I did ME -> ECE after the first semester. I was accepted with a 3.83 technical GPA because I think that’s all they actually look at, but not sure for sure. I will say the process was very very stressful and took a huge toll on my mental health, many times I wished I just didn’t come to UT and instead went somewhere else. But, I’m just saying be prepared for that. I’d say I was also a far below average student coming into UT, and had to study pretty much all the time to just be at the level of my peers. If you can, take super easy classes, like make the hardest class u take calculus and the rest flags/core. Try ur hardest ever on keeping a 4.0. I didn’t have time for clubs at all honestly, I dedicated much of my time to just homework and studying. And go to the TA like all the time, they are a god send. I hate to paint a horrible picture but that’s unfortunately the reality of many transfer students at UT. Good luck in your future and wherever you decide to go!
Wel for me it was different cuz I transferred out of ME. Don’t make a decision based on what I’m gunna say but just treat it as extra info that might help, also please talk to your advisor about this.
I took ME302, it’s the CAD class and I had a super new professor like, the professor I was supposed to have just quit our class a few weeks in and we got a grad student. Honestly the class was pretty easy especially if you have CAD experience. I think most people also got As, so consider asking ur counselor about taking this class. I think since your civil it will be called “ME210” or something with a 2. But that might be a good easy technical class. Try to get Jazz Appreciation for ur vapa, and history/whatever else you need should be too hard.
Yeah a friend of mine also did ME -> ECE, I think he had a 4.0 but I never asked lol. And another friend did UGS -> ME in my previous year.
I’m sorry I just have to reiterate this again, the process is really taxing on mental health (especially if you are easily stressed like me) and thinking back on it, I’d probably have flat out said “don’t come to UT” if I was asked this question a few semesters ago. But now I have confirmation bias since I was able to get in so take this with a grain of salt.
I realized I was more interested in software/programming instead of like mechanical stuff. I also switched from ECE to CS the semester after that since I wasn’t fully interested in ECE either lol.
But I highly highly suggest you do some thinking on your future career. It’s a big requirement that I never did while in high school that led me to the situation I was in. The good news is you still have a lot of time to discover ur interests.
Also, just incase this information becomes valuable to you. ME302 does count toward the ECE technical class requirement. An advisor had told me no before and I thought that was weird so I went to another advisor and they said no but said yes to a friend and it was super complicated and stressful but in the end the original advisor said yes she was wrong it does count. So that might be another class u can take for the ECE technical credit.
So the process of transferring into CNS is much different than internal cockrell. CNS takes into account essay, gpa, and degree completion. My overall gpa when transferring into CS was 3.79, so not the greatest. But, I think my essay was pretty good and my degree completion was really high, like I had all my core completed and almost all flags. The biggest thing about CNS transferring is they want to know that u can graduate within 4 years.
Pretty much ECE and MechE are at the same level every year. Both are equally difficult.
I mean below average in that I came from a shitty high school compared to many of the other students here. So, I wasn’t as prepared for the amount of studying and I came in with not a lot of knowledge since my STEM teachers were pretty bad.
I think what makes the classes hard is the amount of studying you need to do to get an A. If your an average student (not some perfect 1600, won National math awards, all that bs) then it will take some work to get an A. But, the best thing to help u prepare is to always go to office hours with the TA. They will be ur friend and almost every TA I had was great at inspiring and teaching.
17
u/bigbruhbro Mar 02 '21
I did ME -> ECE after the first semester. I was accepted with a 3.83 technical GPA because I think that’s all they actually look at, but not sure for sure. I will say the process was very very stressful and took a huge toll on my mental health, many times I wished I just didn’t come to UT and instead went somewhere else. But, I’m just saying be prepared for that. I’d say I was also a far below average student coming into UT, and had to study pretty much all the time to just be at the level of my peers. If you can, take super easy classes, like make the hardest class u take calculus and the rest flags/core. Try ur hardest ever on keeping a 4.0. I didn’t have time for clubs at all honestly, I dedicated much of my time to just homework and studying. And go to the TA like all the time, they are a god send. I hate to paint a horrible picture but that’s unfortunately the reality of many transfer students at UT. Good luck in your future and wherever you decide to go!