<p>I’m at ACC and just applied for spring transfer into COLA - decisions supposedly will come next month. When I met with one of the transfer admissions counselors at UT he said he’d never heard of anyone with a 3.5 and up not getting into COLA, and I’ve heard the unspoken cut-off GPA as 3.2 with 3.5 being sort of a guarantee. (Doesn’t help me from being anxious and paranoid.) </p>
<p>I’m not sure that UT will consider the 15 units from AP and dual credit for transfer, which is why you need to check with the admissions department for further guidance. I think the requirement is that you actually complete 30 hours at another institution, not have tested out for credit like AP, but I could be wrong. Just give them a call or drop by - they are very helpful and can answer a lot of your questions more specifically.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply! It was really helpful.</p>
<p>I am going to take 16 credit hours this spring as well so i think I’m good as far as having the 30 hours. I am just really worried that it I might not get in because they will only see a semesters worth of work. </p>
<p>The current school I am at is really good academically it is just too small (only 3,000 students).</p>
<p>Milan - what is your first choice major/college? That will dictate what your GPA will likely need to be for a good chance at being accepted. SATs are not required for transfer applicants.</p>
<p>my major is finance.gpa is abot 3.2,i heard that Austin required the sat,i am not sure(^_^)
what do you think?Do you think I have a chance at getting in?</p>
<p>But McCombs is probably the most difficult of the schools to get into at UT (maybe tied with Cockrell for engineering) and I’ve heard that to be competitive for admissions you’d have to have a GPA of about 3.8 or higher (the minimum is 3.0, but I’ve never heard of anyone that low being accepted). If you can raise it to at least 3.5 you’d stand a bit of a better chance, and maybe being international gives you a slight edge if they’re looking to add to their diversity, but I honestly don’t see it happening, just because McCombs is such a highly competitive school to get into.</p>
<p>I went to visit them yesterday. The hardest college to get into is Architecture, followed by business and then Radio/Televison/Film. You can only tranfer for Fall semester. They require 30 credits, they do not look at anything from High School (rank, SAT, GPA) the only thing they would consider from high school he said was if there were activities that related to the college you wanted to get into. In our case, my son did a lot of film work in high school and he is trying to get into RTF so he said he could talk about that in the optional essay, otherwise, test scores, etc. are irrelevant. Also, doesn’t matter where you took your 30 hours. 30 at Harvard is equivalent to 30 hours at ACC they judge them across the board and only look at GPA. Last fall it took a 3.5-3.7 to get into RTF not sure about the others but I was surprised when he told me engineering was so far down the line. I thought they were known for that.</p>
<p>Sundoll, I know this was written along time ago. However, hoping you see this. Im an ACC student as well, I put my application in for fall 2011 fro Libral art department(psyc) my gpa is 3.5. I was wondering did you get in?</p>
<p>Hey I was just wondering how difficult it would be to transfer into the University of Texas. Currently I am at the Honors College at Hofstra University in New York. I am about to finish my freshman year with a 3.68-3.81 GPA and 46 credits. Both my parents are UT grads. I was just wondering if this is going to be very difficult or if I have a decent shot and should apply. I am a poli sci and psychology double major. </p>
<p>@southerngurl92 Depends what school you are applying for. The business and the engineering schools are hard. The average GPA for those is a 3.8-3.9. </p>
<p>The rest of the schools are pretty easy with your GPA. I got into the Science school (forgot name, I’m going to Illinois) with a 3.5. </p>