<p>I will probably attend University of Nevada-Reno or UNLV next fall because of the in state tuition. However I want to transfer after 2 years to a better school. I want to major in business or perhaps economics or finance so therefore I'm looking at good undergraduate business schools. What do they focus when it comes to transfers? What would I have to do?
Would a transfer to any of the following schools be feasible from UNR or UNLV?
- Michigan
- Texas
- Georgetown
- Virginia
- Berkeley
- Boston College
- Illinois Urbana
A top 20 undergraduate business program.
I have a 31 ACT and 3.3 unweighted HS GPA.</p>
<p>All are feasible if you have high enough grades as a junior transfer. HS GPA and ACT won’t really matter at that point either. However, if you are looking at UG B schools, I would take Michigan off that list. Ross is a 3 year program and you have to be in the program for 3 full years before you can get your BBA. I would instead add UNC. Kenan-Flager has a 2 year program and UNC allows for 75 external credits to be transferred so you definitely won’t fall behind if you go there. Additionally Michigan is extremely expensive OOS, you will be paying $36,000 in tuition. In your case, if you attend college for 5 years and 3 at Michigan, you will owe an additional $50,000 when you graduate. UNC is only $24,000 in OOS tuition. If you’re interested in Econ, absolutely keep Michigan on that list, it has one of the best Econ departments in the country. </p>
<p>I’ll share my story with you because I’m also a transfer to Michigan. I was just accepted and I will be attending Michigan next semester. I started off at the University of Pittsburgh. I graduated high school with a 3.6 GPA and a 33 ACT. What Michigan saw on my app was 31 credits completed and 46 pending. I also have a 3.71 college GPA as an Economics major. I’m also very interested in attending business school and I do intend to apply for Ross when the application comes out this December. For me, it is worth it to attend college for 5 years because Ross’s recruitment is much superior to LSA. Also I am interested in both accounting and finance so one additional year would allow me to concentrate in both. I think that future pay is just much higher by graduating from Ross as opposed to LSA. I also pay in state tuition when it comes to Michigan and I live in Ann Arbor so basically I can save all expenses outside of the $12,000 tuition if I chose to. </p>
<p>My advice to you is to try to get as many credits as possible. I don’t mean take 25 credits and semester and then 15 every summer. I mean take somewhere between 15-18 credits per semester and then maybe 6 in the summer. You will lose some of those credits when you transfer and if you don’t have AP credits, they can both serve as a cushion and give the admissions offices more material to evaluate. They will also think you can graduate on time if they take you. Also make sure you have a very strong GPA. Because you aren’t attending the most selective schools in the world, you should aim for 3.8+, preferably 3.9+ if you don’t like a bunch of stress. At least for Michigan, ECs and essays take secondary importance to credits and GPA, teacher recs are not required or even recommended. Every school is different and some require teacher recs and stuff but the main point is that GPA and credits are by far the most important factor. If you don’t have that, unless your ECs are something like curing cancer or the one who figured out the policy that got the world out of this economic rut, you won’t have a chance. Basically, work hard and the schools will recognize that and accept you. A lot of the schools you’re applying to are very transfer friendly and you should be able to get in. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks! Great Advice. I’m just worried that even if I get great grades and become involved on campus I might not get accepted since UNR and UNLV are both barely Tier 1 schools.</p>