I’m currently a community college student in Michigan with 55 credits. I want to transfer to a top 30 ranked school and major in Management Information Systems. Are there any colleges with good MIS programs that would accept me?
CC GPA: 3.73
Hooks: First gen college student, half-URM
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
ECs: Constructed a database using MySQL, created a mobile app for a charity, Kiwanis member, summer internship in data analytics
What does your transfer GC recommend? I would think Mich State would be an option.
Surely there are some Michigan public universities that admit 3.7 GPA transfer students.
At first I looked into Mich State and uMich, but they told me they didn’t have undergraduate MIS programs. So now I’m looking into going OOS, but only at a top 50 ranked school; anything lower than that wouldn’t be worth it IMO and I’d be better off just staying in-state.
What colleges with good MIS programs do I have decent chances of gaining acceptance to?
Could you major in Computer Science and do some MIS electives, possible at the B-School? Are you living in Ann Arbor (attend local CC)? Wouldn’t U of M be a logical choice?
@Jamrock411 Yep, I live in Ann Arbor and attend the local CC here (Washtenaw). UMich would have been the perfect choice for me, but it doesn’t have an undergraduate MIS major – or Accounting and Finance, which are also my interests – so I can’t go there. CS seems interesting, but it’s too math/science-heavy for me (which are my biggest weaknesses), and I’m not very talented at programming in the object-oriented languages. I’m curious why you recommend CS over MIS?
Do the schools with general business majors offer additional electives or submajor concentrations in your desired subareas?
CS is more about designing computers and software, while MIS is about managing them.
You can always design your own degree at UM. I’d try for Ross and take some CS courses. Talk to a guidance counselor. UM reserves about 300 spots a year for CC transfer.