PACE program questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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I recently got invited to participate in the PACE program. I have a few questions because I do want to accept and take this path. Some info from me is that I graduated from high school a semester early and I am enrolled at ACC currently and taking 4 classes. I know that these credits do not count towards the PACE program. I know I need 12 hours at ACC and 3 hours at UT each semester. My questions…

  1. In the PACE agreement it states that I cannot take any courses over the summer before I enroll in the fall at any institution. I was planning on taking 2 classes at ACC over the summer of 2019, and I don’t expect it to count towards PACE. Am I not allowed to take classes over the summer at ACC? Even if I don’t count it towards PACE? I just wanted to get as many hours as possible as early as possible.
  2. I know I need to apply for the major I wanted (Psychology Bachelors of Science), but when do I apply for this major? Also, how hard is it to get into this major overall as well as through PACE?
  3. Will my past AP scores still count towards my major (if I get accepted for BS Psychology)?

Thank you to anyone who can try to answer these questions or give any feedback on the PACE program. I’m very excited because I thought PACE was only offered to the top 10% of high school classes and my original plan was to go to ACC and transfer to UT Austin.

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I also forgot to ask if I can minor in something that is outside of the colleges included in PACE, or if I have to stick to majors and minors in COLA.

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Hey! I also got into PACE and i’ve been talking to some current students at UT who did the program, based on what I was told, here’s what I know:

  1. Sure, I believe you’re free to take any classes you want. Just know for sure that none of it will count towards the credits you need for PACE, I took some classes myself an was told that through PACE you either take the higher up of one you already did or just register for a different class. It’s going to take the WHOLE YEAR to fulfill the requirments, you CANNOT finish early at all

  2. I know the PACE program says they offer majors in COLA, the education school, school of social work, and moody college of communication. However, I know a student who did PACE and is now a marketing major at Mccombs. I think as long as you keep a high gpa and talk to your adviser about how to get on track to the path you want, you’ll be fine.

  3. I’m not sure about AP classes…

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Thank you @aaastudent !

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I recently emailed someone to help with some PACE questions and I will share them on here for anyone that may be wondering…

  1. I was told that PACE students are not permitted to take courses over the summer before they begin because it reduces the options to meet program requirements.

  2. We will request our major in March of 2020 through a customized link

3)“Advisors will work with us during our individualized advising at summer orientation to assess our AP credit and how/where/when to claim it”

  1. You can submit a written request to takes courses at a different location, and then administrators will give a response. I was told to write an email to the lady I am emailing and she will send it to the administrators for me.

  2. For questions about housing options and requirements you can contact New Student Services at (512)-471-3304 or nss@austin.utexas.edu (I don’t want to sleep in the dorm because I’d rather just drive home and sleep in my own bed, but I guess I can just leave and hope I don’t get in trouble for it? I’m 18)

If anyone has any more PACE questions you can email Jasmine at jrschmitt@austin.utexas.edu and she will answer! (Feel free to post any info you get on this thread too)