<p>My D has applied to the School of Education and we think that she has a good chance of acceptance. I am concerned that if she changes her mind about her future career as a teacher, is it possible for her to transfer into the School of A+S or the School of Business?</p>
<p>A current student at BC told us that one needs a 3.6 to transfer to another school. Is it that difficult to transfer?</p>
<p>It’s going to be extremely difficult to transfer from any other school into the Carroll School of Management. Tranfering into schools besides CSOM is doable from what I understand.</p>
<p>She would have no problem at all transferring into A&S, but it is indeed quite difficult to transfer into CSOM and only a handful are able to do it each year.</p>
<p>Are there GPA or timeline guidelines for transferring into each schools? I cannot find it on the BC web site.</p>
<p>There are, but I would advise just waiting until your daughter meets with her BC advisor to discuss this during orientation.</p>
<p>Poor advice , this is a question that needs to be addressed before depositing.</p>
<p>How is that poor advice? It has been made explicitly clear that you CAN change schools. Its not hard except for getting into CSOM. In this particular situation, she does not know if she will even need to transfer, so what is the point of getting all frazzled with getting dates, deadlines, etc. regarding speculation? </p>
<p>If the OP is so concerned about her daughter’s need to transfer, then maybe BC isn’t for her. BC is harder to transfer between programs than the average school. In answering the original question, I believe that a 3.6 is a safe GPA to be able to switch schools. Why is it “so high?” BC does not want low-GPA students switching schools because they want to find something easier.</p>
<p>It is poor advice because this is a question that the family needs specific information that could impact their decision to enroll.
It is information that can readily be answered immediately by the admissions office or by the specific schools in question.</p>
<p>Advising the OP to wait until summer or orientation after depositing to get answers about internal academic policies is indeed poor advice.</p>
<p>As for questioning whether BC is the appropriate University for the OP , that will be clearer after all their questions regarding academic programs have a chance to be answered.</p>
<p>The better advice is to call BC and ask these questions!</p>