<p>Hi guys..i'm in a bit of a rough situation. I've had a really long and extensive community college record, and gone through some ups and some downs. I have quite a bit of w's, four of them, but they're all the same semester-this one.</p>
<p>I'm running into a little trouble evaluating my chances for this year. I know i dont look too good for any of these schools, but what are my chances?</p>
<p>3.4 cumulative because of two remedial math classes bringing down my gpa</p>
<p>USC
NYU</p>
<p>I can take some really random non-transferrable classes during the winter intersession to boost up my gpa for those two schools if necessary, but am i really going to need them?</p>
<p>also, my major prep grades for both of those schools are really, really good</p>
<p>then for the UC's, my transferrable gpa is 3.6</p>
<p>UCI, UCLA, UCB, UCSD</p>
<p>I have a C in statistics and a B in a micro class for haas, but the rest are A's...the other big red flag is my set of W's. </p>
<p>what are my chances? be brutally honest</p>
<p>oh, i'll have pretty astounding ec's and essays, by the way</p>
<p>your gpa is in the bottom 10% for haas.. and the B and C are pretty ugly since they're in prereq courses. don't worry about the W's. you'd better have some kickass ec's and essays to even have a chance.</p>
<p>if you can, get tap for ucla, that would help you lots. irvine and sd should be no problem (get tag if possible though).</p>
<p>I'm not too familiar with marshall/stern, so someone else can help you on that.</p>
<p>getting into a top school will be difficult seeming your B and C are in business-related math classes...like lostincode said, write some killer essays, and yeah maybe you should take a class over the winter (ONLY if you're 110% positive you can get an A) to boost the overall GPA a bit, and hope for the best...
i wouldn't not apply to any of those places though, you never know...try to use your essays to explain your oopsies and how youve learned from them
good luck =)</p>
<p>my major prereqs for usc and nyu are comparitively strong. i've taken the accounting series, as well. r</p>
<p>well, if theyre As, theyll definently balance out the B and C</p>
<p>O Rly??!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!</p>
<p>well, not completly, but they'll help...the B isnt that bad, and frankly the C can be helped by As in all other pre-reqs</p>
<p>I'm sorry...I'll be the burden of bad news. The competitive GPA for NYU, according to their website, is a 3.6. Stern is, academically, the most difficult school at NYU to get into, so it could be argued that a higher GPA will be expected for acceptance in most cases. A 3.4 at a CC will be viewed as weaker than a 3.4 at a 4-year university, and you'll be up against students that are earning the competitive GPA (3.6+) at 4-year unis. The fact that your lower grades are in remedial math classes cannot easily be balanced out by the other prereq grades because, particularly for top business programs, Math and Econ are extremely important and will be the courses that admissions officers focus on to see if you will be able to handle the work.</p>
<p>Have you taken Calculus I? It is a prereq for Stern so be sure to take it before you transfer or it will look bad as well. </p>
<p>I am sorry if that's not what you want to hear and it is always worth it to apply to a reach...just realize the odds. Stern, in your case, is a very high reach. If you're wanting to be a bit more practical, and still get an amazing education, you might consider studying Economics at NYU CAS, which would be easier to get into. </p>
<p>Haas would be your second hardest choice and, again, it is a reach. USC Marshall would be the next most difficult.</p>
<p>UCLA is more practical, but will still be tough. You should be ok at UCI and have a decent shot at UCSD. Good luck.</p>
<p>Hmm. outlook is not great. I think Haas, Stern and Marshall are all huge reaches. Haas is tough for people with 4.0s to get into so that one is pretty much gone. Unless of course you have a very big life story or ec. I am pretty sure USC is not a big fan of W's and Stern is as other people mentioned the most competitve school at NYU. I think the gpa is your biggest issue the w's only really matter for Marshall and possibly Stern. UCI and UCSD are probably your best bets.</p>
<p>I had a C in Precalculus (but since then A's in both Calculuses), and a B in Micro. With a GPA around 3.88 before the last semester and overkill in EC's I was rejected by UCLA and accepted by Berkeley and USC. UCLA's biz-econ major is surprisingly competitive, and they put a smaller emphasis on EC's and more emphasis on grades. Haas, on the other hand, loves "success stories", multi-dimensional people, those who overcame serious adversity, etc. 3.6 is a stretch, but if your extra-curriculars are stellar and essays top-notch, you have a chance. Every year a few people with 3.6 and below seem to get in - and it's really that they're so special... It's just that they were able to "sell" their uniqueness through their essays. (i.e. everyone knows that Student Gov. is usually a BS activity... But you can make it sound really impressive and substantial in your essay, etc.)</p>
<p>UCLA's biz-econ, though, is not a specific department - the classes you need to satisfy it come from the Econ department. So it's not really Business. You can put a Business emphasis at any Econ department in ANY university, you just won't have the "Bachelor in Business Economics" title.</p>
<p>"Haas is tough for people with 4.0s to get into" - well, not really. Haas likes 4.0s since they boost the average GPA (of course, as long as you complete all the requirements). Hence, you don't need as many ECs or super-stellar essays. It's hard to screw up a 4.0 admission to Haas - you really have to try, in fact.</p>
<p>you were accepted to haas with a 3.88?</p>
<p>Yes. The website says that bottom 10% of admittances had below 3.78, so I'm somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of GPA, maybe a little lower, but not exorbitantly out-of-hand. My EC's and essays were good, but from I learned afterwards, I did an overkill. Many people got in with less and they were pretty confident about it from the get-go, too.</p>
<p>the Haas statistics could also take into consideration the last semester of community college before the actual transfer - and this semester is usually the weakest for people. My last semester GPA was 3.1, dropping my overall GPA to 3.79... I know people who got all C's in their last semester, too.</p>
<p>the whole process is put on the pedestal, I think, and is enormously and grossly over-exagerrated. It ain't that hard in the end; however, the original poster who asked the question is likely to not make the eventual cut barring some excellent essays/ECs..</p>
<p>"the whole process is put on the pedestal, I think, and is enormously and grossly over-exagerrated."</p>
<p>I am hoping that is the case. Although I saw last year 4.0's that did not get in to Haas. Although they probably did not meet the minimum requirements I guess..hmm</p>
<p>Probably. Haas is not going to weed a lot of 4.0's out, believe me. They like 4.0s more than they like 3.8s for obvious reasons ;). They told me that they consider the applications the following way: 50% of emphasis is put on grades, 35% on Essays, and 15% on extra-curriculars. In my case my grades weren't perfect, but I made sure my ECs and essays stood out (they're both very much the same, actually. You do something and then write about it in the essay.)</p>
<p>Just make sure your essays make sense, show you from a unique perspective, don't ramble, and don't have any significant spelling/grammar mistakes. Here's an example outline for a 600-word "why I chose my major" essay - take three considerable ECs/work experiences and expand on each, in the end concluding each example with a "how it all fits business" tie-in. In my case - Speech Team (great for communication), some minor student government (which is nonetheless leadership and organization), and an ethnic club (diversity and a global perspective). They like ethnic clubs, too, especially presidents, obviously. And you don't have to be a foreigner to be in one, either. Whatever you have - Chinese, Korean, Indian, Russian, Phillipino, etc. If your college doesn't have one, organize it. You'll be a "founding president" or something. It helps, and it really doesn't have to be that serious.</p>
<p>Make sure to complete the requirements, though... About 2/3rds of all applicants yearly end up being "revenue applicants" since they pay $60 to have Haas admissions officers just throw their applications in the garbage can.</p>
<p>Thank you...although I have already applied ;)</p>
<p>Believe me I did more than my share of research before applying to Haas. Most of what you stated is on their website.</p>