<p>I was accepted to UTD but I realized once it was too late that I really want to go to UT Austin. If I am going to be transferring anyway to UT Austin would it financially and academically make more sense to go to community college here in Dallas or would UT Austin look at that as a joke?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>They seem to be friendly to community college transfers:
[Automatic</a> Admission | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/automatic-admission]Automatic”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/automatic-admission)</p>
<p>According to the above, a 2.5 GPA at community college in the correct course work will get you into UT Austin as a transfer, though perhaps not necessarily in the desired division (e.g. engineering).</p>
<p>Whether community college is appropriate for you depends on such things as your major (whether the community colleges offer the needed lower division courses) and whether you will want to take upper division courses early (not available at community colleges) or whether you will need remedial courses (in which case it may be better to start at community college).</p>
<p>UT accepts many community college transfers. That definitely won’t be looked at as a joke. </p>
<p>The difficulty of transferring depends on the college. Competitive colleges like business, engineering, CS, etc require a GPA of around 3.85-3.9. The easy colleges like Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences or Geosciences really only require around a 3.5. </p>
<p>The school you’re transferring from doesn’t really play a big role. They’re mainly concerned about GPA.</p>
<p>I want to transfer to the Radio-Television-Film department which offers a BS so does that mean I’ll only need a 3.5?</p>
<p>No, RTF is a popular major. I don’t really know anything specific about it, but I’ve heard it’s competitive. You’ll probably need more than a 3.5. I’m pretty sure it has it’s own transfer requirements beyond just those of the College of Communcation. </p>
<p>You might have more luck asking about this in the UT forum.</p>