Coordinated Admission Program Frequently Asked Questions

No, you do not. If you complete and submit the online Coordinated Admission Program agreement, we will send your application materials to the UT System university you select.

UT Arlington, UT El Paso, UT Pan Am, UT Permian Basin, UT San Antonio and UT Tyler have established minimum enrollment requirements for CAP students. Students who do not meet the CAP requirements for one of these schools will not be offered that school as an option for their CAP participation.

No, a student must have applied to UT Austin, been offered admission to CAP and returned the online CAP agreement by the deadline to be part of the Coordinated Admission Program and to take advantage of the offer of guaranteed admission to UT Austin.

The UT System participating institutions have made a commitment to provide available housing and financial aid for which CAP participants qualify. You can easily transfer your FAFSA information to the UT System participating institution electronically by following the instructions from the Office of Student Financial Services.

If you are interested in applying for scholarships or on-campus housing at your selected UT System school, you should contact your selected university as soon as possible.

Yes, unless you are exempt, you must also take the exam that is part of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) (formerly TASP) before enrollment, as must all students who attend a Texas college or university. You may be exempt from the test if you earn at least the minimum score on the ACT, SAT Reasoning or TAAS exam. Visit UT Austin's TSI web pages for details about exemptions.

The UT System participating university you select to attend will inform you of additional requirements, if any, that you must fulfill before enrolling for your freshman year.

If your score on the TSI test is below the minimum required on one or more sections, you must enroll in a related developmental studies course. Courses taken to satisfy TSI deficiencies do not count as part of the 30 hours in residence required for the CAP. For specific information regarding the TSI test, please contact the TSI office at your selected UT System participating institution.

You may be exempt for the TSI requirement if you received certain scores on the SAT Reasoning exam, ACT test or TAKS test. Visit the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's TSI exemptions site for more information.

If you are exempt from the TSI requirement because of a TAKS score, you must send an official copy of your high school transcript (that includes your TAKS scores) to the UT System school you select to attend.

If you are exempt based on SAT or ACT scores, you do not need to send your scores to the UT System school you select to attend if you already submitted those scores to UT Austin when you applied for admission to the university.

No, once you have selected the UT System university you wish to attend during your freshman year, you must complete all your CAP requirements at that institution.

If you have been offered participation in CAP by UT Austin and decide you want to accept the offer, you must return your completed online CAP agreement by the deadline.

During your freshman year at your selected UT System university, you must do the following to return to UT Austin for your sophomore year.

• Complete a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of transferable coursework specified by the UT System school that you choose to attend.
• Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 on the coursework that you complete while enrolled at your selected UT System school.
• Enroll in and complete at least one mathematics course beyond Math 301 (College Algebra) during the fall or spring semester.
• Complete all college coursework during the fall and spring semesters.
• Submit a final official transcript to UT Austin by June 1 from the UT System school that you select to attend.

You have until June 1, to provide UT Austin with an official transcript that shows that you have completed a math course beyond College Algebra and earned a minimum of 30 credit hours with a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA at your selected UT System school.

If you do not complete the requirements by June 1, you will no longer have guaranteed admission to UT Austin.

No, you will not. If you meet the requirements and take advantage of your guaranteed admission to UT Austin, you will not have to submit a transfer application or pay an application fee. We will send you information during your freshman year about the process you must follow to inform us of your intention to enroll in UT Austin during the fall semester.

No, you are guaranteed admission only to majors in the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Natural Sciences. Some additional colleges and schools at the university may consider you and other CAP students for admission into majors that have space available. However, CAP students are not guaranteed admission into any majors outside Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences.

During your freshman year, UT Austin will contact you and ask you to complete a process by which you will inform us that you are still interested in taking advantage of your guaranteed admission to UT Austin. As part of that process you will be asked to select a first-choice major and a second-choice major.

While enrolled in your freshman year studies at your participating UT System university, we will contact you and ask you to complete an online process to indicate your desire to return to UT Austin to complete your studies. At that time, you will be able to select a first-choice major from a list of options available to returning CAP students.

If you select a first-choice major outside the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Natural Sciences, you'll need to submit by March 1, two essays (a personal essay and a statement of purpose), transcripts of any college courses taken while in high school, and any special application materials related to the program to which you're applying.

You'll also need to submit a final official transcript of your freshman year coursework to the UT Austin Office of Admissions by June 1.

You will compete for a spot with others who apply for transfer into the same major for the fall semester. If you are not admitted to your first-choice major, you will be offered guaranteed admission to your second-choice major in Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences if you successfully complete the CAP requirements.

Transferable credit refers to the credit hours you earn taking specified courses at your selected UT System university; these are the hours that can count toward your degree requirements for a major at the University of Texas at Austin. For an individual course to be "transferable," you must receive a grade of C or better.

UT Austin maintains an online list of approved courses for CAP students. If you successfully fulfill your CAP requirements, the courses that you select from the list will transfer to UT Austin.

Approved Course Lists:

• UT Arlington
• UT Brownsville
• UT El Paso
• UT Pan American
• UT Permian Basin
• UT San Antonio
• UT Tyler

You should always consult with an academic advisor at your university before making a final decision about which courses to take.

No, you must pursue the minimum 30 hours of required transferable coursework while you are enrolled at your selected UT System university in the fall and spring.

When you enroll in UT Austin during the fall, any placement credit that you have earned will be evaluated for credit beyond your 30 hours and accepted according to UT Austin's standard policies.

UT Austin expects you to take all of your required CAP coursework while you are enrolled for the fall and spring semesters at your selected UT System university. If you do have additional coursework that you think is transferable when you enroll at UT Austin in the fall, advanced placement courses or courses you took for dual enrollment during high school, for instance, UT Austin will consider those courses for transfer credit.

Taking courses from the prescribed list to satisfy your CAP requirements is a must. To avoid having coursework that might be taken before enrolling in CAP interfere with your ability to enroll in appropriate CAP coursework, you should take no college coursework in the summer before your CAP participation. However, you may plan to take courses in the summer following completion of your CAP coursework.

Contact the appropriate academic advisor or admissions representative at the UT System university you plan to attend.

Contact the Office of Admissions at UT Austin at 512-475-7387 or submit a question to the Office of Admission using the Ask Admissions feature at the bottom of this page.

Once you begin your freshman year, the UT System university you’re attending will let us know that you’ve enrolled. During your freshman year, UT Austin will contact you three times with information about how the process works and to make sure that we have accurate information about you and your goals.

In December: Toward the end of your first semester (usually in early December), we'll contact you by mail and ask you to visit a web page where you’ll update your contact information (if necessary) and tell us which major you’d like to enroll in at UT Austin.

• If you select Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences as your major, you won’t have to do anything other than tell us which major you would like to enroll in; both of these majors are guaranteed for CAP participants who successfully complete the requirements of the program.
• If you’re interested in applying to a major that is not in Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences, you will have to submit additional items; we’ll give you details and tell you about the deadline when we contact you in December.

In April: After spring break, we'll contact you again by mail and remind you to send us an official transcript of the work you completed to fulfill your CAP requirements by June 2, 2008. There really isn’t anything you’ll have to do at this time; we’ll just be touching base to remind you of the transcript deadline.

In June: Once we receive your official transcript and verify that you completed the CAP requirements, we'll notify you of your admission by mail and online through your Application Status page (UT EID and password required).

The Office of Admissions will contact you in the fall (before the holiday break) and again in the spring (early April) of your freshman year about the process for enrolling at UT Austin for the fall 2008 semester.

You will be required to submit an official transcript to UT Austin by June 2, 2008, showing successful completion of 30 hours of transferable credit. Your transcript must also show that you completed a math course beyond College Algebra and obtained at least a 3.2 grade point average (GPA) on the coursework you completed at your selected UT System university.

The Office of Admissions must receive your official final transcript by June 2, 2008, for you to be eligible for admission to UT Austin. Your admission decision will be sent to you by mail and will also be posted on your Application Status page on UT Direct. Once admitted, you will be required to pay a $200 admissions enrollment deposit to secure your space at the university. The deposit will be applied to your first semester's tuition and fees. Check your Application Status page for the enrollment deposit deadline.

You have until June 2, 2008, to provide UT Austin with an official transcript that shows that you have completed a math course beyond College Algebra and earned a minimum of 30 credit hours with a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA at your selected UT System school.

If you do not complete the requirements by June 2, 2008, you will no longer have guaranteed admission to UT Austin.

No, you will not. If you meet the requirements and take advantage of your guaranteed admission to UT Austin, you will not have to submit a transfer application or pay an application fee. We will send you information during your freshman year about the process you must follow to inform us of your intention to enroll in UT Austin during the fall 2008 semester.

No, you are guaranteed admission only into majors in the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Natural Sciences. Some additional colleges and schools at the university may consider you and other CAP students for admission into majors that have space available. However, CAP students are not guaranteed admission into any majors outside Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences.

Contact the appropriate student affairs or admissions representative at the UT System university you're currently attending.

Contact the Office of Admissions at UT Austin at 512-475-7387 or submit a question to the Office of Admission using the Ask Admissions feature at the bottom of this page.