<p>I finished my freshman year at Umass with a 3.52 GPA. This upcoming year I am going to work my ass off to get all A's, and hopefully turn my gpa to around a 3.75. My SATs were 1770 with a 660 in Math (my best score). My high school GPA was a 3.0 (out of 4.0). I recently got accepted into the Isenberg School of Management (Umass's Business school). I would like to see if I can go to a better school. I'll also start joining some clubs this year. I am an out of state student and for what I pay (or my parents, that is) I could pay a little more and go to a private school where I can make good connections and get a very good job. </p>
<p>I heard that if you transfer going into your junior year, that the school looks less at SATs and GPAs of your high school, and more of your college.</p>
<p>I want to know what my chances are of transferring to business schools (assuming I can reach a 3.7-3.8gpa) like</p>
<p>Boston College
Georgetown
NYU
Colombia
Penn
Emory
Virginia
Villanova
BU
(I know that NYU, Colombia, and Penn are long shots though)
and any other ideas people can think of that are a very good school that I would have a good shot of would be great,
Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t know about most of them, but you have no chance of getting into a school whose name you misspell (Columbia). For Penn you need close to a 4.0 and at least 700s on each SAT section. Do all of these schools even have undergraduate business schools?</p>
<p>I think you might have a shot at BU or Villanova. They are easier to get into. But FA will be limited or less than what you’ve been getting from UMass, if needed.</p>
<p>I saw a thread about someone who does admissions for Georgetown and they said that SATs don’t matter as much if you were to apply as a transfer going into Junior Year.</p>
<p>“Privates look at SAT scores. Public’s don’t.”</p>
<p>I applied as a transfer to a public university, and actually they did request ACT/SAT scores. </p>
<p>Rdsxfn, I think you should do a bit more research and find out what you really want from the colleges you’re thinking of transferring to. Is there anything specific you’re looking for? To be honest, it sounds like you want to transfer just for the sake of prestige. You say you want to transfer to a private school to make good connections and get a good job, but that’s definitely possible at a public school. I would really think about whether it’s worth the extra money (even if it’s not a lot) to transfer to a private college.</p>
<p>Assuming 2 Years of 4.0 GPA, strong essays, recommendations, and ECs:</p>
<p>Boston College- Out
Georgetown- Out
NYU- In
Columbia- Out
Penn- Out
Emory- Out
UVA- In
Villanova- In
BU- In</p>
<p>The reality is that with your SAT scores and HS record the only schools you can realistically expect to get into with two years of a 3.9-4.0 with other elements of your applications being strong are NYU, BU, Villanova, and UVA. You would also have a chance at Boston College assuming it’s not a typical year where they only have 100 spots for over 2,000 transfer applicants. </p>
<p>The real problem is that while you might carry a 4.0 from UMass there’ll be applicants with 3.7 or 3.8’s from stronger schools with SAT scores over 2100 and SAT IIs over 700 trying to transfer into Georgetown, Columbia, Penn, etc. </p>
<p>I think your best bet would be to aim for Villanova or UVA McIntire. NYU Stern will be incredibly difficult to transfer into but it certainly can be done if you keep your GPA near a 4.0 and take the quantitative classes they recommend for transfer students. </p>
<p>Paper,
I’ve read many places that the best businesses recruit at the more prestigious schools. At Umass I haven’t looked into it too much, but it’s in the middle of nowhere in western mass. I am paying full out of state tuition at Umass, which is like 38k a year. It’ll be a bit more, but I would try to apply for a bit financial aid.</p>
<p>That’s strange (to me at least). Were you transferring to be a junior, Papertown? If not, I could understand why. You’re looked at as if you were an FTF. If so, then I’ve never heard of that done that way. The private university I applied to was the only one to request my SAT scores and my Harvey Mudd friend had similar things happen to him.</p>
<p>38K a year? The school I wanted to go to was 40K a year but really around 18K after financial aid, scholarships, grants were all figured into it. I still chose not to go. But I don’t know your financial background but coming from an upper-middle class family, that’s still not worth it for out of pocket expenses.</p>