<p>Hi I am a freshman at the University of Texas at Arlington and I will have 31 hours after this semester and a 3.7 GPA (As long as can get a 4.0 this semester, which I should if I don't bomb my finals <em>knocks on wood</em>) and UT is my dream school and always has been since I was little. My senior year I had a 3.8 GPA and got around a 1600 on my SATs (not spectacular I know), however my application got messed up and my application was never completed, therefore in their eyes I never applied. I am a history major, and though I've heard that that is the easiest school to get into I am still very nervous about getting rejected. My first semester college algebra kicked my butt and I got a C in the class and a 3.35 GPA in the end. I went into the writing center here at UTA multiple times to make sure my essays were as good as I could make them (for the issue that has an effect on my life I wrote about brain cancer research since my cousin died of brain cancer in 2005 and we started a charity to help raise money and awareness, and for the typical "why do you want to go here" essay I wrote about my love for the city and the atmosphere of the campus that is unparalleled anywhere else). I am also involved in choir here at UTA so I'm not a complete hermit. I am just scared that its not going to be enough, so if anyone can ease my mind or tell me my chances I would be very grateful! Thank you!</p>
<p>You might have a shot at COLA or UGS. Your SAT won’t be a factor once you get 30 hours of credit. Also, College Algebra will be a double negative for you because it will count against your transfer GPA but it won’t cover your Core math requirement for COLA. You could take College Mathematics or Statistics at your school or even a junior college this summer. Get an A in one of those classes and you cover the Core math for liberal arts at UT Austin. You also raise your GPA. Good luck to you. I can tell from your post that you are a genuinely good person. I hope you will be at UT next spring. And, Hook’em!</p>
<p>First off thank you for the help. Secondly, do you think it will help that I got an A in my trig class this semester? That class has already finalized grades, so I know I got an A in there. Im not bad at math I just had a terrible professor and everything was online open-ended questions with no partial credit or accounting for typos in answers. </p>
<p>Here’s the UT Math common core alternatives:</p>
<p>Mathematics (Texas core code 020)
One of the following courses:
•Mathematics 302, 303D, 403K, 305G, 408C, 408K, 408N, 408R, 316
•Statistics and Scientific Computation 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 318
•Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete this requirement by taking Mathematics 310P.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to UT’s course equivalency page.
<a href=“Automated Transfer Equivalency System | Undergraduate Admissions | The University of Texas at Austin”>Automated Transfer Equivalency System | Undergraduate Admissions | The University of Texas at Austin;
<p>This will let you find out if your courses will transfer. However, a course, like College Algebra, may transfer, but not satisfy UT’s math requirements. That course will transfer as UT’s Math 301 but it won’t count for your core math. I am not sure if Trig is treated the same way. But all of this is only important if you want to finish the core curriculum before you transfer to UT. You can always finish your Core at UT.</p>
<p>Oh okay thank you. All of my credits are transferable I made sure of that when I signed up for them. I am not worried about having all of my core curriculum done before transferring because I will still be an undergraduate and I will most likely take summer classes next summer and not this one. </p>