I did a semester at Emerson College and finished in good standing with a GPA of 3.58. I took a basic communications course, two history courses, and your basic college writing course. I also took some classes with Northeastern’s college of Professional Studies during the winter quarter (microeconomics, statistics, and a business basics class) and ended with a GPA of 3.7. This semester, I’ll be taking macroeconomics, bio with a lab, calculus, and possibly an intro comp-sci class.
What are my chances of getting in (assuming that I keep or raise the 3.7 GPA for this semester)? Should I try for D’Amore McKim, or another school within Northeastern?
(also, I don’t have to submit my SAT scores or highschool transcript because I will have completed 24 credits by the application deadline)
You certainly have a strong enough GPA were you an internal transfer but I believe you would be considered an external transfer even with classes taken in the professional studies program.
I never chance. My feeling is if you apply you have a chance and if you don’t, you don’t. I’d not think your chances would be better with a different major. I’d stick with business if that is what you want so you could hit the ground running with the right advisors and access to the classes you want vs. trying to get them as a non-major. BUT, one thing I wanted to say is pay attention to the classes you are taking this semester and whether or not they transfer towards the business major. The calculus class as an example. Not a class you want to take twice if you don’t have to. Be sure whatever it is, it would complete the calculus requirement for a D’Amore McKim business major vs. a class that won’t. The transfer credit database is here: https://neubos3ss375v.nunet.neu.edu/transfercredit/TransferCreditevaluatedstudent2.asp#_ga=1.99736093.2075431458.1410630657
You are welcome @gold18. I get where you are coming from. My son was accepted for biochem. He then switched to undecided before ever setting foot on campus the fall of his freshman year and is now a business major after “playing around” with a variety of classes all of freshman year and the first part of second year which was important to him. Just know that playing around can only get you so far before you can’t get the classes you want to advance in a major you think you want. But while doinking around, he made sure he took for example, the calculus class that would count for several majors of interest.