<p>I’m keeping school worksheet type things for each place I apply to. This is what I have for my first one, UT-Austin, so far. Am I missing anything?</p>
<p>University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p>McCombs School of Business</p>
<p>Safety</p>
<p>Application: Texas Common Application available.
App Fee: $60
Deadline: March 1st</p>
<p>Acceptance Rate: In state for McCombs 11%. 71/646 where 56% came from community colleges.</p>
<p>Average GPA: 3.85</p>
<p>Required Courses: MIS 310, Calculus I / II, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.</p>
<p>Note: Those not accepted to first-choice major are then considered for their second-choice Economics. This makes UT-Austin an ultimate safety as admission to the college of liberal arts is not competitive.</p>
<p>Checklist:</p>
<p>Online Application _____</p>
<p>Application Fee _____</p>
<p>College Transcript _____</p>
<p>High School Trans _____</p>
<p>Essays _____</p>
<p>Resume _____</p>
<p>Recommendations _____</p>
<p>For those of you that have been through this, did yall do something similar to this? I don’t want to miss out on anything. Thanks.</p>
<p>We kept a spreadsheet to manage the app process with many of the same things as your list plus: Date decision expected; date reply required; common app accepted or not; SAT required or not; Dean form (if required); MidTerm report (if required). We also kept a column for the user id/pwd as there ended up being many (most apps done at least partially online and you often had no control over your id/pwd).</p>
<p>I also started a spreadsheet to help S in the decision of which to choose, with things like required courses/distr requirement, size, rankings, location, availability of on-campus housing, P/F restrictions, AP policy etc. etc. Never ended up using this one, as his decision was a “gut” one once he was accepted to one of his two top choices.</p>
<p>It’s actually MIS 301 that’s required, and you also need other classes such as CMS 306M (Communications), BA 324 (Business Speech and Writing), Accouting 1/2, as well as the standard English/Calculus/Economics and History Classes. </p>
<p>Also I know you claim the school to be a saftey but hopefully you can go somewhere else. I recently went to orientation where I saw my future peers (McCombs), and while many of them seemed to be very intelligent and suited for a 5th ranked business program, some of the other students should not have even gotten into the University itself much less the Business school. The disparity in the program is incredibly large due to the limited 10% rule, and creates a real difference between peers which hinders some of the success of the program itself. Again these were just based on some of my first impressions and maybe I received a wrong impression but I just want to throw out my observations for you to consider. I would definitely apply there as like you said a saftey but it seems that you are also overqualified in many regards.</p>
<p>thanks jmmom you have some good suggestions there (such as the Id/pswd for sure) that I will use. I’m going to try and find out when they send out decisions and when you have to reply by, as that will be important eventually. </p>
<p>lol and no, not too obsessive. I think I’ve seen worse.</p>
<p>I am sure it’s 310…not that big of a deal either way but, from the UT site:</p>
<p>To be considered for admission, all transfer applicants to the McCombs School of Business must submit official transcripts showing the following two business indicator courses:</p>
<p>MIS 310, or its equivalent, BCIS 1305 or 1405; and
Calculus I (Texas Common Course Numbers used by Texas community colleges: MATH 1325, 1425, 2313, 2413, 2417, or 2513)
Applicants must also complete one of the following three business indicator courses: </p>
<p>Calculus II (Math 2314, 2414, or 2419)
Microeconomics (ECON 2302)
Macroeconomics (ECON 2301) </p>
<p>Acct. 1/2 as well as CMS 306M are not listed, and I have contacted the admissions office. Where did ya get that info? My friend from my CC was admitted this year w/out Calc 2, and he certainly didn’t have the courses you’re talking a/b, so I don’t think they’re incredible picky either way. But I’ll have everything listed done, as well as the general courses required to get my AA. I also completed Business Speech this summer, but it is only a recommended course - not required.</p>
<p>I thank you for the compliment…as you have said, I don’t think McCombs is really as good as people make it out to be. Had I been smart, I would have applied for transfer this semester and tried to get into the Business Honors Program, which I see as on par with Ross. I’m hoping to go to Chicago as I am less interested in undergrad business than I used to be.</p>
Thanks, brand. At least it was me and not him :p. But, for us, the whole thing came on like a … like a… well, like a Hurricane (Katrina). Got me kind of crazed. You seem to have a nice combination of thorough, but not over the top obsessed. Stay cool. :)</p>
<p>grandpabuzz - ah yes…I used that sheet a little bit too. I will have completed Accounting I and II at my CC which should also help me in getting in. As for the other courses on there, my CC doesn’t offer them and I think it’d be harder to transfer them. I’ll be taking them there. Thanks for pointing that out though.</p>