<p>So I know this has probebly came up a million times but I would like some current & up to date feedback.</p>
<p>So I am a senior in high school about to graduate and I applied to 5 universities; Baylor, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Texas A&M, University of Texas, and University of Houston.</p>
<p>Out of those 5 I got accepted to Baylor, U of H, and U of I</p>
<p>Now I want to study Engineering as a major and I have a -really- difficult time in choosing what I want to do.</p>
<p>First off: To anyone who did the CAP program, was it worth it? I am debating between UT Arlington and UTSA if I choose to do it. Which one is better academically? which has a better campus? living quarters? etc.. I just need some opinions.</p>
<p>Also U of I has one of the best Engineering colleges in the nation (#1 ranked in civil eng and #6 in mechanical Eng school.) but is it worth going out of state for it? I got into undeclared for U of I mind you, not School of Eng.</p>
<p>Another option is Baylor.. and A&M, but I got waitlisted from A&M. </p>
<p>I just wanted to see yall's opinion, thank you for your time.</p>
<p>If you were my son (I don’t have daughters, so assuming you are male) I would want you to attend somewhere where you will do academically well enough to have a shot at transferring into engineering and somewhere that wouldn’t run up a huge bill for either you or I. </p>
<p>As a parent I would say, for engineering:</p>
<p>Baylor: no (they have engineering?)
Illinois: no (you aren’t admitted to engineering, so extra cost not justified)
UH: no (they have engineering?)
UT CAP: will need a very high GPA to get an engineering xfer (limited spots)
A&M waitlist: assume this is in general studies if you do get in, you’d need close to a a really high GPA (limited spots) to transfer into engineering</p>
<p>Have you considered A&M Kingsville? They have an engineering program. A friend’s son is attending there. If he does well he may consider transferring to College Station, but for now he seems to be comfortable staying in Kingsville.</p>
<p>I would go to UTSA through the CAP program, work your ass off to get the best GPA you can and apply to several schools that you might be interested in transferring to (Remember to do this first semester freshman year). This way you’ll basically have UT as your fall back via CAP (Although it’s pretty hard to get into engineering), and you can see if you can get admitted into other school’s engineering programs as well.</p>
<p>Cool cool so after some thinking I am going to go to UTSA for the CAP program. I just sent in my agreement and waiting for more information. (if UTSA supposed to email/mail me?)</p>
<p>And how much time do i have to submit housing apps for the villas like laurel and chap?</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re a smart kid since you did get into Illinois as an OOS student. With that being said, did you get into the University of Houston’s engineering college? If so, I would consider that option one assuming you got in.</p>
<p>The “downside” to UH is that its not as hihgly ranked as UT is when it comes to engineering and they are limited in the number of engineering majors available. Also, UT attracts some of the best corporations and the networking options are aplenty at UT VS UH.</p>
<p>Now we come to CAP. It IS possible to go to a CAP approved school and transfer into engineering but, its not gurranteed. If you have lot’s of AP credits and have top-notch math skills, than I would consider it as you will either need to place into at least Calculus I (if not II) your first semester. If not, than it will set you back and you will have no choice but to do an internal transfer once at UT.</p>
<p>If I was in your shoes I would look at the school’s that accepted me into their engineering program first and than weigh my options on CAP and UI. If your financial situation isn’t great cross UI off of your list.</p>
<p>CAP guarantees you admission to UT, not to UT engineering, so if you really want to be an engineer and were admitted to somewhere where you can be an engineer, that would be a safer bet.</p>
<p>If you want engineering, CAP sounds like a bad deal. You could end up getting really far behind or forced into liberal arts. If I were you, I’d try and get off the waitlist at A&M (you wont be able to start out in engineering there either, but you can internal transfer), and failing that, go to U of I.</p>
<p>So i visited utsa earlier today. The campus is very nice. Unfortunetly for me laurel and chapparel recently declared they were full (yesterday actually) so im stuck with chisolm and university oaks. I visited chisolm and it was ehhh at best. Anyone got any advice on what i should do? Is uni oaks nice and is it worth being put on the waiting list for the villas. And what do yall think about chisolm?</p>
<p>Hi, so I am in the same position as you. I accepted the CAP agreement for UTSA, however both Laurel and Chaparral are full. Therefore, where did you end up staying? Also, how was it? Was it worth it? I could always go to UTA, and change my agreement If I must.</p>