<p>Hi, I am going to a community college this coming Fall. I am interested in transferring to
1. Berkeley Haas
2. USC Marshall
3. UCLA Business Economics</p>
<p>and then after my undergrad+work experience, to eventually get a MBA.</p>
<p>With my AP credits, it is possible for me to meet the requirements to try and transfer to USC Marshall/ UCLA Biz-econ in 1 year (Fall10+winter10+Spring11). I'm not going to meet the Honors TAP certification like that, but I think it's still worth a shot without it, and if I don't get in, I can always take the required honors courses the following year and re-apply.</p>
<p>It's definitely not possible for Haas unless I kill myself while doing so. The 7-breadth course thing is really ugh...!! I can probably meet the reqs within a year and half. Fall10+winter10+spring11+summer11+ and maybe Fall11 if I want to stretch it out</p>
<p>So... what should I do? </p>
<p>Should I try to transfer out within a year to LA or USC? Or is it worth it to take a year and half to meet the requirements for Haas, and use the other half year that I have free for travelling, internships, and maybe learn a new language?</p>
<p>Two year transfer, sleep through classes and get a 4.0, complete 7 course breadth requirement, do an internship both summers. Shoot for a boutique bank. Take it easy the whole time. Go to Haas.</p>
<p>(I’m 1 year transfer with no ap units).</p>
<p>Boutique bank… isn’t that the path for i-banking? I don’t think I’m going to go down that path, it sounds way too demanding for me. =/</p>
<p>Whatever your path is, just do an internship there at a mid-sized firm (because it’s hard to break into a big sized firm with a community college background). I just used ibanking because it’s popular on this board. But seriously, if you’re smart enough to do a 1 year transfer, don’t do it. </p>
<p>Use your excess time to do amazing things. Build a small business, learn things you always wanted to, learn a programming language (it will ALWAYS be practical), take few classes out of your major in a field of interest, find a volunteer opportunity, gain a new skill, read the entire anthology of your favorite author but whatever you do, make practical use of your time. Don’t sit around playing video games and smoking pot. </p>
<p>You can do that on the weekends but try to be really productive. It beats a 1 year transfer any day of the week. If you can get yourself involved in a lot of things that you find interesting, you could transfer to bigger, better places than Haas. One of my biggest regrets is not applying to Stanford, U of C, or UPenn. </p>
<p>I ended up having to stay another year after finishing IGETC + Major Prereqs + 60 units. I spent the next year finishing the entire series required for the CPA, took a few math classes I didn’t need (eventually changing my major to math) and started a really successful business. If I could go back, I would have just paced myself slower in school and spent more time doing the things I did the second year.</p>
<p>Hey just curious - what’s so bad about a 1 year transfer?</p>
<p>You hurt your chance at admissions because they only see a semester (plus a summer’s) worth of grades and if you’re smart enough to do a 1 year transfer, you should appropriate your time doing more interest things. </p>
<p>Summer school is the worst use of your time. You should get an internship instead. If you don’t, you can hurt your chances of getting an internship the summer before your senior because you won’t have any EC activities/internships. </p>
<p>If you can pull a 4.0 over 2 years and also start a small business, work in a lab, or do XXX activity to make you stand out, you have a better shot at admissions, make a more well rounded candidate for your rising senior internship (most important one of them all, this is could where you work after you graduate), and have a better chance of finding a better job post graduation. </p>
<p>No one really cares if you finish school in 3 years instead of 4. It’s really a bad use of time.</p>