This rule only applies to auto admits and possibly in state, I can’t remember for sure the rule for non auto admits. Auto admits might apply for CS and may he admitted to the university and put into a different major. Any other applicant applies to their major in CNS and many other schools there (ie Engineering) and is either accepted or not. OOS apply directly to a major. Schools like McCombs you apply to McCombs and don’t declare a major until later unless you’re in CSB or CBHP, each college is different but CNS is by major only If you don’t get into CS it’s unlikely you will be able to transfer into it at UT and it’s near impossible to get into CS classes as a non major and even some majors have trouble getting into them. As an in state applicant this student is well aware of the system at UT. Since 90% of the students are in state the more difficult majors/programs are very hard to get into if you’re OOS but the very competitive ones like engineering, CS and CBHP/McCombs are hard whether in or out of state.