<p>I'm asking for a bit of help here, any would be appreciated. Here's my basic situation:</p>
<p>Got capped; wanted to do it; argued; parents said no; and I'm now going to TCU. My parents said it'd be fine if I went to UT the next year after transferring.</p>
<p>I'm unsure about how realistic transferring is though. I want it bad but I want to be an Interior Design major, and the school of Architecture is ridiculous to get into and you have to already have 30 hours by March 1. That's out of the question. The school is more important to me than the major anyway.</p>
<p>With that said, what majors (1st and 2nd) should I apply to? And what's the minimum GPA that would for sure get me in? And also any other advice would be great! Thanks!</p>
<p>I don't know about all your questions, but I did want to comment on the 30 hours part. I just transferred into UT for this coming fall. You don't have to have the 30 hours completed by the March 1 deadline to apply, but they must be in progress. That is how I did it. I didn't have the 30 hours until the end of the spring semester. </p>
<p>As far as gpa to transfer with, the lowest I've heard of anyone accepted was a 3.3 for someone in the natural sciences (not sure which one). I've heard the Geography majors have the lowest transfer gpas but have never seen any proof of that. </p>
<p>When I was speaking with a Blake Willms (admissions rep) about transferring, he told me this. He saw my first semester transfer grades (all As) and told me as long as I got a 3.5 or above for the spring semester I should be admitted for sure. My major is math (long term goal of becoming an actuary) so not sure how widely that would apply. It probably is fair for any of the natural science dept other than computer science and in the liberal arts. </p>
<p>Hate to tell you this, but your parents are poorly mistaken.</p>
<p>For CAP you need only a 3.2 and 30 hours. If you get a 3.5 or below and aren't in CAP, you will not be admitted. Fairly simply put.</p>
<p>You must complete 30 hours to be admitted for the fall as a transfer, but you don't have to have them completed when you apply.</p>
<p>What you will need, though, is something like a 3.5+ to have any shot. For more popular majors, such as Business and Engineering, that mark goes up to more like a 3.7. They honestly don't really care about anything other than grades.</p>
<p>The major doesn't matter really at all as long as you get the requisite GPA.</p>
<p>I got in as a transfer for this fall with a 3.47 GPA from a 4-year university in Texas. (Granted, I applied for a less competitive major.)</p>
<p>In case you didn't already know (the admissions page is vague about this), you won't find out your admissions decision until after spring '09 transcript has been received & looked over by UT admissions. (Most people with at least 30 hours by the end of the fall '08 will find out earlier than you.) </p>
<p>I would recommend applying for a noncompetitive major because:
(1) External transfers into competitive majors are difficult. At transfer orientation, I overheard a CAP person (UTSA) who didn't get into business with a 4.0.
(2) People who have to wait for their spring '09 transcripts to arrive and who are also applying for competitive major find out their admissions decision DEAD LAST. (behind both of these categories: (1) people who had finished at least 30 hours by the end of the prior fall semester; (2) people who finished in their 30 hours after the spring semester and applied for less competitive majors) This is a big deal because you obviously can't sign up for transfer orientation until you've been admitted. Getting the earlier orientation date is important.</p>
<p>Architecture is going to be nearly impossible to transfer from a non-UT school, and even then getting into the school of architecture is ridiculous. You nearly have to have a 4.0 to even get in through a internal transfer.</p>