What are my chances of getting into UT as a transfer out of state with grades that are not all A’s and B’s?
What is your major? And what is your actual gpa? In general I would say not good. The average gpa’s for different majors vary, but pretty much all of them are 3.5 and above. For some of them, like engineering and business, they’re about 3.8 or above. Obviously the majority of these students are in-state as well.
Honestly, very, very low. It is very difficult to get into for in-state students. From what I’ve seen recently, HS grads have to be in about the top 5% of your graduating class. The biggest problem now is that the kids from very competitive high schools, in all AP and honors classes, might have a 95.0% GPA, but they aren’t in that top 5% so they have to go to A&M or Tech. As an aside, I coordinate sorority recommendations for my alumni group here in Colorado, and I write for schools all across the US. My graduates going to UT are by far the best and most impressive resumes. (And these from out-of-state girls, so their resumes have to be that much better!) The caliber of students accepted seems to go up every year. And now my friends’ kids are all graduating from Texas HS’s, and I’ve only seen 1 who was accepted to UT. (Out of about 40). My FB page is littered with posts about Baylor and A&M. I just don’t think that’s a coincidence! I suspect that many don’t even bother applying with UT because it’s a waste of application money.
I tried to transfer in after first year with all A’s, but 1 C due to a killer chemistry class at community college. Pulled my GPA down to a 2.9999, and I didn’t get accepted. This was 25 years ago when the transfer minimum was 3.0. It could be different now.
However, there are some very good community college systems that transfer in. If you really want to go there, and it’s definitely worth it, go at least a year to community college and get all A’s. Take all core curriculum classes. I know the Dallas Community College system transfers credit to all the state schools. Austin and Houston and other cities probably do too. You would also establish residency during that year, increasing your chances. Plus save a lot of money!
Also they are very strict with admittance to junior/senior classes. For example, you may get accepted your freshman year, but if you don’t get good enough grades, then you won’t be accepted into upper level business school classes (same with medical majors and other prestigious “schools” within the university.) If that happens, you will have to change your major (or pull up the GPA) to graduate. Hope that helps! Good luck!
I ended up graduating from U of North Texas. FYI, I couldn’t recommend it enough. It was so great. Less than 20 kids in all my upper level, major classes. Academically, it was much better than I thought it was going to be. Professors were very impressive. Plus Denton is cheap and lots of job connections (internships) to the DFW metroplex.
I will most likely have a 3.1 GPA, 30 credits hours all together but I will have a C in one of my classes. I am out of state so I know that puts me in a competition there. I really do not have any EC’s. So with that I probably wont get in to the University of Texas? Do they have a required GPA for transfers?
I will most likely have a 3.1 GPA, 30 credits hours all together but I will have a C in one of my classes. I am out of state so I know that puts me in a competition there. I really do not have any EC’s. So with that I probably wont get in to the University of Texas? Do they have a required GPA for transfers?