<p>After reviewing a lot of information about UT Austin admissions, it seems that class rank is an extremely important component in decision making. I am a rising junior at a competitive public school in the Dallas area and with a 3.9 weighted GPA, I may fall behind the top 25% mark. I believe that I will be given the opportunity to do the CAP program because of my bad rank despite what I believe will be decent test scores on the ACT and SAT. I wish to major in computer science and have a few questions about the CAP program at UT.</p>
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<li><p>I think that I could get into A&M, which is a great school, but I really want to attend UT. Would accepting the CAP program be a better choice than spending a "normal" college life at A&M or a school like it?</p></li>
<li><p>Is the CAP program worth doing? I'm not sure if I am willing to give up my freshman year of college if I could be going a decent school (A&M) although it is my dream to attend UT Austin. For example I would miss out on Longhorn sports.</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a way to start the CAP program the summer before my freshman year so I could attend UT Austin my spring semester of (what would have been) my freshman year? Could I complete the entire CAP program in summer school so I could attend UT Austin at the same time as the rest of my peers? Sorry if this question sounds stupid, I just really want to do whatever it takes to get to UT.</p></li>
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<p>I believe that is all I have to ask right now. If you need any more information just message me so we can talk.</p>
<p>Since noone has answered yet, I’ll take a stab at it…</p>
<p>1&2) It depends…do you like A&M equally or do you really want to land in Austin? My son was accepted to A&M and CAP’d at UT. He visited both A&M and UTSA in the same week and, for him, it was an easy decision. A&M just wasn’t his cup of tea. UTSA was a great start where he ended his CAP year with only one B. He was able to apply for ME in Austin and was accepted. I guess the only thing he missed out on was a Freshman year in the dorms and that whole experience. So yes, the CAP program was well worth doing to him. He loves being in Austin.</p>
<p>3) I could be wrong, but I believe you have to do 30 hours at the CAP school with a fall and spring semester.</p>
<p>Thank you for the answer! I would like to major in computer science but I would have to apply rather than getting automatically accepted since they no longer allow auto acceptance into natural sciences… </p>
<p>How does applying for a major like comp sci at UT Austin work through the CAP program? Would it be easier to get in since I would be a CAP? What would happen if I were to be rejected by the comp sci program while doing CAP?</p>
<p>Absolutely not.^ to get into CS you would need at least a 3.8+ gpa in your cap school to be accepted. All cap students are automatically accepted into liberal arts or undeclared. You have the option to apply for another major but you would need a higher gpa.</p>
<p>Also the requirement for cap students is a 3.2 gpa. But for harder majors like CS, business aim for a 3.8+ plus the cap school you choose would be easier than ut classess, </p>
<p>But in my opinion I was in your situation this year. Capped at ut auto admission to texas a&m I appealed and got accepted luckily. But I would tell you go to texas a&m and transfer after a year. CS has no space for students anymore</p>
<p>Last year they rejected all the students trying to transfer into CS due to limited funding therefore no space for other students. Don’t waste years trying to get into a program at ut. Forget ut and do CS at a&m. Although ut austin is ranked #8 in CS a&m is 48 which is not that bad, plus Aggies hire Aggies so a job would not be difficult to get.</p>
<p>ranked in the top quarter (25%) of their graduating class on or before the application deadline, and
achieve SAT or ACT test score minimums, and
combined SAT score of at least 1300 (Math and Critical Reading) with at least a 600 in each of these components, or
composite ACT score of at least 30 with at least a 27 in the Math and English components,</p>
<p>If you can’t achieve this in state you will not get into texas a&m
Also if your test scores are below 1700/22 act you WILL NOT GET CAPPED. </p>
<p>My friend had a 1590 instate student ranked top 11% was completely rejected was not even offered cap program.</p>
<p>Getting into CS at UT is a lot more competitive than it used to be. If you choose to do CAP, make sure you have a backup plan in case you are not accepted to CS. My boyfriend did CAP and did not get into CS, but he had some CAP friends who did get accepted into the major. It is possible, but you still need to realize that’s it’s difficult to transfer into the department right now. </p>
<p>So if I REALLY want to go to UT but I REALLY want to major in computer science, I should go to A&M and attempt to transfer into UT CS program after my freshman year? </p>
<p>Although I don’t really feel like A&M is a great fit for me, it seems that the wisest choice would be freshman year at A&M and transfer because then I have a good CS program to fall back on rather than having to change my major entirely through CAP, plus A&M would give me a “real” freshman year at college feel.</p>
<p>That’s the best thing to do honestly forget the college experience crap you don’t want to spend more than 4 years in college right? Also don’t guarantee that you will get accepted transferring into ut. It’s hard to transfer all your credits some might not transfer, so now yo have to retake them, make new friends and all sorts of things. And think about $$$$ is ut really worth of all that? If so go for it if not stick with comp sic in tamu.</p>
<p>A&M’s comp sci is not as famous as Carnegie Mellon or MIT or Stanford but it is well enough regarded /ranked and even boasts some world famous faculty (e.g. Bjarne Stroustrup - inventor of one of the most popular computer languages). After 4 years at A&M then off to some great graduate school or use the famous A&M alumni network to land a CS job.</p>
<p>I realize it is a lot smaller than Austin and doesn’t have the famous parties and music, but people (students/staff) seemed surprisingly friendly when I went through College Station last so at least that helps.</p>
<p>I don’t get this. My children go to a competitive public high school as well, and they have know since well before 9th grade that to get in to UT you had to be in the top 7% (8% back then). They also knew that in order to get into your desired major it would take a better rank than that. Austin, you seem to be a Longhorn fan since you are worried about missing out on Longhorn sports, so why are you just beginning to worry about this? </p>
<p>My suggestion is this: (1) Work your butt off your junior year and better your rank. If your high school is truly competitive (at least 95% of kids that post on here think their school is), the admissions office knows that. My kids’ school routinely sends kids outside of the top 8% to UT. This last year, I even know one who was outside the top 8% who got admitted to McCombs. (2) Get tutoring and study for the SAT or ACT. Figure out which one suits you the best and take many practice tests. With a rank outside the top 10%, you need a very high score. (3) This is the most important: Don’t lie to yourself. If you really will do anything…do the work necessary.</p>
I don’t think I will get into UT. But I was wondering if you meet the school requirement on UT cap website do you get auto admission to Uta and utsa for cap? Sorry for grammar errors… I’m really tired…