UT Austin CAP info and our UT Arlington experience

[@victorialakes]

This video was SOOO helpful and Jahnavi is HILARIOUS

[@Jo_x2]

Thank you for such a comprehensive yet digestible video!

[@saltshaikher2265]

I got capped too so thank you so much for this!!

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

Ever since I watched one cap video all I get are these videos and they're always so nice (":

[@theem843]

Thank you so much for the info!

[@alyssaperez7760]

i did cap this school year 2020-2021, and i was wondering when the decisions will come out? I heard it’s early June but I haven’t heard anything yet :/

[@sarahhxu]

I already heard back! many people have you just need to check your portal, they don't always email you on time when it comes out

[@OxzowachiAlt]

Thanks for the video! My biggest hesitation about doing the CAP program is that I doubt my Presidential or (potentially) National Merit scholarship to UTA will transfer to UT. Do you happen to know if I can transfer my scholarship from UTA to UT in the CAP program?

[@sarahhxu]

I don’t sorry! Try to email the UT financial aid email!!!

[@rachelzhan]

Would you please tell me if the CAP agreement binding? I am really worried about it. Thank you!!

[@sarahhxu]

You can fill out the contract on your ut portal and pick the school, as long as you don't finalize the acceptance on the chosen school's student portal if is not binding... if that makes sense

[@rachelzhan]

@@sarahhxu yes. Thank you!! I searched online as well, and I do believe it's not binding. Thanks and wish you good luck transferring back to UT!

[@sofiaandrade1100]

HI! I got capped this year and I was wondering if you have heard anything about UTSA CAP students?

[@sofiaandrade1100]

Also, im going into digital marketing and want to attend McComb as well ,and I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions, I am dire need of guidance! my insta is itsmesofie, i followed you!

[@sarahhxu]

I have not! I know one or two who went to UTSA as cap and I think they liked it!

[@sarahhxu]

Sorry for the late reply, DM me and we can talk!!

[@parthmahajan23]

what is the summer semester about? i’m planning on majoring in engineering but i got capped from UT

[@sarahhxu]

That’s new. I have no clue about the new added requirements including the summer semester, sorry!!!

[@rachelzhan]

@@sarahhxu The new summer semester ruined my summer plan..... I wish this first won't be too hard

[@map5948]

@@rachelzhan righttt lmao i don’t wanna start school on the 8th of July 😐

[@dot2137]

Bro same

[@franklyi7530]

Cap gang

[@joannake4567]

y'all explained this so well! i wish you the best of luck getting into advertising!

[@aokafor10]

can i be rejected from austin and be capped? whats the likelihood that i get capped anyways do I need crazy good test scores/gpa?

[@farrahjordan1396]

I guess the whole idea is that since UT is in Texas, they want Texas residents to still have the opportunity to go there. So if you’re a Texas high school graduate with promising potential, you’ll likely get capped as a result of them not having enough space the year you applied for.

[@blade4824]

I love This positive energy!!! I’m going to UT this fall too!! Hook em 🤘🏻🧡

[@jmmiller2023]

You bring up so many good points! My son was capped and we immediately picked UTA. He eventually decided to attend UTD because he was accepted into his preferred major. My step-daughter, however, ended up capped, attending UT Tyler. Your point about always being able to back out but not always being able to pick UTA was exactly our experience. My step-daughter's cap experience so far at UTT is very much in line with your experience.

[@JPE_DRAEB]

But you can only do liberal arts major, and if you went to a early college high school and have dual credit Cap is not for you!

[@duke6716]

Why do dual credit and cap not work together

[@JPE_DRAEB]

@@duke6716 Because you already have 60 credit hours and CAP program makes you take the first level classes that you already taken!

[@sarahhxu]

You can apply for a non COLA major, like I did, and if u don’t get in your get put automatically in your COLA fallback so you can still get to UT no matter what! I also had a tonnn of AP credits and it was a little hard for me to reach 30 hours for the year too now I have 100% of my core curriculum done and it’s still a win. Im ahead of my degree plan schedule still

[@sarahhxu]

You can!!

[@JPE_DRAEB]

@@sarahhxu Thanks but this was 4 months ago, and we had to make a decision back then. Ended up going to Baylor instead! :)

[@TheDg2007]

Thank you for this video. There aren’t many videos regarding the CAP program. This is super helpful, my kid is strongly considering CAP, she got into all Texas colleges except Austin and UT is her dream school.

[@cassie2174]

this helps so much, and btw y’all are gorgeous

[@sarahhxu]

Thank you so much girl! Happy to help:)

[@supremetim]

Damn. I watched this like 3 times. So much useful information. Thanks

[@statistical-cats-sophia]

I'm a freshman at UT Austin idk why I'm watching except that y'all explain things so well it's like. Addicting to listen to??? Hope you/y'all keep doing videos !!!!

[@statistical-cats-sophia]

Also, I'm a psych major too!!!

[@sarahhxu]

Aw thank you!! I do plan to make more regular videos soon!

[@briannapacilio5171]

girl these fire drills in Arlington hall sucksssss

[@UhhKace]

hi! i was wondering if cap students were allowed to retake courses they already have credit in via dual credit. do you guys know if that's allowed? for reference i accepted one of my dual credits at my CAP school and then retook it during the fall, so they both show up on my transcript :')

[@jackhammer91]

DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE IF THE GPA TRANSFERABLE FROM UT ARLINGTION TO UT AUSTIN ? CAUSE THE OTHER UTUBER SAYS ITS NOT TRANSFERABLE MORE SO P/F...

[@itsevebby3924]

Hello, I have a question about the tuition. Are we considered part-time since we do 6 hours in the summer and 9 in fall? I signed my contract but I just saw that they want to charge me 46k for the 3 semesters. Which to me seems a bit extreme. If you don't mind sharing what was your COA?

[@Jo_x2]

Oh man..I'm wondering this too!

[@Jo_x2]

In a similar comment below, Sarah answered that the summer session was new and she doesn't know much about it

[@sarahhxu]

I'm sorry I don't know anything about that, I pay regular annual tuition that an average UTA student pays! Try emailing the UTA CAP Counselor or (do this first) contact the office of financial aid or something like that for UTA!

[@lydianaguillon7646]

Did you end up figuring it out?

[@suraiyasultana5466]

Hey! So I'm joining UTA in fall 2021, and i have some concern about my living situation. In your video, you referred to West Hall as being situated on the bad side of the campus. Does that mean the area around West Hall is unsafe in general?

[@sarahhxu]

The area around west hall is very safe, I mean all the student dorms on campus are in good, safe locations. We just don't suggest west hall because it is on the opposite side of campus of the majority of the food places and the University Center so its like a 10ish minute walk. But West Hall is newer so it's a little nicer.

[@tristiandavis6852]

Bruh I was CAP’d this year

[@Hannah-xe7rr]

WAITT, so let’s say you apply with a major in COLA but you get capped. When you choose your major again, could you possibly change it as long as it’s within COLA? Because, I applied for Psych B.S but I would like to change it into Psych B.A.

[@sarahhxu]

Yea! U don’t HAVE to do what u applied with originally u can choose/change

[@Hannah-xe7rr]

@@sarahhxu omg! thank you so much for this video 😩

[@map5948]

@@sarahhxu hey so I know you said that I am allowed to change my major if I don’t intend to pursue the one I want. I chose psychology but I want to change mine to sociology now. I got capped however, the classes I will be taking at UTSA are they geared to psychology since I want that as my major? Idk if that needs to change now that I want to change my major to sociology when they ask me during the winter

[@catalinamollai7608]

Thank you so much for this! Quick question, do you live with other cap students?

[@sarahhxu]

Yes! My roommate is cap too and our closest friends are all cap!

[@catalinamollai7608]

@@sarahhxu Did you choose that or did they pair you with someone who is cap? Also, which house did you stay in?

[@sarahhxu]

I chose someone who is cap, if you choose to do random roommate when applying for housing you should be able to request certain traits/things in people, but that’s not certain. I live at Arlington hall (room tour coming soon)

[@mahathiiid]

hey!@@sarahhxu i got capped and am lookng into Arlington. How did you find roommates? None of my friends are doing the cap program, so I'm on my own.

[@alexazabat8054]

is the cap agreement binding? if i end up changing my mind/don’t meet transfer requirements, may i continue to attend the school in which i did my first year at, or would i have to go through the admissions process again for that school?

[@alexazabat8054]

this video def made me feel better and answered a lot of questions i had about my cape decision though! thank you :)

[@sarahhxu]

Yes you can choose to stay at your cap school after your freshman year. If you want to go to a different school entirely after freshman year you must go through the admission process again for that school.

[@규하이-g7d]

Hey ~ thank you for your information! I really want to know is that 1. How and Where can I apply for the CAP program? Is it the same process as applying to UT freshman? 2. Can I choose the major of 'arts and Entertainment Technologies(BS)?

[@sarahhxu]

You can’t apply, when you apply to UT as a hs senior, if you don’t get accepted you’ll either be fully rejected or capped. Any major outside of COLA, like the one you suggested, must be applied for during your freshman year in CAP

[@noureennathani]

Great info.

[@MrMonikerjay]

So you're saying you can choose Arlington AND San Antonio but make sure Arlington is picked as well because of the fast rate it fills up? Thanks

[@sarahhxu]

No I think when you choose it only gives you one choice for school, but if you want arlington or one of the other schools that fill fast, sign the cap agreement for that school asap through your UT portal

[@anapaulakendrick1754]

Hi! Your video helped me so much!! I was wondering how u guys found instagram pages of cap students.. I’m struggling trying to find insta pages to reach out to cap students for this year.

[@sarahhxu]

Just search UT CAP class of 2026 or variations of this!

[@wendym85]

Great info! Thank you. Sharing with my daughter who got capped!

[@lifeofadriii8361]

How to I agree to itttt

[@zariawebb-atkinson1976]

OMG thank you for telling me I dont have to take that statistics class omfg I was really loathing that

[@rezwanasiddika8101]

Hey... I wanted to ask that if by any chance I could not complete the conditions of CAP, do I have to leave from UTA too?? Or I can continue to be a part of UTA?

[@sarahhxu]

If you go to uta doing cap and choose to not complete cap, you can choose to stay at UTA

[@esarbinoff]

I thought Advertising majors had a required math class that needs to be completed once you're in Moody. I don't think it's Contemporary Math.

[@sarahhxu]

There’s no required courses need to apply to transfer into the school of communications (moody). As for specific maths in the school, that’s something that can be figured out and done once i/you’re in the school

[@flippynation9518]

What does the ut portal supposed to look like after u select ur cap school?

[@sarahhxu]

You’re UT portal should just say something like you accepted CAP or something. You won’t use it again until when you go through the transfer application process. You’ll get a portal for your CAP school to use for the yead

[@freddyvazquez4782]

Should I participated in CAP if I already have dual credit credits?

[@sarahhxu]

Yes! Those credits still count. Just means you might need to take classes second semester just to fill all 30 hours (like I did this year bc I had a lot of AP credits)

[@rahulbolar4746]

thanks for this video! i’m going to uta as a cap student this fall and this video helped a lot

[@Jo_x2]

Hi again! I have a question- in your opinion, should CAP students join Residential Learning Communities? Will it help our community and academics as CAP students, or potentially distract us from leaving UTA for UT?

[@sarahhxu]

I don’t know anyone who did that, I don’t think it’s necessary

[@studywbambi5715]

hello! i was wondering how starting in summer was! ik that as a cap student we start school around july. would we be able to keep our dorms from then all the way till spring or would we have to move around each semester? also, would we pay for tuition every single semester or the same amount as any other uta student pays?

[@sarahhxu]

I’m sorry I don’t know that summer part was added your year, I didn’t have that last year. Email your counselor maybe?

[@sierra2687]

how fast does uta fill up? I’m afraid the website will crash right at six and by the time it reloads my spot will be gone:/

[@sarahhxu]

Try to select it in your UT portal within 12 hours I'd estimate... don't take my word for it but I did mine within the first hour of it coming out and it worked fine.

[@rachelzhan]

Yeah, I am really afraid of that as well. I hope it won't crash next Friday.

[@sayeshasethi4326]

Can I transfer from uta to utd?

[@sarahhxu]

That transfer would be done by yourself through an external transfer application like when you first applied to college. It’s not done through the UT system

[@isabelcsitkovits5139]

it’s interesting what you guys say about arlington, this year utsa filled up in like 30 seconds and ut arlington in like 10 minutes haha

[@rachelzhan]

I thought uta filled up in 1 minute tho....

[@sarahhxu]

Depends on the year ig! But UTA has the most CAP students

[@channel-dp6cd]

Planning to do engineering not COLA. Would doing CAP give me any preference in admission to UT Austin School of Engineering over doing freshman year at community college or local public university (U of Houston)?

[@sarahhxu]

Cap only allows you to choose from a list of UT schools (tyler, San Antonio, arlington, etc)