<p>So, i go to the University of Oregon and i was planning on transferring to a college for fall 08. I am a sophomore and was preferably thinking of coming to the east coast, although i would consider the west coast, because that is where my family lives and after leaving i actually realized i would like to be less than a plane ride away. After a talk with my father i was under the impression that you can transfer practically anywhere with a good and consistent GPA, he told me that with my GPA (3.75), and the fact that i am going to a decent univ. i could practically chose any school i wanted to. This got me really excited and i started thinking, UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, ect..., but after reading up it seemed as though transferring has changed drastically. So i started to set my standards a little lower after hearing this news, thinking about schools such as U of M Ann Arbor, Rutgers, and maybe NYU or Cornell ( i have relatives that went to both NYU and Cornell). So what i'm really wondering is if my fathers transferring info is now obsolete. If so where can i expect to get in with</p>
<p>GPA: 3.75
SAT's: 1260 of 1600
Ex. Cur: Alpha Epsilon Pi (jewish fraternity) Social Chair, International Business and Economics Club.
I studied abroad in Argentina for 3 months, i think that would be a desirable factoid for the admissions officers.</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated regarding the transferring process or my chances in the aforementioned schools.</p>
<p>Oh, my mistake. As of now at U of O i’m a business major with an econ and computer science minor. i may add environmental science to that as well.</p>
<p>for UM, it depends on which college you’re applying for. If you’re gonna apply to Ross, which is the Business school, Forget about it. They only take a couple of people for transfer…and the people they DO take are from incredibly prestigious schools. You would have a better chance at applying for LSA and majoring in Econ or something.</p>
<p>The Ross School of Business at UMich only accepts sophomore transfers. You would likely get into Michigan as an Economics major. Rutgers would seem like you are making a lateral move unless you want to live on the East Coast. NYU and Columbia are reaches. You may want to retake the SAT.</p>
<p>If you want to be on the East Coast:
University of Maryland (large Jewish population, great business program)
Boston College
North Carolina (might be a reach)
Georgia
Florida?</p>
<p>Funny thing, i was actually considering washington. i checked out the school and it seemed pretty cool, so i may end up applying there (plus my half-brother graduated from there). Are universities still vying for minorities to look politically correct in the public eye, because i’m also latino. </p>
<p>As for what i want out of oregon is a more challenging environment to prepare me for life after college, because at this point in time i’m barely going to class and still getting a pretty good GPA. If i can go to a school that will prepare me better for the future that will as well give me an acclaimed degree to accompany that i think my life will be much easier, and oregon can’t offer that as well as the schools i am applying to. To be honest i don’t know what line of work i will go into, obviously at the moment i’m thinking something business related, but if i have a degree from a respected school than getting a job in a different field of work will be much easier.</p>