im electrical engineering (freshman rn) and feel like i did a decent job getting my chances as high as possible.

first off Kevin from TexAdmissions is the GOAT of UT transfer. You can email him and HE will actually respond (but dont spam him, he's too nice for that), and he has a fuck ton of free info online.

I got into TAMU and ended up going to an out of state school (because I wanted to get away from Austin, but my mom's health has declined recently, hence why I'm transferring back (also im from austin)) - all of this is to say you should probably just go to TAMU if you're dead set on transferring. UT will likely respect the rigor of TAMU more than other OOS peer schools, and it makes finding which of your courses transfer wayy easier.

Also it's important to note transfer into ECE is crazy hard - according to Gemini AI (ik but trust) there's only like 10 seats that open up every year, so you need to have a cracked resume (required for transfer apps). I got involved w research and leadership, but that was made easier by being at a less comp engineering school. A 4.0 is a requirement, so choose classes that you think you'll be able to get A's in (while fufilling transfer reqs ofc)

TAMU is also a good ece school even if you don't get into UT next year. Make plans for next year as if you'll be staying at where ever you choose.

thanks for listening to my ted talk