UT Austin CAP Program vs. University of Houston

College Search & Selection
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So I was always planning on doing the CAP Program for UT Austin and attend UTSA the first year of CAP, but now I am trying to decide between University of Houston’s Bauer Business School and doing the CAP Program. I know I want to major in business so my plan was to go to UTSA for my CAP year and then apply for a transfer into UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, and if I didn’t get my transfer approved then I would still have a guaranteed spot into UT Austin’s Liberal Arts school. Now I am conflicted on if I should just go to UH’s Bauer school so I can for sure be in business and then apply for a transfer into UT Austin and if I still didn’t get into in then at least I could still be in business. I have heard that UTSA is much easier to get a 3.9/4.0 which is practically required to get into McCombs so that is the biggest thing holding me back. Should I go to UTSA and have a higher chance at a better GPA for a better transfer position or should I stick with security & go to UH business. I always see myself at UT Austin so for me its hard to give up that guaranteed spot. Does anyone have any info on transferring through CAP or other schools and how it is like to transfer into McCombs. How easy is UTSA?

**Also note that I have to take 4 prereqs before I can get admitted into UT’s McCombs which are Calc 1, Calc 2, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. At UH I believe I could take those classes but for UTSA I would have to test into Calc 1 and Calc 2

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Do not expect to have be 3.9 or a 3.8. No one can expect that. If you work hard right off the bat (that means 4-6 hours a day on prep) you can expect a 3.7. Anything else is pure good/bad luck added to hard work and brilliance - you could be sick with a cold on the day of your midterm, or perhaps your roommate whose that night to celebrate his birthday till 3 am, or you just misunderstood an exercise and was worth half your final’s grade … And there’s no ‘extra credit’ in college. In short, it’s very rare to get into McCombs if you were CAP 'd.

So, your real choices are UT for Liberal Arts with a major in Economics or Human in Organizations OR UH Business.
If those are the choices, what do you choose?