<p>Hey Everyone,
I am currently attending Rutgers in NJ and am considering transferring to a more prestigious school or basically a school where I will have better opportunities for landing a finance job once I graduate. I am a sophomore at Rutgers and will be looking to transfer as Junior in the fall.</p>
<p>My stats are:
SATS: 750 M / 640 V
GPA: 3.53 (based on 45 credits / 3 semesters)</p>
<p>I have taken some advanced economics courses and have taken much more upper level courses compared to most my peers, which is why I believe I don't have a 3.7 or so. Realistically I am certain I can bring my GPA up to a 3.6 after the Spring semester. </p>
<p>My college ECs are nothing spectacular, however I have had several unique jobs, including owning two businesses (one with sales of $10k a month, completely run by myself) and a a great resume built from them. </p>
<p>Here are a few schools I have considered:
NYU CAS (Majoring in Economics, as I feel Stern is completely out of reach)
Georgetown MSB
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Tufts
University of Southern California - Marshall
Babson
Cornell (heard they were very transfer friendly?)
Fordham (not too sure if it's worth transferring to, but I figure being in NYC may be helpful?)</p>
<p>Any insight or other schools to consider would be greatly appreciated. I really don't mind majoring in either Finance or Economics, as my main goal is to go to a school with the best job placement in the field of Finance, and understand that most companies don't care which one you major in (or you can be an Art student from Harvard, lol).</p>
<p>With your business resume, I'm wondering whether you need a different school to enhance your chances of landing a finance job.</p>
<p>Who recruits at Rutgers? Have you spoken with anyone at the Rutgers Career Placement ofc (or whatever they call it) to see what type of students have been successful getting jobs at companies you aspire to.</p>
<p>I think you might have a great chance as a standout in the Rutgers pool, but I admit I don't know what the on-campus recruiting is like. If it's limited or none, I wonder if you wouldn't be best off seeking an informational interview with a company or two which would be your dream job. Ask them if changing schools would assist you .... I just don't think you need it, like I said.</p>
<p>You won't get into NYU CAS, Cornell, Tufts, and USC.</p>
<p>Ironically, you have decent chances at NYU Stern...they see through you...that you are just applying to CAS because Stern is more competitive...they would rather pick someone with similar stats and have interests in liberal arts...but not you...consider Stern, you have decent chances...Cornell is still difficult...yes you hear they are transfer friendly but they also have a high quality transfer pool...Tufts accepts few transfers...USC (did you apply yet?)</p>
<p>my cousin (she's old) is a Rutgers graduate...just got promoted to a managing director position at a prestigious investment bank (IBD, not back office) went to Columbia MBA</p>
<p>jmmom,
There are some good financial firms that recruit from Rutgers, and the quality of the firms recruiting here is getting better and better. I am just trying to see if any of those places would give me more of an edge, and the fact that I would in some ways like to go out of state for a couple years. </p>
<p>JL,
I appreciate the insight, but based on stats I am having a really difficult time believing that I would have a better shot at Stern (which has rejected me twice). I feel that with 2 years of a liberal arts education here at Rutgers, I would be more attractive to CAS. Stern would by far be my number one choice of all schools, but have heard from friends that transferred there that without a high 3.7/3.8 you basically have no chance, although they transferred there as Sophomores. </p>
<p>Congratulations to your cousin, and the more I talk to Rutgers alumni and seniors, the more I here good things about landing top finance jobs. I always had the idea of getting an MBA if I did end up graduating from Rutgers. </p>
<p>I have my application all set to go for USC and am just awaiting a response to a few questions I had for them. I know transfers for USC are generally from California community colleges, but thought that transferring from Rutgers might help me out, as there were absolutely no transfer applicants from Rutgers last year according to my dean. </p>
<p>I agree with you on Tufts and Cornell as well. Any insight on Georgetown? I would probably put Georgetown as my second choice, as I would like living in the city best, especially being a transfer student.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks for the help everyone, and any additional insight is greatly appreciated!</p>
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<p>You sound very assured. Are you on the admissions committee at ALL of those schools? If so, we should get to know each other better. </p>
<p>JT00, you have a good shot at NYU CAS and USC, as well as Babson and Fordham. Don't be fooled. Strong ECs but a considerably weak GPA. Still, I think you could pull it off.</p>
<p>JerseyTransfer00: I think you will get into Stern. The 3rd time is a charm! If you don't mind me asking, what are your HS stats?</p>
<p>Don't consider Fordham, from what I know, it is about an hour away from Manhattan. Also, Rutgers-NB is ranked better with a lot more recruiting.</p>
<p>Yeah. I realized that I really want to have more of a liberal arts education and want to study Econ, Math, and Phil. NYU has pretty stellar programs for each of these subjects, so even though it's like #2 Finance, the fact that it also has top 10 Econ, #1 Applied Math, and #1 Philosophy makes that path just as lucrative and I would prefer it anyways. I've also heard plenty of good stories about CAS Econ majors getting great jobs like the Sternies, and I'd like to go to law school after undergrad so the liberal arts education (especially math and philosophy) seems more preparatory than Finance.</p>
<p>Which really sucks bcuz I already have the Stern prereqs complete. :D Oh well. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Careful jl1941. I'll find you and I'll cut you.</p>
<p>Heh. J/k. </p>
<p>I'm not really sure what you mean about "seeing through you." They're going to see that I should be applying to the business school? Maybe because of the prereqs, but actually everything else that I've done points towards an Econ-Math focus, which I started to eventually realize. Compared to the people on here with internships and successful companies, I have nothing.</p>
<p>But no, I still feel like I am a pretty strong candidate for Stern. I just realized that CAS was my more preferred option for several reasons - some of which have been stated:</p>
<p>1) I want to go to Law school and these concentrations will help me moreso than Finance.
2) I hear the Stern curve is tough and, as a high GPA is imperative for T14 law schools, I don't want to spend all my time studying for Finance and miss out on the college experience
3) I have never really liked Finance. Like so many other business majors (but not all), I chose business because I didn't know what I wanted to do. After taking quite a few math classes, I realized I love math (and Econ) and really want to study Philosophy.
4) I hear that if you go to Stern, you kinda get stuck with the Stern crowd, which is homogeneous. I feel like I'll meet more different people in CAS classes than at Stern.
5) I don't want to go to a place where everyone is so competitive and focused on business and landing an IB job when I don't even really like business.</p>
<p>Good enough reasons for ya? ;) And if they do happen to "see through me," I doubt it'll matter; my stats are way high for CAS (not meaning to be cocky, just honest) and I'm not worried about it.</p>
<p>NYU CAS - doubtful because your gpa is pretty low
Georgetown MSB - very low chance
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - i'm assuming you're applying to arts&sciences? anyways, slight chance
Tufts - i have no idea about tufts transfer admission
University of Southern California - Marshall - pretty good chance i think
Babson - i don't know much about babson
Cornell (heard they were very transfer friendly?) - very low chance for CAS
Fordham - very high chance</p>
<p>i transferred to umich-ross last year, and a friend of mine transferred to nyu-stern. i also know someone that transferred to georgetown msb.. and we all were at rutgers, so i'm pretty sure we all can relate to why you want to leave.</p>
<p>anyways, we all had gpa's of 3.8+, so you should also consider other business programs such as villanova. i also think usc would be a good fit for you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input everyone. I was re-reading my first post and neglected to mention my ethnic background, which is African-Asian. I am not sure how much this will help me as a transfer student, but any insight would be appreciated, as well as any schools known of who would consider me favorable because of this. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Ronp - From what you know....You don't know very much about Fordham so please refrain from giving uninformed, albeit well-intentioned advice. Having attended Fordham for 4 years, I can tell you that it has 4 campuses (Rose Hill in the Bronx, Lincoln Center in the HEART of Manhattan, Marymount in Westchester, and Armonk, Westchester).
To be sure, the Business School or CBA is on Rose Hill located in the Bronx. Last time I checked, the Bronx was in New York City. If things have, however, changed, Ronp, you might want to inform the people who live there.
If you meant to get to central Manhattan from Rose Hill takes an hour, you were wrong there too. To get downtown, you have several possibilities, none of which takes an hour and most of which will take 20 to 30 minutes.
Here are your options: The train. It stops at Fordham, Rose Hil (that's the name of the stop) and terminates in Grand Central.
The Intercampus shuttle, known as the Ramvan, which takes about 25 mintues to get to Fordham's Lincoln Center Campus, when traffic is flowing.
The D train or 4 train depending on which side of Manhattan you're interested in visiting. (45 minutes).</p>
<p>As any parent with a child off to college in September, I've read a lot of the threads on the CC message board about the many different choices on my child's college lists. She's off to Fordham in September. </p>
<p>When it comes to Fordham, I have particularly noticed over these past months the sometimes near visceral reactions some of the writers have when discussing Fordham (haven't found anything like it for any other school) and how willing people are to a) provide misinformation about the school and b)just plain thumb their noses at it.
What's the deal? What has Fordham done so wrong to make people enjoy taking potshots at it and berate it gratuitously. It's an excellent school and a great place!</p>
<p>They must be doing something right up in the Bronx, however, given that they got nearly 20,000 applications to attend last year. </p>
<p>To be sure, the ultimate choice of a school must first and foremost be a good fit for the student so wherever you choose to attend make sure you feel good about it and living there. Fordham may not be the right fit, but consider this anyway: </p>
<p>1) Although Business Week ranked the Fordham CBA at 48 and Stern much higher, if you look closely you'll notice that starting salaries for both undergraduate programs are quite good and comparable. </p>
<p>2) I venture to say that Fordham's 48th ranking has very much to do with the core curriculum. Fordham is a Jesuit university, which means a premium - even for business students - is placed on providing students with a broad range of courses to gain a solid general culture. A Fordham education, which is not for everyone, is as much about philosophy and history as it is about learning good accounting and finance practices. The ideal Jesuit curriculum, which has educated kings, queens, heads of state, ministers and businessmen and women in Europe for 450 years seeks to educate the whole person. Fordham - unlike some of its other Jesuit counterparts - still remains true to that ideal.
Having said this, there has always been a tug-of-war between the University and the CBA undergraduate on the core curriculum. Many business students don't like it. They all want courses on how to be the next golden boy or girl and often think that they are above Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustin</p>