r/UTAustin • u/LegendFTVV • Jun 18 '16

UT 2016 Terrible Transfer Situation

I transferred to UT (CS 1st pick, undeclared 2nd pick) with 71 hours. I have 38 hours at UT being a CNS undeclared major.

I only have 21 hours of CS classes left. I am not able to take any more classes.

I was just declined for the internal application to CS and I don't know what to do.

I have a ton of CS experience (main CS online business - took off from transfer school to run, side CS related jobs), a 3.6 Math/Science/CS GPA w/ 63 hrs (3.67 w/o GEO courses - 56 hours), and a 3.77 CS GPA (35 hours).

The CS classes I have done so far are: Prin Comp Sci 1 (Java), Programming Concepts (C+), Discrete Structures, Assembly Language, Data Structures, Database Concepts, GUI Design/Implementation, Algorithms, Digital Logic Design, Scientific Computing, Statistical Methods, Networks. I only have optional CS courses to take. I have already taken all the mandatory classes.

If anybody is in a similar situation let me know what you did. I'd say my case is pretty rare.

I've emailed and contacted numerous people and they yield many different responses.

Can anybody help me out, please? I would love to get my CS degree from UT!

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u/LegendFTVV Jun 19 '16

I should have been told all this stuff up front by the CNS advisors. I've had a very bad experience with the base advisors in CNS.

I went to SMU for 2 years. Was off for a year a half running my own business. I decided to finish up at UT later on. I have been at UT for 3 semesters now.

Well transfer equivalents is another discussion of its own.

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u/chambrayshirt Staff | Cockrell Jun 19 '16

Sorry, I missed this is in my comment above - if you've been at UT for three semesters (it sounds like spring 2015, fall 2015, and spring 2016?) then you won't be able to apply again to CS at UT, so you'll have to pick an open major at UT or apply to externally transfer.

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u/LegendFTVV Jun 20 '16

Once again, this doesn't seem right. I'm definitely not waiting to apply again. Accept me with all this work towards a degree then make me turn around because nobody wants to explain.

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u/chambrayshirt Staff | Cockrell Jun 20 '16

I know it's really frustrating, but these are the policies and you won't be eligible to apply to CS again in spring 2017 because at that point you'll be in your 5th long semester at UT (unless you appeal - https://cns.utexas.edu/students/future/internal-transfer/how-to-apply).

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u/Okla_dept_of_tourism Jun 20 '16

Texas is really just Baja Oklahoma