<p>Would it look bad for me to take 12 hours each semester at UT and take my math classes at ACC during the year as well? I want to internally xfer to McCombs but I don't think I would be able to handle pre-cal and calculus at UT. I would feel more comfortable and suited for ACC for my math classes :)</p>
<p>Sooo, would this effect me getting in? I heard a 3.6 is needed AT LEAST to be considered for McCombs internally, but obviously the higher the better.</p>
<p>I just want want to take calculus at UT, do really bad, have that hurt my GPA, and then not get in AND have a bad GPA.</p>
<p>are you an incoming freshmen or transfer? from your post im thinking that you are incoming freshmen. but ya taking calculus at ACC is a smart idea. i know a few people who did that so they can maintain a high GPA at UT and then transfered into mccombs internally. I am trying to get into mccombs internally also next year but I am a transfer so I already have all 5 indicator classes finished. I can take any classes at UT and maintain a high GPA and im in. But ya i think the minimum GPA for internal transfer into mccombs is gonna be 3.7 this year.(thats what i heard from some people that go to UT). and next year they are doing the +/- GPA so its gonna be even harder to get a 3.7.</p>
<p>i think you are making too big of a deal out of those classes. they are not that difficult, and business majors only need the slower paced calculus anyway. if you tell yourself it will be hard, it will be hard. in reality, if you spend a couple hours a week doing your homework, there is no reason you can’t do extremely well at UT or ACC.</p>
<p>it’s up to you, though. i can’t imagine they would use that to determine your fate. “we would’ve accepted you, but you took 2 classes at ACC, so we aren’t going to” doesn’t sound plausible.</p>
<p>But I had problems with precal in highschool and I have friends that struggle at UT and then some that don’t at ACC. I’m not a “math” person so it would be more difficult. Also, they may not be “that hard” but getting a 94+ in it would be insane.</p>
<p>I took BC Calculus in high school and didn’t do very well. Are calculus classes in UT so hard that I should retake my calculus elsewhere as well? Especially on the +/- scale, I can see this tanking my GPA.</p>
<p>paradoxunknown, calculus classes at UT are not harder than anywhere else (use pickaprof). I took the first calculus at a community college while I was in high school, and then took calculus 408C (accelerated to turn 3 semesters of calc into 2). even with more material to cover, the pace was roughly the same, and the material was identical until about 3 weeks before the end of the semester.</p>
<p>granted it was easier because i’d seen the material before, but the point is that it was -identical- material. calculus hasn’t changed in 400 years. don’t expect UT to try.</p>
<p>so the +/- scale only functions to set the gpa for classes that transfer students have taken? it is not the system used for non-transfer, regular students’ classes?</p>
<p>no the +/- scale is gonna be for everyone at UT. It doesn’t matter if they are seniors or incoming freshmens. I just happen to find the transfer link faster that’s why i posted that link.</p>