Afraid I'm not going to get admitted into the CS program at my school, should I just transfer?

I'm a student at the University of Toronto (UofT, though it's also known as UT in Canada...) and I've done something that's the other way around? Originally I was rejected from the University of Toronto when applying from high school, but I was admitted to one of their satellite campuses (UTSC). I performed well in my first two years of university at the satellite campus and transferred to main campus.

So... just cuz you go to Dallas doesn't mean you can't go to Austin later. Though I think you should at least try one round of admissions with Austin before making the jump to Dallas. You don't know until you try.

I go to UT Austin, and I know about the pain you are struggling with. If you really want this, and really go after it, you can get in. Work your ass off, have the grades to show for it, and keep trying. Even if you don't get in one semester, take classes at ACC (some transfer as UT cs credits which is good if you want to boost your major GPA) and show the advisors how bad you want it. See them more than once, show them you are trying. Don't give up and go to a school you don't want to . If you are determined enough you can do it. Godspeed

I don't know UT Austin's CS department acceptance stats. You should look them up. I know that UW Seattle has their engineering acceptance department stats readily available online. (Includes CS) Admittedly, they're hard to find and you do have to dig or know someone w/ the link. It shows different percents for different types of people too along with what's commonly admitted and rejected. (Transfer student, male/female, minority, what the average GPAs were of admitted/rejected candidates, etc.)

I wouldn't transfer until I was rejected. I would suggest applying for other schools as a backup plan. Transfer to another school when you don't get in. Apply to more than one college too. Hopefully you don't have a ton of credits because that could exclude you from admission to some nice universities. (Such as UCLA)

I have to ask this as well: What would you major in if you didn't get into the CS department? (You need to seriously consider that) I'm assuming you can't take CS classes unless you're in the department. You're going to be in a world of hurt if all you wanted is CS. You'll have to get yourself the CS education while majoring in something else. Basically, double major without the degree (and without the classes, you'll be doing a lot of self-teaching and/or watching of what little CS MIT OCW lectures there are)

Source: I have a BS in Math from UW Seattle. I majored in math because I didn't get into the CS department (Seattle wasn't a good fit for me). I couldn't leave the university either because I had a full ride, really low cost of living overall that is unattainable elsewhere(hard to imagine for Seattle but I lucked out), no debt, and no interest in having lots of out of state tuition fees. Do I regret not transferring? Kinda. Did I want to incur $20k+/yr in tuition fees (my full ride was non-transferable) w/ much higher cost of living too? No...

It's not the end of the world but it will make your life much harder. Some departments will just be there to help you choose courses, nothing else. Ask around.

Work hard and try to get into the CS department. If you don't make it at least you'll be fairly certain of getting in somewhere else.

I guarantee your school has undergrad advisors who can field these questions. They will know the details of your schools programs better than Internet strangers. I bet even the CS program has admissions counselors you can talk to.

UT Dallas ranks ahead of my university's computer science program, and our graduates do just fine.

You should try to get in, of course, but you shouldn't feel any shame if you choose to change schools.

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