make sense (looks like quite a few do BHP+ PlanII).</p>
<p>S is OOS and he got a letter that his admission is guaranteed, though the final admission decisions will be by late Feb.</p>
<p>@tampadad – It’s never a bad idea to look into dual degree options, but your daughter might find that once she begins classes, two full majors might start to seem quite difficult – especially with computer science (which, my friends say, is no breeze) and an honors program such as BHP. If she is accepted, she will be enrolled in one degree program. Adding a second major requires a “transfer” to another school, and while each school’s policies differ, she would most likely have to wait a year to add the second major. I’m sure she’ll have enough time to decide by then, anyway :P</p>
<p>@Arutha – these “likely letters” must be new. They didn’t have them last year!</p>
<p>Arutha, your son must be a very strong student! Congratulations to him (and you!).</p>
<p>Hi soadquake. Thanks so much for doing this. I’m also an out-of-state student and I really want to go to UTexas and I had a few questions.</p>
<p>I applied for business for my first choice major, and engineering for my second choice. If I got into both, could I choose which one I wanted to do or would I have to do business? Also, how hard is it to switch into engineering?</p>
<p>How difficult is the chemical engineering program? If i wanted to do a dual major with petroleum engineering, how much more difficult would it become/would I only be adding a few courses or a lot?</p>
<p>I want to do both business and engineering, but I want to work in the biotech industry so engineering is my first priority (I applied for business as my number one choice because I hadn’t yet been able to decide which one I wanted to do more). With that being said, would the ERB program at McComb’s be a better match for me or a chemical engineering major and the business foundations program?</p>
<p>Was it difficult or easy to get adjusted to the new atmosphere? How many students total are OOS?</p>
<p>Last question - is it possible for an engineering student to do a business internship or study abroad, namely if he/she does the business foundations program? </p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>@guruofgreatness – The way UT works is that you are automatically enrolled in the major for which you were accepted. If you get into business, you will have to do business. Transferring to engineering is not necessarily a “difficult” thing… you have to earn at least 30 in-residence credits (meaning that you won’t apply until the end of your first year), and the rest is largely based on UT GPA, from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>Chemical engineering is certainly a challenging curriculum. However, it’s much easier if you have a sincere interest in the material. You cannot double major in two engineering majors (I’ve heard that’s Cockrell policy, but I could be wrong). Just FYI, though, petroleum engineering is completely different from chemical engineering, at least for classes.</p>
<p>If you want to work in the biotech industry right after you graduate, you’ll need an engineering degree. The industry is just too new to have a lot of positions for entry-level business graduates. I don’t think the ERB program is a bad thing; I just think that for your particular situation, you should look into an engineering major and the BFP. I personally think chemical engineering is best suited for biotech (even better than BME). I’m ChemE, and I do biotech research in a ChemE lab at UT.</p>
<p>About 10% of UT students are out-of-state (including international, I believe), so it’s not like out-of-state students are super rare. I’ve met at least 10-15 students from outside of Texas in just one semester. It was fairly easy for me to get adjusted to UT. I was actually really scared when I first visited UT for orientation, but as I met some people and became more familiar with campus, I felt a lot better. I think the best thing you can do to get acclimated to UT is to make some good friends. People are a really big portion of what makes UT a good place for me.</p>
<p>I don’t really know whether engineering students can do business internships, but I wouldn’t throw out the idea. I know for sure that Cockrell has its own study abroad office, so there are plenty of opportunities in that regard.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any other questions! :D</p>
<p>Thanks. I read somewhere that its possible to change your major at orientation. Is that true?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve heard that people have done that before. I’m not exactly sure what the procedure is though.</p>
<p>Just so everyone is aware–there have been no admissions decisions for BHP, in-state or out. The first wave of acceptances will likely go out in February. BHP does offer some scholarships to some students. They are merit based. BHP also does a holistic admissions process that is completely separate from McCombs admissions.</p>
<p>^ Exactly, meaning that out-of-state applicants have the same chance of getting into BHP as in-state applicants.</p>
<p>^ Precisely. ;)</p>
<p>Bump! Any other questions?</p>
<p>Remember, I’m always open to PMs as well!</p>
<p>I have a question for you that I hope you will be able to answer for me. I am applying to UT’s Liberal Arts College as a major in Economics as a transfer out of state student. I have sent in my application and I have a 3.35 and some pretty good essays. I also have a lot of activities and community service hours., as well as two glowing letters of recomendation from my professors. I am a California resident, but I am going to school in Wisconsin. I know this is really hard to gage, but what are my chances of getting in? Is there anything that I can do to possibly boost my chances? I am really nervous, because this is THE school that I want to transfer to.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but I don’t really know too much about transfer admissions! I’m pretty sure that the admissions office treats all transfer applicants the same, no matter which state the applicant is from. </p>
<p>I think you’ve pretty much done all you can, especially with the good rec letters. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>With a 3.35 going into the Liberal Arts college, does that sound like I have a good shot? Do you know what the average admission GPA is for the liberal arts college?</p>
<p>I tried looking around for an average GPA, but no luck. I think you should not necessarily be worried (for liberal arts, at least), but you should also shouldn’t celebrate too early.</p>
<p>Hi soadquake, I am from California and I applied in early November, and I called the Office of Admissions today and they said that decisions will be available by the end of the month. I was wondering if there was a certain date that most OOS decisions will be released on?</p>