<p>I am attending GW this upcoming fall for Mechanical Engineering.</p>
<p>I know GW engineering is not the strongest and their facilities are lacking so I want to transfer to an Ivy or top 25 school as a sophomore. </p>
<p>I had a 3.6 GPA in High School (barely top 5% out of 917 kids)
2140 SAT, 700 MathII, 730 USH </p>
<p>Any successful transfers have any tips for me? Should I tell the Dean that I want to transfer immediately after school starts in September?</p>
<p>Also how feasible is it to transfer into a school as a business or econ major?</p>
<p>so you want to switch majors? hmm, i think more important than stats at this point is having a compelling reason for the major switch. as for your stats, try to maintain at least a 3.8 to have a decent shot at top 25, especially if your considering wharton, stern, ross, goizueta, cornell AEMe, etc for biz/econ</p>
<p>It doesn’t sound like the original poster wants to change his or her major, rather he or she wants to transfer to a school that has a better mechanical engineering program (yes?).</p>
<p>i agree with melon. if you’re going to try to switch majors, then make sure you focus on taking the prereqs for your prospective schools instead of major classes at gw.</p>
<p>Hahaha shoot I didn’t read the last line of what the original poster wrote. My bad.</p>
<p>I also agree with Melon. As long as you can show your interest in econ or business in your first year then definitely try to transfer. I’d try to avoid taking too many engineering classes your first year though if you intend on being a business or econ major since you won’t really need them.</p>
<p>He could still take a bunch of calculus if he wants. Most economics degrees require some amount of it.</p>
<p>Well what do you guys think? </p>
<p>I believe that if I try transferring to another school as an engineering major, I’ll have a legitimate case. GW has a weak engineering program, hence I want to transfer to a better school. </p>
<p>The only reason I mentioned changing majors is that I wanted to apply to Cornell, but from the sound of it, engineering is death there. If I’m taking Calc I and II, Physics, Chem and then the mandatory SEAS classes, is engineering my only option?</p>
<p>well, they’ll wonder why you’re sticking to an engineering program and not trying out some of your new major’s classes. if you can get all the prereqs done and still explore some other classes, then go for it. it won’t be your ONLY option, but if you don’t have the prereqs for your other major done, there will be an issue</p>
<p>What schools do you think I will be a competitive applicant for, if I maintain a 4.0 my first semester as a freshman?</p>
<p>If you want to stay on the math/engineering side but am also interested in incorporating business/econ in your degree,
look at majors in operations research.
I know Cornell has a strong program in OR.
It’s under the CoE though so might be very tough to get into.</p>
<p>If you decide to apply to OR your engineering classes will probably make sense to the schools you’re applying to and most likely fulfill their pre-reqs (I’m assuming pre-reqs for most engineering schools are similar?).
But definately take an econ class or two to at least show some interest in the field.</p>
<p>im interested in the answer to this question:</p>
<p>“Any successful transfers have any tips for me? Should I tell the Dean that I want to transfer immediately after school starts in September?”</p>
<p>i also def want to transfer. this question seems pretty important. should i also tell my professors? any help please!! :)</p>
<p>I’m not sure whether telling your dean about your desire to transfer on the first day of school is a good thing…
Might come off as very arrogant.</p>
<p>no, don’t tell them. spend your time forging strong relationships with them and then when it comes time to ask for a LOR, they will actually have something to say about you instead of “well this kid just wanted me to write a letter from the start”. why would the dean need to know? he/she has nothing to do with your choice to transfer</p>
<p>Thank you, ilovebarneys. Can anyone tell me where I’d be a competitive applicant as a transfer with these stats?</p>
<p>Since you haven’t even started at GW, I think if you are thinking of transferring later you should change your major now to its business economics program. Why bother with engineering at all?</p>
<p>And keep your transfer thoughts to yourself until January.</p>
<p>I heard that GWU has started to build its reputation on the Engineering program. Try spending a year there and see if you like it. GWU is a really nice school with helpful people.</p>
<p>If you want to change major, then I suggest you make that alternation right now so you could start ahead.</p>
<p>I can’t really change my major at GW. I’m on a big scholarship that requires me to stay enrolled at SEAS.</p>