<p>I have read, and believe myself, that selective colleges only accept transfers who would have been strong freshman candidates. Unfortunately I don't have an incredible high school record.</p>
<p>What I do have is extensive internship experience throughout high school and I'm currently heavily involved in the development of a startup web company which has been an extremely enlightening experience with respect to the starting/growing/developing/managing of a business. On top of that I'm carrying a 3.92 GPA and I'm a strong writer.</p>
<p>High school was another matter entirely. I only maintained an 88/100 GPA which coupled with a 1960 SAT score wasn't quite ivy league material.</p>
<p>Now I'm already accepted into Fordham's business school but I want to keep my options open. Should I bother with the application fee at Columbia? Considering my high school performance.</p>
<p>This thread is for UC transfers, But I do wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>I believe this is the general “transfer” forum, UC transfers have their own sub-forum…</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’d have too great a chance as a freshman. If you apply as a sophomore and maintain that GPA, your chances go much higher. Remember that high school matters less as you go on. Unless you have another redeeming academic aspect in your app for high school (long list of 5’s on APs for ex), your chances aren’t too great imo. Also remember transfers are there to fill holes in the current student body and there are rarely holes in columbia for econ/financial econ majors.</p>
<p>In the end, its your decision. If you can weave your story into a compelling narrative, you might always get in. Ivy league admission is almost always a crapshoot, however.</p>
<p>Columbia doesn’t offer undergrad finance.</p>
<p>I would try as a junior if you could not have gotten in as a freshmen.</p>
<p>I believe financial engineering in the FU school of applied science is an undergraduate major? Which is a track I would like to pursue. I think I’m going to send off the application just for the hell of it and see what happens but I won’t be holding my breath.</p>
<p>They also offer financial economics which is in CC.</p>