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<p>I was wondering that if I apply to UT-Austin as a comp sci or physics major (I might just apply to the college of arts and sciences so that I can at least get into UT), would I be able to transfer into McCombs later on? I want to go into IT consulting, so would I need to take classes at McCombs, or would being at UT be good enough?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>btw, would a 4.1 W and 30 ACT be good enough numbers-wise for engineering or arts and sciences from OOS along with other ECs?</p>
<p>Ehh its a toss up since your OOS. I know people instate with better scores that didn’t get in. Internal transfers aren’t too difficult, but you could always do the business foundations programs along with a comp sci major. Like I said before, your gpa has very little bearing when your out of state, and your act scores are oretty good, not great or anything. Once you get in, you shouldn’t have a huge problem transferring if you have the work ethic to back it up.</p>
<p>There is Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences (not CAS), Business. They are all different schools. LA and NS are open, you can easily transfer in to these. Business is difficult, but with a good gpa (check the website) its not TOO hard. And for you applying, go ahead and put Business as your first choice major if thats what you want. They basically consider you for your first major, if you do not qualify for that, they will look at your second, if not that, undeclared liberal arts, and if not that, rejection/cap.</p>
<p>If you think that you might want to do business, I would put that as your first choice program. It is possible to transfer into McCombs, but it’s A LOT easier to transfer into liberal arts or natural sciences. You might also considering contacting the career offices in McCombs and Natural Sciences and seeing if either one has good info for you about the best way to focus your studies to be an IT consultant (ie - major in Business, minor in CS or vice versa). Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you need at least a 3.8 to be competitive into McCombs but even then its a crapshoot. I think they only let in 75 transfer students in a year or something like that.</p>
<p>The internal transfer admission rate for McCombs is over 50%. External is around 15-20%. You can get this data from their website.</p>
<p>Yeah, but brand, if he transfers in as economics or whatever and then decides to change majors to business, I believe McCombs will make him take a year’s worth of classes before he can change. This means he’s going to have to transfer in with about 30 semester hours or less, or otherwise he’s going to have to take a bunch of economic classes he can’t use and he’s going to be a year behind in graduating.</p>
<p>If he goes that route, he’s going to have to transfer in with near the bare minimum number of hours the liberal arts department wants, then work on the business core at UT (if they will let him do that), then he can switch to business. That way he can graduate sooner.</p>
<p>The wisest action would be to focus on taking general education requirements and, if possible, take the introductory accounting classes, calculus I and II sequence, and Economics I and II sequence that go towards a degree from McCombs. There are only five or so required courses and at least the math and economics courses can count towards general ed. requirements as well. This is how I was capable of applying successfully to McCombs as a transfer yet I am now attending Wesleyan as a Philosophy major and all previous classes transferred. At least for the freshman and sophomore years, classes are very general.</p>
<p>The requirements for external transfer into McCombs are a bit ridiculous. First, they want two years of foreign language in high school or one year in college. What does a foreign language have to do with a BBA outside of international business? I don’t know anyone who can fluently speak a language after taking it two years in high school, do you? Then they also want both calculus classes, and Calculus I is not a common math class in Texas; other business programs probably won’t accept it for their business cores. I don’t even think A&M requires it.</p>
<p>I think that’s a little too much emphasis on academics than real world application.</p>
<p>FWIW, most high school students these days have 2 years of foreign language simply as it was a requirement to graduate. True about the Calculus thing though: McCombs was one of the only Texas business schools that I’ve seen that requires Calculus. One should consider the context though. McCombs is on par with schools such as Ross, Stern, etc., all of which DO require higher level math classes for all business majors. The fact that A&M has more lenient math requirements is only further testament to McCombs’ prestige and rigor.</p>
<p>For those with questions about transferring to McCombs, I am willing to help you as I was admitted for the fall.</p>
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<p>I would like to transfer into UT and major in finance. I’ve completed my sophomore year of college and plan on transferring in spring 2008. I will not be able to complete all the requirements to get into McCombs directly, so I’m looking at the best way to get into UT and then transfer internally. What major should I apply for that are eligible for spring applicants? Also, once I’m in the school… will the school look at my SAT scores and such or my grades while at UT for transferring into McCombs? Thank you for any help. Also, how soon should I apply?</p>
<p>bump… someone please help</p>
<p>It would probably be best to transfer into the College of Liberal Arts as an undeclared major and take the classes necessary to transfer into McCombs. Keep in mind that, since you’ve completed your sophomore year, you may run into problems transferring into McCombs after your junior year has began. You may want to contact McCombs and see what you could do about this.</p>
<p>“FWIW, most high school students these days have 2 years of foreign language simply as it was a requirement to graduate.”</p>
<p>Yet this has absolutely nothing to do with a BBA, except for the International Business requirement. It’s just a BS requirement that McCombs set up because they actually want to discourage outside transfers.</p>
<p>“McCombs was one of the only Texas business schools that I’ve seen that requires Calculus.”</p>
<p>The problem with this is that it’s hard to even get registered for Calculus I at any other school in Texas. It’s not a degree requirement for BBAs anywhere else in the state (except maybe for private schools) and I think to even take it at some, you have to be a mathematics major. It’s just another BS requirement made to discourage external transfers. If it was really up to them, McCombs probably wouldn’t let in external transfers at all.</p>
<p>“One should consider the context though. McCombs is on par with schools such as Ross, Stern, etc., all of which DO require higher level math classes for all business majors. The fact that A&M has more lenient math requirements is only further testament to McCombs’ prestige and rigor.”</p>
<p>No offense, friend, but it sounds you’re barely out of high school and maybe you’ve been reading too many UT prospective student catalogs. There’s absolutely nothing you can do with a BBA from Texas that you can’t do with a BBA from Texas A&M. I’ve NEVER heard of anyone who was at a disadvantage because he had a BBA from A&M and not UT. In the real world, it doesn’t really matter at all.</p>
<p>If UT’s idea of “rigor and prestige” is asking for a bunch of transfer classes which are really not needed in a pure business sense, then they’ve got the wrong idea about prestige.</p>
<p>More than likely why they’re asking for those classes is along the lines of what I’ve said. They don’t really want external transfers, so they ask for a bunch of BS requirements that they know not many people can meet, regardless of how high their GPAs are.</p>
<p>adizlaja, how many hours do you have total? It’s actually better to transfer in as something else and then change majors to business, but it’s going to throw you behind probably.</p>
<p>Thanks for the helpful responses!!!</p>
<p>i have around 60 hours completed right now. After next semester I will have about 75 or so. I’m fine with some of those credits not transferring… I am fine with staying one extra semester or even an extra year if absolutely necessary. My main concern however is that if I transfer and get into the liberal arts department for example, what if I get stuck there and they do not allow me to move to the business school. I want to major in finance and if I cannot do that or perhaps some other business degree then I’d rather just remain where I am. Any insight on any of this?</p>
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<p>No, it’s practically a requirement for graduation (even admission) to any top school. 2 years of high school foreign language or a year of college foreign language is hardly asking for much. At my high school, which wasn’t even good, we had to take 2 yrs. of a foreign language to graduate and 3 years to grad. with honors. </p>
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<p>At my community college we had four students receive an acceptance to McCombs. Some of these hadn’t even completed the 5 required courses. Moreover, the school admitted nearly 120 external transfers last year compared to ~300 internal. The discrepancy is not large enough to claim that McCombs is against external transfers. </p>
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<p>However you want to look at it, McCombs is a top 10 (and often a top 5) business school whereas Mays rounds out the top 30. We’ve been through the discussion about employment in Texas and yes, we all know of the power of the Aggie alum network. That still doesn’t change the fact that McCombs is far more prestigious. McCombs is a top national b-school; Mays is a top regional b-school with slight national standing. If you happen to ever want to leave the region for a job, I guarantee that your prospective employer will be familiar with McCombs. </p>
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<p>No offense, but your entire post comes across as the work of a bitter reject. McCombs really doesn’t make externally transferring as difficult as you make it and there are advantages to attending the school. Like I said, 4 people from my community college were accepted this past cycle. In fact, for one of the applicants, the director of admissions contacted him about working out a compromise since he hadn’t completed the Calc I or Calc II requirement but had a 3.95. She made it clear that all they are really looking for are students that complete the required courses and maintain a strong GPA. It should be noted that, to my knowledge, this one woman is in charge of transfer admission to McCombs.</p>
<p>BUMP!!</p>
<p>"Thanks for the helpful responses!!!</p>
<p>i have around 60 hours completed right now. After next semester I will have about 75 or so. I’m fine with some of those credits not transferring… I am fine with staying one extra semester or even an extra year if absolutely necessary. My main concern however is that if I transfer and get into the liberal arts department for example, what if I get stuck there and they do not allow me to move to the business school. I want to major in finance and if I cannot do that or perhaps some other business degree then I’d rather just remain where I am. Any insight on any of this?"</p>
<p>i really need some help…</p>
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<p>Hahahaha, I think the degree on my wall would prove you wrong. How old are you anyway, brand? Your posts on here sound like an 18-year-old kid who hasn’t even been to college yet and is just basing his posts on stuff he has read and heard second hand.</p>
<p>This board is meant for high school seniors to come here and post a few things looking for information on colleges they are considering, or for former alumni such as myself who want to post a few experiences. Yet, you have well over 6,500 posts. I think you really need to analyze your life because it lacks substance. Just reading a small percentage of your posts, I can tell that there is no way you have enough experience with college to warrant 6,500+ posts. I’m about to leave this forum myself because I have said all that I can say, and it sure didn’t take me that many posts. Turn off the computer and get some air outside.
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<p>Except for the calculus class requirements which are a pain to enroll in at other schools and usually won’t apply to a BBA degree plan anywhere else in the state. No duh, there are advantages to attending McCombs. Wow, from that statement, you must have been the class valedictorian!</p>
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<p>So your current experience at community college is worthy of coming on here and making 6,500+ posts?</p>
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<p>I guess heaven does grant us tiny miracles. :rolleyes: If you’re done attacking my character, every school that you know of, and the relatively easy admission process of said schools, it’s been a pleasure. Be sure to make a goodbye thread. I’m sure the thank you PMs will come rolling in as we are all indebted to your opinion and presence.</p>
<p>What character? Hahaha. You tried to call me a UT reject just because I don’t particularly care for their admission policies. That’s pretty lame, especially since that’s where I graduated from, so it blows your little suggestion out of the water. I can objectively have an opinion on something without first being upset about it; I can dislike something without personal grievances. When you grow older, you’ll realize that.</p>
<p>Attacking every school that I know of? What, is there a perfect school out there that doesn’t have any flaws at all? For someone with 6,500+ posts on a college message board, you should know that there are disadvantages to EVERY school. I pinpoint the disadvantages out on this message board because most of the kids who come on here ALREADY know the advantages of going to XY school but don’t know the disadvantages. Schools don’t put the disadvantages in their potential student catalogs.</p>
<p>I’m just calling you on the fact that you’re a community college know-it-all, that’s all. At least I discuss schools for the most part that I know something about, unlike you, who feels the need to discuss Texas Tech when you know nothing about the school. I think that’s a good indication that you need to cut down on the time you spend on this forum because you get into discussions only to discuss, not to provide insight on anything you are actually knowledgable about from personal experiences.</p>