Does any one else have a note in my status that says that they will be reviewed after their final grades in Spring semester?
@eaglemom10 I do not.
@eaglemom10 - yes, my daughter’s says that. She currently has 15 hours and will have 31 after spring semester. They can’t review until the required # of hours is complete.
@SystemAddict I to was a Electronics Technician for 6 years in the Navy worked on comms gear. I did a ton of TAD for our mass media department. I’m applying for RTF though good luck getting into ECE or CS.
@BladesofGlory Thanks! Good luck to you as well!
Year: Sophomore
Major: Chemical Engineering (Second Choice: Petroleum Engineering)
Current School: Out of State cc
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
EC:
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Worked on a ChemE related project in high school and presented in conference, Club Officer, Worked for 19 hours a week in total, PTK Society Member, a member of a leadership program for community service, Chairperson of the Student government in high school.
Applied: Cal, Stanford, Minnesota, Wisconsin, UT Austin, GeorgiaTech
Accepted: Minnesota
Pending: Cal, Stanford, Wisconsin, UT Austin, GeorgiaTech
Chance me? I came from out of state cc which I think strongly lowers my chance of admission
Naturally, I’ve been compulsively checking Mystatus since my application went into the review stage. I clicked on the “Change My Major” button out of curiosity and a window popped up that said:
“Because the application deadline has passed, you may not update your first- or second-choice major selections. If you are admitted, you will have one opportunity to request a major change during the period from April 1 to May 15.”
Is this a beacon of hope for a timely decision?!
I think it just means we’ll get most decisions sometime after April 1 and before May 15, which is pretty much what we were expecting anyways.
Anyone else super excited that April is right around the corner?? After I log into mystatus, I have to build up courage to look at the screen lol
I had much lower expectations: late May into early June. So I’m pretty stoked if that’s the case.
I’m still thinking May into June, but that the pessimistic side to me. Every time I do log in I always feel my heart pund a littler harder before I see in review still.
Someone got rejected for Cockrell on 3/26 so I’m still hopeful for April. For fall 2013 and 2014, people heard back very beginning and mid April. I’m hoping, maybe, that last year was a fluke with decisions taking forever. I do know there are changes going into effect for the 1st time for Fall 2016 for the review of veterans, I hope it doesn’t extend decisions like last year.
Can someone chance me?
Current student at The University of Texas at Dallas.
1st choice: ECE
2nd choice: CNS undeclared
Fall 2015 GPA: 3.712
Spring 2016 EXPECTED GPA: 3.83/3.64
Fall and spring average: 3.77/3.67
Fall 2016 classes:
Accelerated calculus I(comparable to UT’s 2 semester calculus sequence) 4 hrs: A+
Humanities 3 hrs: A
National government 3 hrs: A
Programming fundamentals 3 hrs: B-
Programming fundamentals lab 1 hr: A+
Spring 2016 Classes:
Accelerated calculus II 4 hrs: (projected) A
State government 3 hrs: A
Linear algebra for engineers 3 hrs: A/B
Physics I 3 hrs: B+
Physics I lab 1 hr: A
Introduction to Electrical engineering II 2 hrs: A-
I checked in the transfer equivalency and all of these classes are transferable! I’m not really sure what ECE averages are for external transfers however I do know that ECE has a big drop out rate which allows for more external transfers being accepted into the major.
@texasmanic645 I cannot really chance you, but keep in mind that your GPA is going to get recalculated because all of you A- gonna change to A as 4.0 and your B+ gonna change to B which is 3.0. so check your UT my status for your calculated GPA. Best of Luck
I think it’s hard for any of us to have any idea of a chance for Cockrell if GPA is above a 3.7. At that point it is so competitive, we have no idea what UT is going to look at. Essays and resumes are probably what makes the difference at that point.
@Armtin I thought UT accounts for pluses and minuses?
@texasmanic645 “Grade point average computation. To determine transfer admissibility, the admission grade point average is computed on all transferable college coursework the student has undertaken, whether passed, failed, or repeated. The grade point average is computed on a four-point scale: a grade of A counts as four points a semester hour; a B, as three; a C, as two; a D, as one; and an F, as none. Grades earned on a plus/minus basis are computed according to the fundamental letter grade; for example, grades of B+ or B- are computed as grades of B.”
http://registrar.utexas.edu/archived/catalogs/gi03-04/ch2/ch2d.html
@Armtin I just called and they said that those computations were done more than 10 years ago.
@texasmanic645 well, if they said that, it might be correct btw your GPA would be higher if they would calculate like that, also go ahead and check your GPA from the Scholarship page
Cockrell is so competitive that honestly none of us really know who has a good chance and who doesn’t. I have seen and heard people with a 4.0 GPA get rejected as well as people with a 3.2 GPA get accepted. It honestly boils down to your essays and coming across as someone they want at the University. Letters of Recommendation aren’t really a factor so nothing I would be worried about if you don’t have any. April is around the corner so those at the higher end of transfer credits (50+) should hear back by mid-April. Best of luck to everyone!