<p>CAP'd with a 2060(1360) SAT and 94/613 class rank (15%)
fml.</p>
<p>waitlisted.....</p>
<p>that top 10% rule needs to go for real, or at least add a stipulation, like must be top 10% AND a 1300 SAT or somin</p>
<p>I'm not sure whether or not I was put on the wait list, but this sounds like a straight up rejection to me:</p>
<p>"After careful review of applications from a highly-competitive pool of applicants, we are not able to offer you admission at this time. Approximately three times as many students apply each year as we are able to enroll."</p>
<p>I guess the one thing that makes it sound like a wait list message is the "at this time".</p>
<p>Like I said, it sounds like a rejection to me, but I'd just like to be sure. (Also, is CAP not offered to OOS?)</p>
<p>sorry austinh, that's a rejection.</p>
<p>Figured. Texas must be extremely difficult to get in for OOS.</p>
<p>I scored 32 on the ACT and have a 3.7/4 GPA</p>
<p>Yeah...it sucks. If Texas would just do away with the stupid Top Ten rule, I think admissions would be much fairer.</p>
<p>Can you believe it, the other day I got an email from a girl in one of my classes that didn't know how to write a thesis statement. I suspect she won't last long at UT. Which is sad, because it means she has a spot that a more deserving person could be using.</p>
<p>Hopefully you applied to places instate (whichever state that is for you...) And no worries, if you're still interested in UT, you can always transfer from another 4 year univ. (Or just come here for grad school.) Good luck though, with scores like that you should do just fine in college, no matter where you end up.</p>
<p>What is wrong with CAP? If you guys wanted to goto UT, isn't it better just to take a year at another school and go in the next year?</p>
<p>Thanks, and either way I was planning on attending ACC for my freshman year, then transferring to UT (for instate tuition), so the rejection isn't terrible news.</p>
<p>CAP may actually be beneficial after all. </p>
<p>i mean, you are GUARANTEED admission next year. (2010). And its not really a big loss if you don't go to UT for one year. By the time you graduate from UT you hardly will remember freshman year. I hardly remember freshman year in high school.</p>
<p>So yeah, i'm starting to think it's okay that I'm CAPped, if you think of it like this: compared to all of the other transfers that want to apply next year, you'll have an automatic advantage similar to being in the top 10%.</p>
<p>And not only that, you will also make good friends who have also been CAPed also. (hoepfully)</p>
<p>CAP is a good option. Two of my friends were CAP students from UTA. </p>
<p>And your plan to go to ACC is good too. Transfers coming from ACC have (generally) a better chance at getting in. (You also have the option of taking "University Extension" courses. These are courses offered by UT in the evenings. They are taught by UT professors and can count towards 'in residence' hours. If you take one of these your first semester and then try and apply again, as long as you make an A (or high B now that we're going to plus minus grading in the fall...) you should have no problem coming from ACC.) Check these out at the Extension website.</p>
<p>The</a> University of Texas at Austin :: University Extension</p>
<p>Now I haven't seen any real data to back up the claim that it is easier to transfer from ACC, but I do remember seeing it somewhere that UT accepts something like 60% of ACC transfers.</p>
<p>Although it is important to note that you are only guaranteed admission in CAP if you meet a certain GPA requirement.</p>
<p>So you have to fulfill your end of the deal before UT will let you in.</p>
<p>CAP should work fine as long as you keep your motivation up to earn the required GPA.</p>
<p>"Transfers coming from ACC have (generally) a better chance at getting in."</p>
<p>It bothers me when I see this posted on CC. Transfers from any schol do NOT have a better change at getting into UT than CAPS. It is the other way around.</p>
<p>rumor has it:</p>
<p>top 10% for texas is gone for fall 2010.
dad was telling me about it today. because it is so unfair.</p>
<p>so rumor is texas is only alloud to accept 50% of the class can be top 10% so it will be more competetive for those in top 10%. but it also gives everyone that is 50% of there class and up to have a chance at a good schoool.</p>
<p>"rumor has it:</p>
<p>top 10% for texas is gone for fall 2010."</p>
<p>It hasn't passed the legislature so who knows (unless your dad has some inside info - then spill). If they did pass it at the last minute, that would be a slap in the face of all those students who worked their behinds off to make the Top 10% and are submitting their applications in a mere 5 months. That's fine if they want to make changes for some later class, but for the fall 2010 class it is just plain wrong.</p>
<p>The Dallas Morning News reports they're proposing to limit the incoming freshman class to 50% to Top 10%, not "it also gives everyone that is 50% of there class and up to have a chance at a good schoool."</p>
<p>my apologies givings, I was referencing another post from someone who was not admitted to the CAP program and was planning on attending ACC. I am very aware that the CAP offers guaranteed admission.</p>
<p>Eventually, the law will be altered, but unlikely in time for 2010.</p>
<p>i was waitlisted too...why does it seem like so many people have been too?... my friend was as well...it seems like 250 waitlisted kids are being found everywhere</p>
<p>I think that as long as you graduate you can CAP to UT Brownsville. I don't think there is a minimum GAP there. (?)</p>