I was not accepted to UT Austin, but was offered the CAP program. I really want to be in Austin for the entire 4 years, so I am going to appeal with the hope that I am accepted or given the PACE program. Has anyone heard of someone having CAP switched to PACE through appeals?
what is your rank? from what I’ve heard PACE is determined only by rank so all the people that didn’t get accepted but where like in a certain rank/percentage got it offered , so by that it would only worth it if your rank went up significantly
I go to a small private school in Dallas that does not report rank. My GPA has increased since I applied and I was voted captain of the golf team, among other factors.
then you may have a chance , good luck !
You can try to appeal, but in all honesty appeals are meant for applicants who had a legitimate reason as to why they were not accepted, such as a lost document, etc. If the difference in your application between the time you submit your appeal and the time you initially applied is a GPA increase and additional EC’s, I wouldn’t expect much as there would be a lot more people appealing if that was all it took for admissions to give a serious reconsideration to your application. The only exception would be if you were a borderline auto-admit (Top 7%?), but again, your school doesn’t officially “rank” and a GPA can only rise by a certain amount in one semester.
Also, are you already settled with declining the CAP offer? I’m a current CAP student myself and the year has flown by pretty fast. I personally find it better than PACE as I’ll already be a full-time UT student my sophomore year.
Here are some helpful links which you should read before appealing (if you already haven’t):
http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/pace/eligibility
http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/appeals
http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/cap/admission
@JD1327
“I personally find it better than PACE as I’ll already be a full-time UT student my sophomore year.”
what do you mean by this? Don’t PACE students become full-time UT students by sophomore year? (I know that in 2013 students had to take PACE for 2 years but for the 2015/2016 cohort PACE students only take it for 1 year–I accepted my PACE offer this year and someone told me this)
@MyLonghorn
PACE was determined by top 10% in 2013 and maybe 2014 but this year students aren’t. For example, I’m top 17%.
Oh, my bad! I didn’t realize they changed the duration of the PACE program to only 1 year. With that in mind, PACE would definitely be more desirable for OP than the CAP program, but nonetheless he/she should still consider CAP if the appeal doesn’t go through.