<p>Okay, So I am in the school of undergrad and I wanna transfer into Cockrell. I'm really stressed out, because it seems like I'll never get there for various reasons... one I haven't taken calculus because I was out of school for a year after HS. So I need to get back in shape with math. I dropped it last semester and I am going to try and take pre-cal next semester, but I can only do that if I'm in CNS... and to transfer to CNS I need to have 24 credit hours, which I don't have... and won't have til' next semester... so I can't take anything for my major yet, but I guess blow off classes. My in-residence gpa is a 3.0 for the first semester and this semester isn't looking to good. sooo it might drop down to a 2.8 gpa :/ and then Next semester I have to start taking things like pre-cal and Chemistry! To raise my Gpa to a cut-off level of 3.4 or something would require a lot of work... like maintaining a 4.0 for a couple of MORE SEMESTERS!!!!! This just seems like a waste of Time and Money to me. All just to see if I get admitted to Cockrell. And no one here talks about their experience in getting in, all I see is people posting the Stats to how many people got in before through an internal transfer... I've seen that about a trillion times! Anyone wanna help me what they think??! Being an Engineer has been my dream since I got out of high school. I don't wanna do anything else in ANY other school. The only reason I left school for a year was to receive the 3,000 early grad scholarship... which I wasn't even able to receive, because of other BS. LOL YES MY LIFE IS KICKING MY BUTT RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>You should make an appointment to meet with an academic advisor at the university. It sounds like you have some issues they would be better suited to assist in resolving.</p>
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<p>I hear what you are saying, but your actions say you are not willing to work toward it. the 3.4 is very bottom of the bucket minimum. Most people transfer with 3.7 or higher. Those are simply the facts, not a broom beating. Spend your summer taking pre-cal at a community college and don’t transfer into CNS just for that class. ACC offers pre-cal and the credit will count at UT.</p>
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<p>What do you think is required once you get into Cockrell? You don’t just grow a work ethic because you get into a program. Cockrell is one of the toughest schools there is and if you are struggling in the school of Undergraduate Studies right now and only have a 3.0 to show for it, then you need to evaluate if you can even handle the work load at CSE. You should be spending 2-3 times the amount of class time on preparation for class, studying, papers etc. So if you are going to class 15 hours per semester you should have your nose in the books 30-45 hours per week. You need to look at college as full time job. 40+ hours per week, less class time = study time. If you are actually putting these kind of hours in and only making average grades then you need to work on your study skills. Then and only then will you have a chance to not only get into Cockrell, but to survive once you get there.</p>
<p>Agree with collegeshopping; the work is where you define yourself.</p>