Seconding contacting St Edward’s (in Austin, has real campus and dorms).
@Petal12 : any update?
OP If you do decide to take a gap year- instead of taking community college courses, (or in addition) you could consider volunteering either a program close to home or abroad depending on financial aid and the cost. It might be a nice re-fresher, time to think about what career and major to focus on the next 4 years! Just a though rather than cramming to apply to a school you otherwise wouldn’t be interested in going to.
@MYOS1634: I gave OP an option with a very substantial scholarship amount. Not sure if acted upon.
@Publisher: I hope OP did!
@Culbreath that CAP program looks interesting. I wonder if it’s too late to apply ?
I’m just so mad right now. Just got email asking us to send our IB scores to school we will be attending. But I DONT KNOW WHERE I WILL BE ATTENDING? ?
What makes me mad is no one told me to apply to safety schools. No one told me I was being ridiculous to only apply to ivy leagues and not one single safety or match school. I didn’t know that even my class valedictorian was going to UT or that most students apply to their state schools ? I feel like sh**
I know it was my responsibility but man, I wish I had some help. Someone.
Have you looked at this list with colleges that still have openings? You can sort by state and financial aid availability. If you see a school that is a possibility, go to their website and run the net price calculator. Let us know if you need help!
https://www.nacacnet.org/news–publications/Research/CollegeOpenings/
My STATS:
SAT=RW 740 M640
GPA= 4.5
Rank= 40/405
Graduating IB Diploma
Parents can’t pay anything ?
@Culbreath
I’m thinking of applying to an “easy” UT branch then hopefully getting into the CAP program to get automatically into UT from a year at the branch school ?
But also apply for Spring at UT “just in case” I get accepted.
UT Dallas is extended their application to July 1, yet they cover full tuition for families making less than what my family makes (we actually make too much for them…go figure)
Does that plan sound doable??
Check with UTD’s financial aid since they offer both merit aid and financial aid.
What’s your EFC?
These are excellent stats. I’m going to think and look at possibilities for you but you’d have to be willing to leave Texas.
@MYOS1634 my EFC is 0 I believe.
Wouldn’t leaving Texas mean more expenses? Out of state tuition too.
Some Texas schools, like UT, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and some others, offer free tuition at least for my poor self.
Oos tuition is only charged by public universities and yes oos public universities are off limits. But the virus has upended many things, so that some private colleges may have money left.
Your best bet is likely UTD. If your EFC is 0 it’s highly likely you fall under their full tuition guidelines.
@Petal12 you will figure this out. @Mwfan1921 has given you an excelled lead with the link in post #67 to universities that still have openings. In Texas, those include TAMU Corpus Christi, UTSA, U Houston, UNT, UT Arlington, UT Dallas, among others. 24 total schools in Texas still accepting applications. The website also gives you an email and phone number to contact admissions at each school. Start making some phone calls and see what direction you can get directly from the schools! These schools want to fill their freshman class. Even if your family makes too much for 100% financial aid, you may still get significant aid. These offices are all set up to help you navigate the process and answer all your questions. While you are at it, ask them for a fee waiver on your application fee.
I’m not very familiar with the CAP program, just threw it out as a possibility since I know a young lady who took that route (UT Arlington to Austin) but a poster above indicated that the deadline has passed. However, outside of CAP I don’t see anything that would prevent you from applying as a transfer to any school you choose. Especially if you continue your excellent track record at a UT (or TAMU) system school. At the same time, UT Austin is not your only path to success!
There are a lot of opportunities at other excellent universities, and many, many high achieving professionals who did not attend state flagship or Ivy League universities. Did you know that Kalpana Chawla, an astronaut who tragically died in the Columbia disaster, earned her master’s degree at UT Arlington? In my office, I work with a graduate of UT Arlington and a graduate of Rice (among many others). The UTA grad became a senior vice president 10 years earlier in his career than the Rice grad did.
Other people are giving you great advice, and you are doing a great job listening to them.
I just wanted to write that you shouldn’t beat yourself up over making mistakes. I’ll tell you a secret: the people who do best at life are people who make mistakes and learn from them.
So stop being mad at yourself for making an honest mistake. Instead, you can be proud of yourself for the fact that you aren’t incapacitated, and are already thinking beyond your mistake, and are making viable plans for next year.
Resiliency is one of the best character traits to have.
Colleges is only four years, and you will do great at any college you choose to attend. However, the lessons that you are already learning from this mistake will serve you for the rest of your life, while the college you attend won’t matter in a few years.
You don’t apply to the CAP program, it’s offered to applicants who apply to UT Austin, aren’t admitted, but meet the automatic admit guidelines for one of the UT Austin System Schools. For those who apply and are offered CAP, they are only (upon successful completion of requirements) guaranteed a spot in the College of Liberal Arts (most, but not all majors). IIRC, you want a STEM major.
In other words, you can’t apply for the CAP program by way of an application to a UT Austin system school. You have to apply to UT Austin as a Freshman applicant (only), and be offered CAP as an alternative path to admission.
UT Dallas is not in the same category as the other UT “System” schools. I definitely wouldn’t consider it to be an “easy UT branch”. You can’t even get a CAP offer to UT Dallas if you applied to UT Austin and weren’t accepted. UT Dallas stands alone, and they attract very high caliber students (thanks, in part, to a big endowment). UT Dallas is great first choice, as are some of the other system schools. But, CAP is not applicable.
Have you secured any outside scholarships? I don’t doubt that you can still find a 4-year school to attend still (especially in these extraordinary times), but affordability is going to matter if your parents can’t pay anything. Are they willing to sign for parent plus loans? Note: I’m not recommending it. I’m trying to understand what realistic options exist for paying. It’s not likely, at this late date, that you’re going to be offered the full cost of attendance anywhere. Even for schools with tuition guarantees (btw, the University of Houston is another school that offers their Cougar Promise that can cover tuition, depending on household income), there are usually ‘apply & be admitted by’ dates that remain in effect.
Another school that can offer you the full cost of attendance is Prairie View A&M, but it would require a gap year, and assumes that you’ve met ALL of the other requirements for their Regents Scholarship. You’d have to apply (as a Freshman) for next Fall 2021, I believe, to be eligible at this point.
One big concern is that you said that you “believed” that your EFC was “0”. Did you complete the FAFSA?
Also, what’s your UNweighted GPA on a 4 point scale?
Contact UTD and UHouston right now: Admissions, Financial Aid, Honors College.
Another thought, but it might greatly depend on your unweighted GPA and whether or not you’re Pell eligible (and how much) might be Texas Lutheran. They allow stacking of automatic merit and need-based aid up to the full cost of attendance. That’s why I keep asking about unweighted GPA. Texas Lutheran is still accepting apps as well. It’s possible that a combination of merit and need-based aid will cover the costs without need for parent loans.