I am from New Hampshire, so I applied as an out of state transfer. I am currently attending Hofstra University (I have 30 credits). My high school GPA was 3.7 unweighted. I played 2 sports my junior and senior year along with being apart of student government, National Honor Society, and receiving a few awards. My first semester at Hofstra I got a 3.3 GPA (but I took hard courses like chemistry). Second semester I got a 3.57 GPA. I don’t know if it matters, but my professor who wrote my recommendation got her PhD at UT Austin. What are my chances of getting in? General admissions? Liberal Arts College?
Please be honest.
Also, if I don’t get in, can I attend a community college in Texas and get automatic transfer in the future or would I have to have gone to a Texas High School?
Thank you.
I don’t know about your chances, but you can’t get automatic transfer from a Texas CC since you’re an OOS student.
Good luck! I hope you make it.
what if I declare residency after a year?
There is no automatic transfer from Texas CCs into UT aside from the small number of students denied full admission but offered a spot in the PACE program at ACC when applying as freshman. Texas is a huge and growing state with very few top tier college options, so admission to UT is getting more and more competitive every year. As a transfer student, I doubt that a change in residency status would have any impact on your chances; your GPA will be the single most important factor. You certainly would seem to have a chance of admission to less competitive programs, like Liberal Arts, but it is still likely below 50-50 and not something you should be banking on. If UT-Austin doesn’t work out for you, you will probably find admissions to other Texas schools (aside from Rice and A&M) much easier to come by. Both Texas State and UTSA have very nice campuses and are not too far away from Austin. Good luck!
Can I ask why you want to go to UT so badly? Is there a particular major you want to pursue? Do you want to move to Austin specifically? There are other public school options like Texas State which is really pretty but in San Marcos. Or St. Edwards is a private university with a nice campus in Austin.
I am very unhappy at Hofstra. People here are not friendly and its extremely hard to make friends I have family in Texas so ever since I was a baby we have gone down there for 3 weeks out of the summer. We stopped going after my brother passed away when I was a freshman in high school. Ever since then I havnt been able to be happy. But when I think about the time I spent in Texas, those were really the happiest times of my life. I have visited dozens of schools and I always go back to UT. When I went there, I just felt like I finally found my place. The people are super friendly, there was a lot of school spirit, and everybody dressed very laid back (tshirts and sports shorts) which is exactly how I am!! I really don’t know how to explain it other than I felt like I was finally home. I really just want to be able to be happy again and I think surrounding myself with these kinda people is how I’m gonna do it. You are right and there are more schools in Austin that I should lool at, but it would be a dream come true to go to UT.
I am sorry for the loss of your brother and that Hofstra didn’t work out as you hoped.
You may get into UT. It is expensive as you know so the private schools could be more affordable depending on aid. St. Edwards which is just south of UT takes transfer applications until July 1 according to their website. And Southwestern University in Georgetown accepts applications for transfers until July 15. Southwestern is one of the Colleges that Change Lives and is about 40 minutes from downtown Austin.
wow thank you so much for letting me know!
@txstella That’s a great suggestion! Southwestern is a wonderful school known for offering good finanical aid. St. Edward’s and Texas State are also good suggestions. It’s not as pretty, but the University of Houston is another good academic option not too far from Austin but their priority application deadline for Summer 2015 is tomorrow. Hurry if you think that might work for you. Texas A&M at Galveston might also be worth a look.