<p>Anyone know if this will affect prospective transfers? I know OOS students are getting in easier, but will it heighten or lower the chance for transfer student applicants?</p>
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<p>apply for spring and you should have no problem.</p>
<p>If anything, it will lower your chances for fall.</p>
<p>It’ll probably affect how many CAP transfers there will be. Probably won’t affect transfers overall very much.</p>
<p>You’re just a fountain of information Xcellerator haha!
Seriously though, thanks.</p>
<p>@redhotsrock: why would spring semester be easier than fall? Isn’t it the same or…?</p>
<p>^ Less applicants in Spring than Fall. Not as competitive… Though some majors are not offered in the Spring but in the Fall.</p>
<p>I thought once in CAP, if you met the criteria, you were an auto transfer to UT. At that point, it matters how many of those CHOOSE to tranfer to Austin, right?</p>
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<p>I am hoping the automatic admit standards are changed in the future. I’d like to see a top 5% with a standardized test threshold auto admit with an alternative academic admit policy that is based on high SAT/ACT scores. That levels the playing field for students in highly competitive high schools or home schools. It is a more balanced approach to admissions, in my mind. Honestly, UT needs (financially) to be allowed to take OOS (especially to balance out kids like mine who have 126 hours of prepaid tuition via the Texas Tomorrow Fund).</p>
<p>You never know Eaglemom. A couple of years ago, when the 8% rule was first brought up, no one thought it would go anywhere. Probably in the future (a long time from now) they’ll have much more holistic admission standards.</p>
<p>Class rank gives the university the geographic diversity that the state legislature demands. SAT scores may be a better way to gauge student achievement but it would lessen geographic diversity quite a bit. Which the state legislature will not go for currently.</p>