<p>Well, I went to UF for four semesters and here are the results:</p>
<p>Semester 1</p>
<p>Russian 1 A
Italian 1 A
Microeconomics B
General Psychology B+
(got sick during finals lasted until April or so)</p>
<p>Semester 2</p>
<p>Russian 2 B
Comp 1 W
Calc 1 W
Macroeconomics B+
Biological Anthropology B+
(Had a negative reaction to a anti-depression medication and messed me up for like 8 months. Sleep cycle, or lack of it, but still being tired etc. Dropped courses with biggest workload)</p>
<p>Semester 3</p>
<p>Bio 1 W
Bio 1 Lab W
Chem 1 W
Calc 1 W
Principles of Entrepreneurship W
(Read Note above)</p>
<p>Semester 4</p>
<p>Business Calc D+
Wildlife Issues A
Man's Food A
Intro to Communication C
Social Psych B</p>
<p>3.31 with 7 Ws 43 credits
3.32 31 credits, UT GPA
Done with UF</p>
<p>Semester 5 Local College</p>
<p>Physics 1 A
Physics 1 Lab A
Calculus 2 A
Composition 1 A
12 credits, 4.0 GPA, 4.0 UT GPA</p>
<p>Semester 6 (expected)</p>
<p>Physics 2 A
Physics 2 Lab A
Calculus 3 A
Composition 2 A
Intro to Sociology A
14 credits</p>
<p>I will be applying with 43 transferable credits and gpa 4.5. 14 more pending from semester 6 that will be received after.
I realized UF was not the school for me after semester 4. After being sick for a year and sick from botched medication, I was ready to start over. Also I work during the day, so it's tough for me to take more credits than I do. But my trend is good and I am a good student. I also made it very clear in my essays that I want to take Danish which is not exactly taught at every state university. What do you guys think my chances for the college of liberal arts as an economics major? thanks. Out-of-state btw.</p>
<p>Yes, I know. That is why I reformulate the GPA to a UT GPA where B+s are reduced to B's, and non-transferable courses are dropped. Thanks for response.</p>
<p>You might have a chance at getting into the College of Liberal Arts or something. I think what will hurt you is all the withdrawls. Have you decided on what major to aim for? I think economics would be a good fit considering what you've already taken because I believe the economics degree at UT will require calculus.</p>
<p>yeah but i made it clear they were due to illness, so I don't think they can hold it against me too much. This isn't harvard. UF is a comparable school, too.</p>
<p>No, UF isn't quite a comparable school. UF is a really, really good state school, don't get me wrong, but UT is considered to be a public Ivy. Now, personally, I only consider UT to be excellent in three programs, but the sheer name of the school carries weight on the rest of their not-so-good programs.</p>
<p>I would write a note about the withdraw with your application (perhaps in your essay) and also call them and tell them the situation afterwards.</p>
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No, UF isn't quite a comparable school. UF is a really, really good state school, don't get me wrong, but UT is considered to be a public Ivy. Now, personally, I only consider UT to be excellent in three programs, but the sheer name of the school carries weight on the rest of their not-so-good programs.
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<p>I thought UF was also considered a public Ivy, and overall, is very comparable to UT. (I go to UT BTW). What are their 3 good programs? Business, Engineering, and Communications?</p>
<p>And, definitely make it clear that illness was the reason for all your withdrawals.</p>
<p>No, last I checked, UF's business school was ranked in the 30 somethings. Or was it 28? Something like that. I still wouldn't consider it comparable to UT, sorry. That said, if I was from Florida I would go to UF, so I think the whole Public Ivy thing is overrated. I'm just telling you all this so nothing slips through the cracks when you apply to UT because they get a ton of transfer applications.</p>
<p>Just read on the UT board on here and you'll find that UT attracts a lot of out-of-state students. Part of the reason why I decided against UT but that's not important.</p>
<p>Business, Engineering, and Geosciences. Their communications department isn't better or worse than other state schools I don't think. The business school there is so prestigious that it reflects on every other program at UT. So, the English department might be ****ty but the "brand name" of UT helps A LOT.</p>
<p>UT is better than UF, probably, but it's hard to judge the difference. Besides my erratic record at UF is due to illness and bad reaction to medication, and my grades aren't that bad considering. I don't think they'll have to slip through the cracks, and my academic trend is good, which they said was a big part of their assessment. Thanks all. Anymore suggestions or comments?</p>
<p>UF is good at Engineering, Business, and Communications/Journalism (same college/building)</p>
<p>If you want an honest opinion, given your GPA and being an OOS-er, I don't think you should waste money in applying. OOS competition is much more difficult since only so few spaces are relegated for them.</p>
<p>However, I do think you stand a reasonable chance at other similarly ranked schools, albeit private and in-state institutions. Best of luck :)</p>
<p>I disagree. I think you have an excellent shot at getting in. UT's OOS population for undergrads is only like 5%, but your grades are definitely solid. A 3.32 is probably a good enough GPA to transfer into Liberal Arts, but I'm not really sure about how stringent CoLA is. </p>
<p>All I really know about is engineering and business.</p>
<p>I hope so. 3.32 isn't that bad and with my local college grades, it should be boosted to 3.5. I hope you are right myrmidon, or else I am going to Arizona or Arizona State! lol (good schools, but not as good as UT). Besides if only 5% are OOSers, that means not many apply moreso than it is extremely selective. Look at UF before it won all those championships, easy to get into with 90% in staters.</p>
<p>Also myrmidon how is transferring into engineering? My friend got a 2.1 at UF for 12 credits, and the last 3 semester at my local college has like a 3.8. His applying GPA will be 3.5 also. Does he have good chances for engineering? Thanks.</p>
<p>I MADE A TYPO IN THE FIRST POST. MY GPA WILL BE 3.5!!! SORRY FOR TYPO. CAN'T EDIT IT ANYMORE.</p>
<p>I agree with Derek's first post. Combine the withdraws (regardless of the reason), the 3.32 overall GPA, and your out-of-state status, and you are only reaching for liberal arts. You've got to realize that there are A LOT of out-of-state students who apply to UT Austin and you are competing with them.</p>
<p>I wouldn't get worked up over comparing the University of Arizona to the University of Texas. Outside of Texas' business, engineering, and geoscience departments, there is little difference between the two schools academically.</p>
<p>It will be tough to transfer into engineering with a 3.5 starting grade. However, the upswing is definitely good. I think it depends on the type of engineering your friend wants to go to. For stuff like EECS, Biomedical, or Chemical, I think your friend might have some trouble. For the other types (Civil, Environmental, even mechanical, but this is less so than the other types), I think he stands a much better chance. </p>
<p>I know that the out-of-university transfer rate into business students have an average GPA of 3.8 (although a lot of this inflation is due to people coming form 4th tier schools, community colleges,...etc). Since you are dealing with engineering, the average GPA for external transfer should be around 3.5ish, but it depends. If it's a sophomore transfer, they will probably accept a lower GPA, but keep in mind that transferring for junior year is much tougher.</p>
<p>Don't be discouraged from not applying. The only way to guarantee not getting in is not applying. I think both of you have decent chances at admissions. Make it clear on why you want to transfer to UT.</p>
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Am I reading this? UF is certainly a public Ivy and on UT's level...
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<p>No it's not, check the rankings. Hell, UT's business school is ranked 20 places higher than UF I think. I think UF is a really good school but transferring from there to UT isn't going to as clear cut as the original poster thought in his first post.</p>
<p>I do think most of the programs at UT and UF are on the same level, though.</p>
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Are you comparing, Formidable, reading a book on Danish and having a native speaker help you learn it? I'll take the latter please.
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<p>I've never said anything about learning from reading a book. I said that you will get a lot farther along if you learn how to study a language on your own rather than in a group environment. Group environments are a lot slower.</p>
<p>I haven't met very many people at all who took years of a language in school and can speak it fluently.</p>