So I was admitted into University of Houston for Biotechnology. I originally planned on doing aerospace engineering and transferring to UT Austin or TAMU, but U of H doesn’t have that program here. Should I change majors to something different at U of H, or transfer out my freshman year and change major at a different school?
Does U of H require you to select a major for freshman year? If not, you could just take general ed classes then try to transfer.
yes they make you pick a major, so I had to choose biotechnology.
I also was offered CAP for Aerospace engineering at UT Tyler, but I heard its just as hard to get into Cockrell for engineering even for CAP.
For A&M or UT, you would have to apply to transfer into the major you wanted. You would have to have the courses complete to do so withing the GPA requirements. https://admissions.tamu.edu/transfer/majors Click Engineering. Here is the transfer course sheet for Aerospace https://admissions.tamu.edu/admissions-staging/media/Main/pdfs-transfer/ENG-Aerospace-Eng.pdf
Having this complete with perfect grades is still no guarantee you will be accepted as a transfer into Aerospace. Available spots is taken into consideration and sometimes for some engineering disciplines, there are not many spots open. I believe it was fall 2016, when petroleum engineering accepted only 2 transfers total.
The way I understand CAP, you were not offered it for Aerospace. UT Tyler does not offer Aerospace. You were offered an alternative way to enter UT as a liberal arts major, as that is the only college they guarantee.
You could take a gap year and apply to Aerospace engineering at UT Arlington (better chance of admissions than A&M unless you are an auto/academic admit) or Texas Tech. Or, apply to change major at U o H. https://www.egr.uh.edu/current-students/change-major.