CAP FAQs

No, you do not. If you complete and submit the online CAP agreement, we will send your application materials to the UT System school you select.

All participating UT System schools have established minimum enrollment requirements for CAP students. Students are offered the opportunity to participate in CAP only at the universities for which they meet enrollment requirements.

No. UT Arlington and UTSA have limited the number of students they will enroll in CAP and accepted agreements from eligible students on a first-come, first-served basis. Once they received enough agreements to reach their limits, the CAP agreement was closed for UT Arlington and UTSA. If you are interested in attending UT Arlington or UTSA as a non-CAP student, contact the school directly.

The participating UT System schools have made a commitment to provide available housing and financial aid for which CAP participants qualify. It’s easy to transfer your financial aid (FAFSA) information to your UT System school. To apply for scholarships or on-campus housing at a UT System school, contact the school.

You have until June 1 (at the end of your freshman year) 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 need to submit a transfer application to UT Austin. 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. During the fall of your freshman year, we'll send you information about the process you must follow to let us know that you intend to enroll at UT Austin.

During the fall of your freshman year, UT Austin will contact you and ask you to complete a process to let us know 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 tell us about your major choice.

Yes. Unless you are exempt, you must also take the exam that is part of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) 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 TAKS exam.

The UT System school you select to attend will inform you of additional requirements, if any, that you must fulfill before enrolling for your freshman year. (Note: Students who select UT Arlington, UTSA, UTRGV or UT Tyler will be required to begin classes during one of the Summer 5-week terms.)

You may be exempt from the TSI requirement if you received certain scores on the SAT, ACT or TAKS test. 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. 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 if you already submitted those scores to UT Austin when you applied for admission to the university.

Transferable credit refers to the credit hours someone takes at one university that can be transferred to another university. In connection to CAP, the courses you take at the UT System school you attend while enrolled in CAP are "transferable" because you will be able to use them as credit at The University of Texas at Austin if you eventually enroll here. For an individual course to be “transferable,” you must receive at least a grade of C or a "passing" grade on coursework offered on a “Pass/Fail” grading basis.

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

No, you must take at least 30 hours of required transferable coursework while you are enrolled at your selected UT System school in the fall and spring — with the exception of UTA, UTSA, UTRGV or UT Tyler whose program begins in the summer. When you enroll in UT Austin during the fall semester following your CAP year, any placement credit that you have earned (from Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual credit courses in high school, for example) will be evaluated for credit beyond your 30 hours and accepted according to UT Austin’s standard policies. UT Austin requires you to take all of your required CAP coursework while you are enrolled for the fall and spring semesters at your selected UT System school (except UTA, UTSA, UTRGV or UT Tyler). Courses taken during a “mini-mester” or “Maymester” at your UT System school will not count toward the 30-hour requirement. If you do have additional coursework that you think is transferable when you enroll at UT Austin, the university will consider those courses for transfer credit.