UT austin 2017/2018 Transfer Thread

@Thompson2688 AUGH now I’m getting stressed - I guess that I’ll just reapply for the spring if I get rejected (though I REALLY don’t want to have to do that- I just want to get in to UT for the summer!) I’m just hoping that they don’t receive a huge number of apps from people who are better than me!

@J3ennife4 Don’t give up hope yet!! You could always call them and say if there’s any way you could apply to both the summer and the fall. If they say no then ask if you can resubmit one for the fall, we are all human and if they say no then that’s stupid. Just say it was a mistake and wanted to submit one for the fall instead, say that plans changed or something came which is prohibiting you from attending in the summer.

@Thompson2688 Oh man, that sucks. All the effort and years dreaming of going to UT gone to the trash for just one class. I saw that it’s both pretty much pointless and extremely hard to switch majors to CNS; I might be wrong, but it’s not worth it imo. I’m excited for UT Dallas then! And thank you for the reply!

@msfmp1 You could always try and call to see what would happen

And does anyone know, from the 2016/2017 thread, what the list of people admitted and not admitted is? Or was there not one.

@Thompson2688 Here is the list from last year (Fall 2017 admits)

Mechanical Engineering

  • ScreenName*: 4.0 / 65 Hours / 3 LOR / 3 Essays / Internship / Accepted 4-13
  • declanbb: 4.0 / 50 Hours / 1 LOR / Few good ECs / Accepted 5-31 [/col

Civil Engineering

  • Soarup: 3.9 / 65 Hours? / Accepted 4-15
  • istew13: 3.84 / 47 Hours / 1 LOR / Good grades in Pre-Reqs / Accepted 6-6
    @davitbar: 3.87 / 34 Hours / 3 LOR / 200 Volunteer Hours / Denied first choice (Mech. Engineering) / Accepted 6-9

Computer Engineering

  • adhikariashok: 3.8-4.0? / 30+ Hours? / Lots of ECs and awards / International (In-state now) Transfer / Accepted 5-2
  • usmanf: 3.91 / 32 Hours / Lots of ECs and awards / Accepted 5-30
  • 2020longhorn: 3.9 / 30 Hours / 1 LOR / CAP / Accepted 5-30

Petroleum Engineering

  • bigboy29: 3.94 / 32 Hours / Accepted 5-30

Electrical Engineering

  • @Osaldmk1: 3.9 / 30+? Hours / 4 LORs / Accepted 6-6

Aerospace Engineering
– ZENgineer: 3.76 / 49 Hours / Denied 6-7

Chemical Engineering

  • ahmktzw’s boyfriend: 4.0 / Unknown Hours (Soph.) / 1 or 2 LOR / PROBLEMS WITH APPLICATION W/ APPEAL PROCESS BEING POTENTIALLY SUCCESSFUL (UT admitted to a mistake made on their part) / Denied 6-10

Unknown Major

  • asslei: Missing Calculus II, does not qualify for the school / Denied 6-3

McCombs School of Business

  • quin97: International (in-state now) Transfer / Accepted 5-2
  • mapper214: 3.866 / 30+ Hours? / Some ECs / Denied (unknown date)
  • chaffeychonor: 3.8 / 30+ Hours? / Tons of ECs / OOS / Denied 6-8
  • jackm82: Unknown GPA / 30+ Hours? / Internal Transfer / Denied 6-15
  • scryde: 4.0 / 30+ Hours? / Internal Transfer / Accepted 6-15 – rb1006: 3.91 / 76 Hours / 1 LOR / Accepted 6-15 – sp00ky: 3.97 / 36 Hours / 3 LOR / CAP / 2 ECs / Accepted 6-16 – accttransfer: 3.97 / 65 Hours / Accepted 6-16 – mccombs17orbust: 4.0 / 52 Hours / 3 LOR / 3 Essays / 4 ECs / Accepted 6-16
  • 30plusUndergrad: 3.71 / 120 Hours / 3 Essays / Lots of Volunteering / Denied 6-16 – aaparekh321: 3.947 / 75 Hours / 2 LOR / Associates Degree / 350+ Volunteer Hours / Accepted 6-16 – mccombs2019: 4.0 / 71 Hours / 3 LOR / Very few ECs / Accepted 6-16 – laganja: 4.0 / 32 Hours / 2 LOR / Great ECs / Accepted 6-16 – zpserry79: 3.91 / 69 Hours / 2 LOR / Denied 6-16 – bevo2017: 4.0 / 30+ Hours? / CAP / Accepted 6-16 – HoustonAustin: 4.0 / 30+ Hours? / 50+ Volunteer Hours / Accepted 6-16
  • ajaxo710: 3.8 / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 6-16
  • boiwonder98: Around a 3.9 GPA / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 6-16

Moody College of Communication

Political Communication

  • wesbest: 3.62 / 54 Hours / 4 LOR / 3 Essays / OOS / Accepted 4-13
  • thomas2009: Accepted 4-13

Radio-Television-Film

  • manicpixie: 4.0 / Junior (unknown hours) / OOS / Accepted 4-13
  • Madeleine122: 3.89 / 50+ Hours / 1 LOR / OOS / Lots of Volunteering / Denied 6-02
  • dr4g0ns: 3.9 / About 35 Hours / 1 LOR / 3 Essays / Good ECs / Accepted 6-2
  • anna9r: 3.82 / 30 Hours / 2 LOR / 3 Essays / OOS / 2 Internships / Accepted 6-7
    – kadlemer: 4.0 / 30 Hours / 2 LOR / 200+ Volunteer Hours / Film Awards / Accepted 6-7
    – jullar95: 3.93 / 84 Hours / 1 LOR / OOS / Accepted 6-8
    – PD6mcCLAY: 3.45 / 30+ Hours? / 3 LOR / Extensive work experience in field / Denied 6-16
  • gingtheming: 3.75 / 30+ Hours? / 3 LOR / Extensive work experience / 200+ Volunteer Hours / Denied 6-16
    –2020UT: 3.893 / 30+ Hours? / 3 LOR / 3 Essays / Lots of ECs and work experience / Denied 6-16
    – Hackum: 3.875? / 30 Hours / Lots of LOR? / Lots of work experience in field / Denied 6-17

Advertising

  • emu_25: 4.0 / Sophomore (unknown hours) / Accepted 4-14
  • Giro6203: 3.7 / 30 Hours / Unknown acceptance date
  • CapPlease: 3.63 / 30 Hours / CAP / Some Volunteering
  • bagel64: 3.67 / 45 Hours / 2 LORs / / Denied by first choice (RTF) / Accepted 6-5

Journalism

  • averymc: 3.84 / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 4-15
  • Student2525: 3.95-4.0 / 60 Hours / 3 LORs / International Transfer / Lots of ECs / Denied by first choice (RTF) / Accepted 6-5
  • mmm303: 3.79 / 44 Hours / 3 Essays / Denied by first choice (RTF) / Accepted 6-5
  • fespj: Denied by first choice (RTF) / Accepted 6-2
  • mudflaps: Under 3.0 GPA / 30+ Hours? / Denied 6-16

Public Relations

  • KrsWun899: 3.86 / 71 Hours / 4 LOR / Lots of Job experience / Some volunteering / Accepted 5-10
    – ut888888: 3.4 / 44 Hours / 4 LOR / 25 Volunteer Hours / PR Internship / Accepted 6-7
    – Miss.UTMcCombsTransfer2017: 3.8 / 80 Hours / Tons of work experience / Tons of Volunteering / Veteran / Denied first choice (McCombs Business) due to incomplete pre-reqs / Accepted 6-9

College of Liberal Arts

Psychology

  • p0726n: 3.64 / 33 Hours / 3 LOR / Lots of volunteering / Accepted 4-14
  • Kimberlytori: 3.72 / 38 Hours / Lots of Clubs and Volunteering / Accepted 4-14
  • cga520: Accepted 4-14
  • adr1697: 3.88 / 38 Hours / 2 LOR / Extensive resume / Accepted 4-15
    – crispz: 4.0 / 30+ Hours / 2 LOR / CAP / Lots of Volunteering / Denied first choice (Nursing) / Accepted 6-12
  • hookemags: Unknown GPA / 30+ Hours? / No other info / Accepted 6-15
    – futbol411: 4.0 / 41 Hours / 2 LOR / Lots of Volunteering and EC / Accepted 6-15
    – alevan97: 4.0 / 34 Hours / 1 LOR / Accepted 6-15
  • crispz: 4.0 / 30+ Hours / 2 LOR / Lots of volunteering / CAP / Denied first choice (Nursing) / Accepted 6-14?
    – venturesome: 3.8 / 30+ Hours? / Denied 6-17

Sociology

  • snoopfrog: 3.62 / Accepted 4-14
  • GPAnonymity: 3.4 / 55 Hours / Internship / Denied by first choice (PSYCH) and second choice (Health & Society) / Accepted 6-2

Government

  • nerdygirl2100: 3.77 / 37 Hours / 3 LOR / 3 Essays / Accepted 4-14
  • rjbolger: 3.88 / 30+ Hours? / OOS / Accepted 4-14
  • foreverago: 3.65 / 30+ Hours? / Mostly high school ECs / Accepted 4-15
    – krisstory99: 4.0 / 30 Hours / 2 LOR / Early Graduate / Lots of Volunteering / Accepted 6-15
    – averagekid123: 4.0 / 30 Hours / Lots of ECs / Accepted 6-15
    – Pentatonix: 3.55 / 30+ Hours? / 4 LOR / JROTC Member / Lots of Volunteering / Denied 6-16
    –oopsietaysie: 3.3 / 30+ Hours? / 1 LOR / 4 ECs / Extensive work experience / Denied 6-16
  • masterblitz71: 3.033 / 30+ Hours? / Denied 6-16
    – hookempls: 3.65 / 31 Hours / 1 LOR / Accepted 6-17

History

  • UTtransfer: 3.9 / 30 Hours / 4 LOR / Accepted 4-14
  • Newartriot: 3.55 / 51 Hours / Extensive Resume / Accepted 4-15
  • colboycsat: 3.7 / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 6-16

Asian Studies

  • Meiliu: 3.85 / 90 Hours / 2 LOR / 3 Essays / Accepted 4-14

Social Work

  • hotcoffeemom’s daughter: 3.9 / 31 Hours / 2 LOR / Accepted 4-17
    – cs1826: 3.59 / 78 Hours / 3 Essays / Lots of Volunteering / Accepted 6-8
  • daisy423: Unknown GPA / 30+ Hours / OOS / Denied 6-16

International Relations

  • createmusic3: 3.63 / 30+ Hours / Accepted 4-15
    – longhornhopeful1: 4.0 / 30 Hours / 2 LOR / Accepted 6-15
    – ardevos: 3.47 / 30+ Hours? / 1 LOR / Lots of volunteering hours / Denied 6-16
  • UTdidntwantme: 3.45 / 45 Hours / 2 LOR / Denied 6-16
    – sadri123: 3.8 / 31 Hours / 1 LOR / Denied first choice (McCombs) / Accepted 6-17

Economics

  • UTaustin69: 3.91 / 34 Hours / 2 LOR / 3 Essays / Lots of Volunteering / Denied from first choice (McCombs Finance) / Accepted 6-2
    – UTMccombs2017 (only tagging you to say sorry buddy ): 3.72 / 30+ Hours? / 7 LOR / 3 Essays / Extensive Volunteering and great ECs / Denied first choice (McCombs) / Accepted 6-16
    – maib121: 3.89 / 57 Hours / Denied first choice (McCombs) / Accepted 6-16

English
– joeun2020: 4.0 / 32 Hours / Accepted 6-15
– UTChemTransfer: 3.3 / 78 Hours / 2 LOR / Denied first choice (Chemistry) / Accepted 6-17

Philosophy
– yungchildish: 3.875 / 33 Hours / 3 LOR / Lots of ECs / Accepted 6-17

Health and Society
– wickedwarrior777: 3.824 / 30+ Hours? / 3 LOR / Several Internships / Accepted 6-17

Unknown major

  • Lalita-2016: 3.9 / 30+ Hours? / 3 LOR / Work experience / International/CAP Transfer / Accepted 5-22

College of Natural Science

Computer Science

  • utcswannabe: 4.0 / 42 Hours / 3 LOR / Lots of clubs / Accepted 4-14
  • Barnameji: 4.0 / 17 Hours / 40 AP-CLEP Hours / 2 LOR / Several clubs / CAP / Accepted 4-14
  • CavalierKenneth: Accepted 5-2
  • utCStransfer: Accepted 5-8
  • roer345: 3.65 / OOS / Denied 5-25
  • liaojh: 4.0 / 44 Hours (22 from UT) / PACE / Lots of ECs / Accepted 6-2
  • tara2366: 4.0 / 70 Hours / 2 LOR / OOS / Lots of Volunteering / Great essays / Accepted 6-2
    – ax1997: 3.9 / 67 Hours / OOS / Accepted 6-8
    – mortalkings: 3.87 / 59 Hours / Internal Transfer / Accepeted 6-16
    – UTCStransferr: 3.365 / 31 Hours / 3 Essays / Lots of ECs / Denied 6-16

Math

  • holidayinthepark: 4.0 / 45 Hours / Almost 60 Hours with IP / 2 LOR / Accepted 4-14
  • UTstudent13: 3.7 / 47 Hours / Accepted 4-16
  • ineedtoknow88: Accepted 5-18

Biology

  • Nc357159: 3.81 / 31 Hours / 2 LOR / Accepted 4-14
  • RMitchell1021: 4.0 / 57 Hours / 2 LOR / Early Graduate / Accepted 5-31
  • JeyLee: 3.53 / 64 Hours / Denied 6-3

Environmental Science

  • erj175: 3.37 / 79 Hours / Around 20 IB/AP Hours / 1 LOR / 2 Internships / Extensive ECs / Accepted 4-18

Bio-Chem

  • joselmz: 3.76 / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 6-6
  • happy6523: 3.71 / 30+ Hours? / Accepted 6-7

School of Nursing

Nursing

  • supersaiyanhan: Unknown acceptance date

Unknown Schools

  • houstonian2017: 3.757 / 30+ Hours? / Internal Transfer / Denied 6-15

@awesomesaucee Thank you for going through the old thread! So going off of this I can tell that some people got in having a 3.5 or lower, and others got in with around a 3.6 or higher. Obviously liberal arts is less competitive, and the college of engineering and business are more competitive, but it seems there’s no rhyme or reason. Does anyone else have any other input on this?

3.4 - 3.6 is usually pretty good for less competitive majors. According to this list, I think nobody less than a a 3.8 was accepted to engineering or computer science. Also, this list probably isn’t representative of everyone who applied so people with lower GPAs and were accepted are more likely to post than the majority who were denied with a similar GPA

does anyone know if applying in the spring is more/less competitive than applying in the fall?

also, does anyone know the differences in competitiveness between the government major and philosophy major in terms of transfer admission?

I just got offered CAP from UT. Can anyone offer me any information for business majors or if it’s a good program?

@Ross2729 Are you a transfer student? If you did get offered CAP I would further research the program, I personally do not know much about it.

@Thompson2688 No, I’m actually a senior in high school who got offered CAP with at least 3 others in my grade. I will research it though. I’m still waiting on a response from TAMU, but the opportunity to attend UT is a path I’d like to consider.

hi guys! I applied for the fall of 2018 and I was wondering if anyone can chance me?
my first choice of major is advertising and second is government. So I went to a 4 year university my first semester and had some problems there. I received a 3.11 GPA and dropped one class. I currently go to CC now and have a 3.9 with 31 credits and will have 47 by the time the spring semester is over. I played college golf at the previous school, made it to the dean’s list for CC, I intern for a software company, and am part of PTK. I know I didn’t make the best grades at my other school so that’s worrying me a bit right now. I submitted 2 pretty good essays, 3 LOR, and a decent resume. I was pretty active in high school (played sports, part of a bunch of clubs, orchestra, a lot of volunteering hours), but not sure if that matters to UT.

@Ross2729 CAP guarantees you admission into the School of Liberal Arts after a year at another UT campus, as long as you meet the requirements. If you are trying to transfer into the business school it is extremely competitive and you will prob need 3.9+ GPA with the required courses, and then some. CAP does not give you an advantage to other transfer students from different school’s who are not in the CAP program. It’s worth noting that you can accept CAP but choose not to transfer to UT because you are enjoying your time at your current school. Many take this route.

If I were you, I would not accept CAP and go to a different school for business, then try to transfer into UT if you are still set on it. This would give you a good backup plan if you don’t receive admission. CAP, to me, seems only beneficial for liberal arts majors, and not so much for the competitive majors such as business, engineering, and computer science.

Hi all

I was wondering if anyone could chance me. I’m a UT Arlington student applying to McCombs as a first choice and LA economics as a second choice.

GPA: 3.74 (will be a 3.8 with all A’s this semester)

  • Had 4.0 first semester, 3.9 second semester, and 3.4 third semester (had some family issues that were a major distraction last semester)
    2 good essays (A & E I think)
    1 LOR from a very prominent professor
    ECs: Freshman Leaders on Campus, Chess club, Intramural Football
    Volunteer at the city church (60 total hours)
    Employed for a few years at a restaurant
    Made Dean’s list first two semesters and Academic Honor Roll in all three completed semesters
    Also won an art award and had work displayed in city hall while I was in high school
    Have all business and econ prerequisites completed by end of this semester (made A’s in both econ classes and my first calculus class, currently taking Calc 2)

Thanks everyone and good luck!

does anyone have any tips for the essays, and also what is the word limit ?

Does anyone know if there are pre reqs for government?

@lovieland I will add you to the list

@utcshopeful There is no word limit, but I would suggest between 500-750 words is a good place to be at.

@colanxgirl There are no requirements for government.

If anyone else wants to check the transfer pre-requisites for their major, you can find them here. If your major is not listed, then it has prior requirements

https://admissions.utexas.edu/explore/prerequisites