<p>@jkim3265 I agree with DeeGeeErBear that you should DEFINITELY make CNS Math your first choice. You have a realllllllllyyy good shot at getting in because of your great gpa and the fact that you have Cal 1,2,3 along with all your other classes listed. Do you have predominantly As in your math and science courses? I would be very surprised if you aren’t accepted into CNS math. Definitely put Cola or UGS as your second choice and not your first. You have a very good shot at CNS. And honestly you shouldn’t even be worried about getting into COLA or UGS because as far as I am concerned your a Longhorn already. If you wanna make COLA your backup I suggest putting COLA-Economics because at least you can still take your math courses there to still be caught up in your degree plan when you internally transfer to CNS math. But honestly with your stats I do not think you will be needing to internally transfer in the first place ;]</p>
<p>What about the college of communications? Whats the average GPA for those accepted into that program? Also whats the average gpa for UGS? </p>
<p>How good of a chance is it that my credits will transfer, since im coming from an OOS 4 year college? I am hoping that the main core compsci classes and math and physics classes will transfer at least cause after i transfer I don’t want to repeat a whole 2 years of college</p>
<p>@saammmaay </p>
<p>Thank you so much for the reply! Do you know how successful the appeals happen? Say I can raise my GPA to a 3.55, will it be good enough to UT for Appeal?
And yeah, my my essays are pretty good, and how can I bolster my resume further? Basically put anything that I did (not gonna lie of course)? So far my math/science gpa looks to be a 3.1. Its low, yeah, but I still wanna shoot for what i want.
Ive taken:
Bio 1 - C (79.4 :/)
Bio2 - B
Chem 1 - A
College Algebra - A
Pre Cal - B</p>
<p>And this semester I’m taking
Cal 1- Perhaps A
Physics - A
Chem 2 - A</p>
<p>If my SOP essay is centered around my science course, is that ok? </p>
<p>Also this is a question I have for everyone here:
I have a question for a buddy of mine who is also transferring, except he’s coming from an OOS college.
So his college measures GPA out of a 4.33 which is an A+
And he has an A+ in two of his courses, so what does that mean for his GPA since UT austin calculates based off of a 4.0 as an A+? He’s talked to his advisors from his own college plus that of UT, and they’ve said it shouldn’t change THAT much. But I was just wondering if anybody knows about this experience/has gone through this experience. </p>
<p>Thank You Again! </p>
<p>@violethorns17 I am not too sure on college of communication but @DeeGeeErbear should definitely have the answer. UGS is probably a 3.5+ but a 3.6 with a strong essays and recs will be solid. </p>
<p>@arkarind You do not wanna leave your transfer credits up to “chance”. The only way you can find out is doing research yourself. <a href=“Automated Transfer Equivalency System | Undergraduate Admissions | The University of Texas at Austin”>Automated Transfer Equivalency System | Undergraduate Admissions | The University of Texas at Austin; This is my holy grail. Search up your current institution, put in the class that you are currently/have taken and then BAM itll shoot you the transfer equivalency for UT. Sometimes, UT will not have an equivalent which sucks. And I am sorry. What you can do is petition for that credit. Check out your major’s Degree Plan on UT to see if you have the right classes after you find all your transfer equivalencies. </p>
<p>I am going to be writing an appeal in December. So I am still unsure on how successful appeals normally are. I have appealed before for a major change into CNS (got rejected) and all I can say is that you need to make sure you have DAMN GOOD NEEWWWWW INFO to be asking for a second chance. Many people appeal because of course not many get in. A huge majority of them really don’t have significant new info which is why a majority of appeals get rejected. But if you really have a good case then I am sure you have a good chance. Since you are taking Cal 1, Physics, and Chem 2 this semester, if you appealed in December (with the scenerio being that you didn’t get the decision you want of course) you will definitely have NEW INFO because Calc 1 is definitely something they want to see. Although I cannot assure you that your appeal will get approved for CNS. It really depends on the competition this semester. </p>
<p>And yes! I am not stopping you from applying to CNS and I say fight for it because its what you want. You are definitely considered competitive with your Calc 1 and your science courses. But as for Cola - undeclared, I think you have a pretty good shot if you have solid essays and a great resume. If you do get rejected from UT altogether then if you appeal for Cola-undeclared with your fall stuff then I am 100% sure you will have your appeal approved for COLA. </p>
<p>@kooplar246</p>
<p>@saammmaay I cant use that site cause it only lists the courses which transfer for Texas Universities, not OOS schools :(</p>
<p>@saammmaay </p>
<p>Okay so its still not letting me tag @saammmaay but I hope you can see this my friend. And the main reason I’m going for CNS is because my SOP is centered basically around why I love science and chemistry, and Why I would like to go into that field. And I want to put COLA undeclared too because it is (from what I’ve heard) “easier” to get in. So should I switch mine to COLA? I just want to have the way that will work best for me in the long run and help me get into UT.</p>
<p>@kooplar246, I applied as a transfer student for fall 2014 with College of Education as my first major, and School of Social Work as my second. My college GPA was a 3.893, but since when transferring they look at your accumulated GPA, my B and C from my two dual credits dropped me down to a 3.647. I was rejected, and I appealed with pretty strong points: UT does not look at HS transcripts because they don’t care what happened in high school, they care about your college transcripts. I asked them to look at my application in that similar viewpoint, because I made all A’s in college (and one B – an 88). I thought it made sense that they weigh my current college GPA more than the GPA that was calculated in with my dual credit classes, as well as perhaps taking into consideration that my 88 was closer to a 90 than an 80 (weak point, haha). As a future teacher, I also found a new full-time summer job working as a teacher, so I updated my resume with that as well. (I also was accepted to join Phi Theta Kappa, which is highly viewed by colleges apparently, so I put that down along with getting accepted into National Society of Collegiate Scholars at A&M). I also asked my manager and a coworker to write me letters of recommendations. So with my updated resume and explaining to them that my GPA showed a positive trend, and was technically a 3.893, and two more recommendations, they denied my appeal anyway. </p>
<p>Oh, along with my fall 2014 application, I had two really good essays and 1 letter of recommendation from a college professor. I am now applying again, and am using my two essays again because I really can’t think of any better topic to write, or even to revise it. I have two letters of recommendations, one from a math professor and the other from my manager who can shine some light on my passion for children, and fingers crossed I will find out before the semester ends! @saammmaay, since I applied for this spring 2015 as a transfer student with over 30 credit hours already, did you say that they will not look at my current semester grades (fall 2014)? If so, is it because they will release their decision before the semester ends? Or does it just depend on when they make their decision…for example if they don’t tell me by the end of December, they are expecting a transcript with my updated GPA from this current semester? </p>
<p>@Elena94
Thats depressing 
I hope you get in this spring! I believe college of education is super selective correct? Because I’ve heard that around forums. Jeez, with your resume/background I don’t see why they didn’t accept you! Do you know anything about the appeals process for CNS/COLA? Lol, do you think that I can be inspired by you and use your same “88 is close to a 90” point for my C which I have a 79.4 in? The professor wouldn’t raise it. Jesus christ. Oh well, that rage is for another day. </p>
<p>I was going to to do the same thing anyway. Do you know anything about Summer Transfer? Is that EVEN more selective than spring/fall? Is the Summer Transfer a permanent thing or is it the “Summer transient” stuff? </p>
<p>@Elena94 I’m really glad you posted on this forum because I’ am also looking to apply to COE as a EC-6 major. My GPA is not as high as yours although I have lots of experience in education being a pal and I’ve actually worked for a school district too. But dannngg that makes me think that COE is just picky or something because you for sure should have gotten in. About your question regarding the “whether they look at your fall 2014 grades?” I think the answer is no all across the board. I spoke with someone on the phone about it and she informed me that if you have 30+ hours by the due date (OCT 1) then you won’t be evaluated on your fall grades. They don’t wait for that because in her words there is a “short window” and they can’t wait for December for everyone to have their fall grades… which makes sense I guess. The only way they will look at those grades is if you were to NOT get in and you tried the appeal process. The only other way they’d look at your fall grades is if you applied fall 2015 of course. Hope that sort of answers your question haha. Best of luck to you this time around 
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<p>@kooplar246, thank you! best of luck to you too yeah, I suppose so! I thought COE would be on the easier side, but I guess not! Since the admissions team will see pretty much my same application (same 3.647 GPA, same two essays, a little more to my resume, and two recs) i’m hoping that i will get into COLA undeclared (my second choice) if i do not get into COE. But i honestly don’t know what’s going to happen haha just keeping my fingers crossed! But to answer your question, I don’t know much about COLA and I know even less about CNS. However, I do know that you can appeal as much as you want. in fact, there was a student (a freshman, though) last semester whose appeal (which included a few pretty good points) was denied, but he appealed again afterwards (this time merely saying in literally one sentence that his rank went up from x to y) and got in!..so who knows…I don’t think it hurts! What I recommend is you find a way to snapshot a picture of the specific grade so that you can upload a document to back up your words. But man, that really stinks… a 79.4 definitely deserves to be a B! As far as summer transfers go, I didn’t even know that existed! Does that mean if someone gets accepted for summer 14, that he/she would start taking classes over the summer??? If you find out any information over that, keep us updated! I would love to learn more about that.</p>
<p>@texasforever13, thanks for your post! COE does seem a little bit… confusing. When I visited UT last semester, they said that statistically, the average GPA for COE transfers from Fall 2013 was a 3.6. Since my GPA was a 3.647, and my other items from my application only improved my overall chances, I would say I just didn’t stand out enough. Since you have a lot of experience, hopefully that will make up for your GPA. I think a lot depends on when they are able to review your application too. My Fall 2014 app went under review around mid-may, when my transcripts that showed that my 30 credit hours was fulfilled. Good luck to you too! </p>
<p>Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my experience since I just got in as a Fall 2014 transfer (sophomore). Ok, soI I applied COE (first choice) COLA undeclared (second). I was at a private Texas college and had 30 units after my second semester. GPA 3.48. I was admitted to COLA. Right after I accepted my admission I tried to transfer to COE through the admissions dept but was unable to do so. I called the COE and was told to come and meet with an advisor and I was able to transfer into COE before classes started with no problem. In fact it was done in ten ten minutes!! Hope that helps. Good luck everyone. Hook 'em</p>
<p>@utbound2014, so glad you posted here. I applied to both UGS and COLA undeclared for spring 2015 with the intent of internally transferring to COC. Hopefully I will get in and will have an easy transition as you did. </p>
<p>@utbound2014 really? damn. Everytime I call CNS about this they told me that they will only do internally transferring after 24 residency hours. Can you explain your process a little bit more. Who exactly within COE did you talk to? And what exactly did you say?</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with CNS process. I was interested in the COE Sports Mgmt program which falls under the Physical Culture and Sports major. You have to get into that major to take the required classes to apply for Sport Mgmt major. I called to inquire about what I needed to do and explained I was an incoming transfer. I was told to come to the Belmont building and meet with an advisor (i don’t recall his name right now, but will get it) and he made the change. COE was hosting an internal transfer info session for current students the first week of Sept, but I was told they make special allowances for new transfer students to enter into the COE and to come over to the Belmont advise office which accepts walk-ins. Not sure why or if this is totally true all the time, but that was my experience. The advisor was very helpful and accommodating. I am now taking a few of my classes needed to apply to the Sports Mgmt program in COE. </p>
<p>@kooplar246 I fully support you going for CNS. Honestly, I think you are making a great decision because I personally love math and science and I love that we share the same passion for it. </p>
<p>Definitely put CNS-chem as your first choice because that IS your first choice. Always shoot for what you want and then put your second choice as your fallback. Now your second choice is up to you. You can put COLA-undeclared, UGS, CNS-Undeclared, another CNS major. Anything you want to be your safety net. I feel like you have a better chance at COLA-undeclared being your second choice because it is easier to get into. Now, if you get rejected from CNS-chem but accepted into COLA you are going to have to deal with internal transferring. Me and you have a very similar app in that I put CNS as my first choice and COLA as my second. I got rejected from CNS but accepted into COLA. I was happy, at that time, that I was accepted into UT in the first place and went ahead and signed a lease for spring 2015. However, it has finally HIT ME that I have made a terrible mistake. Because, to internally transfer, you need to have 24 residency hours to apply to internally transfer. To make matters worst, they only accept internal transfer apps only in the spring. So if you do the math in your head, we can only apply to internally transfer spring of 2016 (not 2015)!!! By then I will be finsihing up junior year and starting senior year. Now ask yourself, is ONLY SENIOR YEAR enough time to take all classes relevant to a CNS degree plan? the answer is no. Which is why my only hope for avoiding internally transferring altogether and risk wasting money and graduating later is having my appeal approved in december when I have fall 2014 grades available. </p>
<p>Now the reason why I am telling you this is to ask you whether just being IN UT is worth wasting money for pointless classes that don’t count towards your degree and possibly graduating later. So I hope you can then make a more sensible “second choice major”. Put Cola undeclared if you just want to BE IN UT. Put another CNS major if you only have your sight set on CNS. But then you risk being rejected all together. There are pros and cons so weigh them based on what you want. </p>
<p>@elena94
They are not going to look at your fall 2014 grades because they will be reviewing your application before fall 2014 grades even close. However, if you dont get the decision you want you can appeal again. Although your appealing experience doesnt sound too pleasant and now I am worried about my appeal I am going to make in December DXDX</p>
<p>One other note, I originally had UGS as my second choice and changed to COLA undeclared because alot of people said COLA would be easier and sometimes UGS filled up with Freshman when applying in the fall. Might be different for Spring. I have told several of my friends that are applying to go COLA undeclared and then transfer.</p>
<p>@utbound2014 hmmm. I feel like you have a special situation which is why you could make an easy switch. I have no idea what I would say to CNS if I were to call them. Should I just ask them straight up “Hey, does CNS make special allowances for new transfer students to enter CNS without going thru the standard internal transfer process?”</p>
<p>XDDD I feel like they might laugh at my face and go NOOO. Because everytime I bring up my situation they just tell me to ask the “transfer department” about internally transferring. </p>