<p>i'll be an upcoming sophomore at maryland and i'll be applying to smith at the end of the fall. i took a workshop my freshman year about admission into the business school and i guess they sort of scared me about how tough they look at each person's resume and grades. i was wondering if you guys could chance me. they say they prefer a GPA above 3.5 but if its below they consider extra curricular. i appreciate the help</p>
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<li>Accounting 1 - B Accounting 2 - A (taken at community college, going to transfer soon)</li>
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<p>GPA 3.34
Work experience : Eppley Rec Center
Extra Curricular :
- Vice president of Finance for the business school club, international economics and finance society (IEFS)
- FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students)
- Scholarship committee of Markets and Society (learning program for pre business students, attended for the first semester)
- Events committee for class of 2013 council (first semester only)
- high school work experience (although i'm sure they wont care) internship in budgeting at the nuclear regulatory commission</p>
<p>Let me know what you find out. I am a parent of a prospective student and the admission possibilities to the Smith School of Business are one of the things that are causing me to have second thoughts. You have a very good record and lots of great accomplishments but as you know they have very few slots available for junior year entry(around 200 I believe). I am thinking of having my son apply elsewhere for exactly this reason.</p>
<p>I imagine you’ve already seen Business Week’s report: [University</a> of Maryland: Undergraduate Profile ? BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?) If only 43% of Smith students are admitted as freshmen, the odds of transferring in can’t be all that bad. My DS is a rising senior in Smith so I’d be happy to privately answer any questions you may have.</p>
<p>Well I actually have been enrolled at UMD since my freshman year. I only took summer accounting classes at a community college this summer because i know accounting is a “weed out” class for business majors. plus i wanted to get ahead and finish my 60 credits by the end of fall so that i could apply in the spring 2011 instead of the fall 2011 which will be my junior year. do you think that i would have a better chance of getting admissions in the spring semester as a sophomore than in the fall where the majority of students (rising freshman and juniors) apply at that time?</p>