Is there any chance for me to get into University of Texas at Austin business school transfering from a two year school with a 3.6 gpa?
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Yes, you have a great chance. In fact, you are doing what most people who live in Austin do in order to transfer in/be accepted by UT. Many future Longhorns start out by taking a few semesters at Austin Community College in order to become eligible for transfer status into the UT system. Good luck and Hook Em Horns!
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Ordinarily you would have no problem getting in to UT, but McCombs (the business school) is HIGHLY competitive. That's not to say it can't happen, but you really have to have your stuff together--especially as a transfer student. 3.6 is good, but you're going to be going up against people with higher GPA's, so my advice to you would be to pull together as much additional stuff as you can for your application. Have you done any internships, or anything else that can make your application stand out? I'm sure you've already seen it, but I'm including the link to their admissions page for transfer students. I don't want you to feel discouraged--but you should definitely go at it with everything you have. It might be worth it to talk to someone at UT admissions, if you haven't already done that. At the bottom of the linked page I gave you are some statistics--of the 210 applications they received in 2007, only 31 were accepted--and out of that 18 were transfer students from a 2-year college. I hope this information helps you prepare for your challenge! Good luck!
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Casey, Kangotraveler was so concerned with getting his own travel website on the response he gave you significantly misinformation. The School of Business at UT received 554 applications for admission in 2007. They accepted 119, 30% from 2 year colleges. While the first responder is correct is saying many students go to ACC with the intention of transferring to UT later, and there is even advice for ACC students on which courses transfer, when the applications are received, the people from the higher tier 4 year schools are accepted first. The average GPA of students transferring into UT Business in 2007 was 3.82. Hope this helps.
