<p>Good luck @babylonghorn
I know you will get in. People always beat the odds (:</p>
<p>UGS isn’t an option if you have over 60 hours. You can only get into UGS your first 4 semester, then they make you choose a major.</p>
<p>@saborak I am beginning my 3rd semester this fall but I have almost 60 hours because of AP credits.
Would I still be eligible to apply for spring?</p>
<p>@135pipe, thanks for the encouragement! Do you have any suggestions for living in Austin since I’m moving there to go to ACC?</p>
<p>Am new to austin myself lol. Your welcome. Get an off campus house with either pace students or someone you know to reduce the cost</p>
<p>Honestly I’m not sure, your best bet is just applying for a COLA major thats not too competitive. </p>
<p>@psych19 I’m currently a Psychology major at UT. It is going to be really hard getting into UT with a 3.19. Even into UGS it’s going to be challenging. You might have a shot if you have amazing essays and great recommendation letters. The Psychology program at UT is great, therefore there is a lot of people applying to Psych with the average acceptance GPA being around a 3.7. For UGS, you need around a 3.5, that is the average transfer acceptance rate. What I would recommend is that you work hard on your essays starting now, exhaust every resource you can, because COLA loves amazing essays. Have great recommendation letters from professors that know you well, and raise your GPA this coming fall, aim for a 4.0. Remember to submit your application early. From my experience, people who submit their application early has better luck vs those who submit late. Be strategical about this and good luck! Feel free to send me a message through the board or private message if you have any questions. </p>
<p>@babylonghorn yes I have 37 credits and it’ll be transferring them to ACC then UT. And nice I am starting in the fall as well!</p>
<p>@psych19 looks like we’re in the same boat with hours as well! Have you met with a UT transfer admissions counselor?</p>
<p>@DeeGeeErbear
Semester I plan on starting at UT: Fall 2015
College transferring from: Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences (I was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder, but by the time I found out, it was too late to enroll in UT so that I could be closer to home.)
Current/expected GPA: 3.5+ (I start at Cornell next month)
College applied for: COLA
1st and 2nd choice majors: English and Psychology (I plan on double-majoring, but will put English on the UT app)
Quality of essays: They’ll be pretty good, I expect, since I’ll be on an English track at Cornell as well.
Letters of rec: I plan on asking professors and literary magazine contacts.
Volunteer/extracurriculars: Cornell student-run newspaper, Cornell literary magazine, Cornell figure skating team, outside literary journal involvement, and several regional/national writing awards from high school (please see my other threads for full details)</p>
<p>I know there’s a lot of speculation involved in these stats, so please consider this the best-case scenario. Also, do you think that UT admissions will evaluate my application with Cornell’s grade-deflation system in mind? Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Oh, and I will not have 30 credit-hours finished by the March 1st deadline, although they will be completed by the end of the semester. How much (if any) will this hurt me in the application process?</p>
<p>Hoping someone has been through this and can help me out. Well I’ve always wanted to go to UT and skipped on the CAP program (personal reasons). Now I’m kicking myself for it. I’ll be attending Texas Tech this fall and planning to transfer into the CNS. I know my gpa has to be up there but how high. Im going to try and volunteer not only for the transfer but for medical school. So what are the requirements to transfer into the CNS? Say my gpa is a bit low 3.2-3.5 could I transfer into liberal arts and still take the science courses needed? Any advice helps</p>
<p>Kyotoraz I feel your pain too, went for TAMU instead of CAP and I got a 3.8 GPA after a year and got rejected even after an appeal also. I would recommend going for UGS as it would have the most space available and you could take the classes you want.</p>
<p>@DeeGeeErbear would you mind reading my essays? Want to make sure that the topics are unique and not very basic</p>
<p>@cherrywood109 wow 3.8?? Were your classes not transferrable?</p>
<p>•University of North Texas
•4.0
•Natural Sciences
•Neuroscience or Biology or Chemistry (could also go for psychology in liberal arts if that’s easier to get into/ allow me to transfer out)
•Top notch
•Will probably get a recommendation from my current employer as well as a teacher who recommended I transfer. haha What types of recommendations work best?
•I am going to start volunteering at a hospital soon. Also, I run marathons. I’m not sure if this counts. Part of such and such honors society at UNT. Participate some, but I doubt this is useful. </p>
<p>@babylonghorn yeah it was pretty disappointing</p>
<p>@babylonghorn no i have not</p>
<p>Hey guys! </p>
<p>I attend Northwest Vista College as a computer science major, and I’m hoping to transfer into UT Austin and pursue a degree there. I understand the CompSci program is extremely competitive to get into, so I’ll probably just apply to UGS/COLA and do an internal transfer, especially since I haven’t finished calc I yet. </p>
<p>I have a 3.85 GPA right now, which will most likely go up to a 3.87 by the time I’m finished with my summer course. I work as a restaurant manager at this local place, about 30 hours per week. I’m also gonna get a letter of recommendation from a UT professor/alumnus. I haven’t started my essays yet. I only have 29 hours, which puts me just under the benchmark for required transfer credit. I also have 6 hours completed by means of the CLEP College Composition Modular exam. I did see something interesting on the Transfer Resources Page:</p>
<p>"Credit by examination awarded by another institution is accepted as transfer credit under the following conditions:</p>
<p>Credit-by-exam must be recorded on the student’s official transcript by the sending institution with a normal catalog course number.
Credit-by-exam must be posted on transcript with a grade of at least C−, the symbol CR, or a similar designation representing credit earned without letter grade."</p>
<p>If my CLEP credit transfers, it should put me at 35 hours, more than enough for the requirement.</p>
<p>I’m gonna check with the counselors to see if this means it’ll transfer. But in the meantime, can anyone evaluate me? I’d appreciate it :)</p>
<p>Hey @rogerybarra, since you are instate looks like your GPA should be good enough, im not sure tho. </p>
<p>its cool to see another person trying to transfer into Compsci! I am also trying to do that, but I am out of state lol</p>
<p>@rogerybarra I’m at NVC too!! I</p>