<p>Well firstly I got denied and am thinking bout the CAP program. I have heard that the classes are really easy and that students routinely get 4.0s throughout the year. Are the classes supposedly really easy?</p>
<p>Also I applied to Business 1st choice and if I want to enroll into business after the CAP what else do they look at? Is GPA the only thing or do they look at other stuff like extra curriculars(which IMO led to my rejection).</p>
<p>IF I get a 4.0 GPA my freshman year do you think getting into Business Honors is possible?</p>
<p>I don't know about getting in to BHP as an external transfer. That's hella hard even with a 4.0 (and it may even be not allowed).</p>
<p>Are you from Texas? I'm just trying to clarify whether CAP is only for Texas kids.</p>
<p>You basically just take core classes, but they are usually easier at UTSA or UTA than they would be at UT. I think you need a 3.7 and most kids get that pretty easily.</p>
<p>thanks you need a 3.2 GPA and really not being cocky a 3.2 would be a breeze for me.</p>
<p>I missed my top 10 (in-state) percent by about 6 people, that is after I goofed off my freshman year which bought me down soo much. My GPA the last 3 years would have put me in the top 10% handily.</p>
<p>I'm also thinking about going to LSU as I got into the Honors College over there for business, however my main goal would be McCombs and possibly Honors if I step my game up a lot.</p>
<p>I only see it as a problem because it is much harder transferring from outside of UT and the classes will be tougher taking down my GPA.</p>
<p>Transfering from either would put you on the same level for business. The only difference is that you are guaranteed admission through CAP, whereas you aren't at LSU.</p>
<p>And your GPA would be higher.</p>
<p>I would do CAP, then go to UT in whatever major I got put in. It's not that hard to do an internal transfer after the 3rd or 4th semester.</p>
<p>But LSU Honors would be a good intellectual experience, so do whatever you think is going to be the best for you.</p>
<p>I got into the CAP thing too, and it looks like a complete slap in the face to me. Their site said that if you have too much credit due to placement tests, then you probably won't get enough credit to transfer. I fit into this category, so is anyone else running into this problem?</p>
<p>No you just have to take 30 hours. You will be fine to transfer.</p>
<p>Essentially, CAP is a denial. I believe that any in-state student who cannot be admitted to UT is offered CAP. However, it is a great program and it's really worthwile if you want to graduate from UT. It's just a one-year sacrifice.</p>
<p>"The approved CAP course listings for each UT System school offer a large number of courses from which freshmen may choose. Most students find plenty of courses in which to enroll during their fall and spring semesters. However, students who have earned a high number of AP or IB credits in high school may have difficulty finding courses from the approved CAP courses lists. If, after reviewing the approved course listing, you find there are not enough available courses to complete the 30 hour requirement, then CAP is not the best option for you.</p>
<p>You would be better served attending college elsewhere as a regular freshman and, after attaining 30 college credits, apply for transfer to UT Austin for your sophomore year. Having lost your guarantee by not enrolling in CAP you will have to compete for a space with the transfer applicant pool, but your freshman year will be more academically challenging and productive."</p>
<p>The only way I will go into CAP is if it puts me in a better standing to get into McCombs, on par with being an internal transfer.</p>
<p>Internally there is about a 67% acceptance rate, while external dips to 21%.</p>
<p>If I do cap, get sent to undeclared liberal arts or natural sciences for my sophomore year, I would have to complete at least one semester in that major in order to be eligible to transfer in the middle of my sophomore year right?</p>
<p>I know that the 1st year are usually core classes, but I am afraid that the 2nd year I will start taking classes that are specialized and if I end up going to mccombs it would be a waste of a half-year.</p>
<p>As a result, I have no idea!</p>
<p>Does anybody have transfer statistics for liberal arts or natural sciences from outside of the university? Is it really easy to get into?</p>
<p>You are external transfer. BUTyou are guaranteed admission, so after a semester or two you can do an internal transfer.</p>
<p>So you'd do a year of core at UTSA or UTA or wherever, a year of core at UT, and then 2 years of business.</p>
<p>You can also transfer any business courses that you take at the CAP school, and your soph. year you can take some McCombs intro courses without being business major.</p>
<p>Tranfering into McCombs will be hard if you try to do it externally. CAP means you are guaranteed to get in (and usually, get in with a 4.0).</p>
<p>UT is tough to get in to no matter what. I'm not positive on the transfer stats, but it's no cakewalk. You can go to a CAP program school and pay low tuition costs and be good to transfer to UT, or else you can go to a better, more expensive school and run the risk that you don't get in.</p>
<p>You CAN just take any class that you've tested out of again.</p>
<p>Just don't petition for the AP courses that you are taking again.</p>
<p>You will know the material, and you will likely get a good grade.</p>
<p>Honestly, they just say that so they don't have a HUGE yield on CAP. They want a good 3000 kids, not the 5-10 that get assigned to CAP, to actually participate.</p>
<p>"Students who successfully complete the CAP requirements during their freshman year are guaranteed admission as an “undeclared major” to the College of Liberal Arts or College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin. However, many CAP students are interested in applying to a major outside of liberal arts and natural sciences, like business, engineering and communication. </p>
<p>The UT System institution you select for your freshman year is not obligated to guarantee prerequisite courses for majors outside of Liberal Arts and Natural Science You will likely find approved courses that work within these two colleges and also apply toward a major outside of Liberal Arts or Natural Science, but you should know that there is no obligation to see that you are prepared to transfer into the McCombs School of Business, for example.</p>
<p>CAP students can ask to be considered in the transfer applicant pool for any major without jeopardizing their automatic admission into Liberal Arts or Natural Science. Admission to majors in business, engineering and communication is highly competitive, and if you will not be happy with any major at UT Austin other than one of these, then you should consider attending a college or university where your pathway to one of these majors is more certain."</p>
<p>Advice on transfering majors. It's again, a little misleading, because they fail to mention how relatively easy it is to do an internal transfer at UT. So even if you aren't accepted in the transfer pool for McCombs after your CAP year, you can apply after your soph year at UT and have a 2/3 chance of admission.</p>
<p>Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of testing out by taking AP in the first place?</p>
<p>I'm feeling quite happy that I got in (with an asterisk, but whatever) given how insane the placings were, but dang it there goes the "AP-effort" feeling.</p>
<p>But yeah I'll do a reconsideration since my major IS going to be from the liberal arts department, so I have no problem one way or another.</p>
<p>Well, it would make more sense to get the credit from a university you are attending than from one you aren't.</p>
<p>So you can either petition for the credit at your current institution, and UT will most likey transfer it, or you can wait a year and petition for the credit when you come to UT.</p>
<p>I don't see how you have any problems in getting the credit clarified though.</p>
<p>Well I called the admissions office and apparently if you went to Princeton, got a 4.0 GPA, and then wanted to transfer to UT you would be equal to an applicant that went to a community college and got a 4.0. At least in McCombs.</p>
<p>I find that hard to believe but hey that's what the guy said. UT looks at college GPA and it ends there, nothing about where you went to school or HS. Only college GPA and some essays.</p>