Hey everyone, UT Austin is complete dream school to me, and I can’t imagine how happy my life would be if I get accepted into UT Austin. I am in a bit of a dilemma because I messed up this semester at ACC. Last semester I finished with a 3.75 GPA, however this semester I took too many classes and unfortunately finished with a 3.2, where my GPA is going down to a 3.4/3.5 - so basically, I applied for Liberal Arts Undeclared in hopes to get into UT Austin. If i do get accepted, I would like to shoot for a 4.0 GPA in order to hopefully internally transfer to Mccombs. I understand they’re trying to discourage internal transfers but I feel like this is my only shot in order to get into Mccombs because of my current GPA, any advice is appreciated!
My advice is, don’t do this. If you transfer to liberal arts be prepared to get a degree from there. The likelihood of you internally transferring into McCombs are minuscule, never mind actually getting a 4.0. UT uses a +/- system, with no A+, so a 92 is a 3.66, and a 99 is a 4.0. I don’t see why you would think getting a 4.0 with this system, in a more competitive atmosphere, would be likely when you’ve never done it before. That being said, getting a degree in Economics isn’t the worst thing in the world, but work on getting accepted first (which is already an uphill climb with a 3.4x). Just realize the chances of you internally transferring are in the single digits percentage-wise.
I internally transferred into McCombs this year after getting a 4.0 at UT my freshman year. However, I had to take calculus and economics at UT with no prior calculus experience, and they were fairly difficult. My advice to you, if you do choose to go the liberal arts route, is to be prepared to sacrifice a lot of your time and social life to make the grades. If you weren’t able to make a 4.0 at ACC the chances are small that you will be able to do so at UT where the atmosphere is completely different. I’ve had many friends try to do this and most of them are now settling for economics degrees instead. If you are okay with possibly majoring in economics, then go for it. If not, play it safe and go somewhere where you will get your major for sure.
@bizkid123 Thanks so much for your advice, however, how did you get placed into calculus class without no prior calculus experience? Don’t you have to take a placement test in order to be qualified to take the calculus class or can I just register for it? I took pre calclus senior year, but don’t know if I have enough material retained to pass the placement test, if there is one.
Hi, I’m a international student planning to attend lone-star community college this fall. I’ve heard that the chances for applicants applying from out of state of admission to UT are much lower compared to those who apply from Texas. If I apply from my texas community college, will I be considered an in state applicant? Thanks
No. But you should start your own thread if you want to discuss this further.
UT Admissions info about Texas residency:
However you’ll be considered among other TX cc applicants but you’ll have to pay full fees there (55k).