<p>If you’re a junior transfer into the BC community, how difficult is it to establish new group of friendships? I heard that the BC student body tends to be somewhat depressing.</p>
<p>By junior year in any college, many friendships have already been established. Transferring in as a junior will present challenges that don’t exist for freshman. </p>
<p>BC is no different than any other school on this. The age-old recommendations still apply (join groups/clubs/activities/sports that you’re interested in.) </p>
<p>I believe your statement that “the BC student body tends to be somewhat depressing” is totally unfounded - and definitely not true.</p>
<p>I would have to say very, very difficult. I am currently a freshman here, and though the student body is by no means cliquey, not many students will be willing to go out of their way to meet new people. Most of us have already surrounded ourselves with a group of close friends. It’s not impossible- you just have to take the initiative.</p>
<p>also look into subletting for housing. there are always groups needing to fill a spot in their apartment/house because of their friends backing out due to a variety of reasons. for example, one of the guys that was supposed to be in our house next year got a job as an RA and now we need to fill his spot. so if interested please send a message and if not good luck</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I was a little concerned since this keeps me wondering about the friendship and alumni connections.</p>
<p>If anyone else wants to express [their] thoughts, I’d be glad to hear it.</p>
<p>Anyone here on the BC forum know if a HS underachiever with low GPA and SAT scores can make up a strong college profile and transfer into the CSOM in Junior year? (I’m going to use either the traveling experience or internship experience to deflate the importance of my SAT score… if that helps…)</p>
<p>In general, Junior transfers are (almost) all college grades+recs+essays (why transfer here?). HS gpa+test scores are usually a non-factor. </p>
<p>fwiw: you might also consider colleges with larger transfer populations, which makes it easier to assimilate. (Colleges like BC have a high retention rate so there is little room to add transfers.) Some of the colleges at Cornell, for example, are transfer-friendly.</p>
<p>I’ll let you know in middle May/early June. my story is extremely similar to what you wrote.</p>
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<p>Sorry, but I don’t think Cornell has an undergraduate business program. I was looking into UVA, but someone had mentioned that a NY residence will reduce my chances being that in state students have a bigger advantage; even with those coming from VA States and VA CCs. If you have others up in mind, I’d be glad to hear your recommendations [not NYU because they’re really bad with Financial Aid].</p>
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<p>Really? Have you applied to CSOM?</p>
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<p>Indeed, they do, and its ranked (much) higher than CSOM. And, Cornell even offer instate tuition since the undergrad biz major is part of the Ag school. (But also requires that you take Bio, or AP out of it.)</p>
<p>[Applied</a> Economics and Management/Cornell](<a href=“http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/index.htm]Applied”>http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/index.htm)</p>
<p>[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Programs - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business)</p>
<p>Yes, UVa is hard as heck for admission OOS, but still worth a shot bcos they have great finaid for OOS.</p>
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<p>Sorry, being that Cornell has a high suicide rate, I don’t think I would feel too happy at all being there.</p>
<p>As a NYS resident, Cornell AEM is almost a no-brainer, (if you could get in).<br>
- It’s significantly cheaper than BC ($38k vs $55k)
- Cornell finaid maybe better (?)
- It’s degree will travel farther.<br>
- It’s higher ranked, and prestige matters a LOT in business
- Stronger alumni network everywhere but the NE
- Stronger connections to Wall Street
- The Ivy name (and strong science program) is strong internationally
- If you get in, they won’t try to flunk you out. (Will you have to work harder for a B, perhaps…) </p>
<p>That’s all the academic and career side. For some/many, however, the social life in BC will trump all of the above points.</p>
<p>[Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/?chan=magazine+channel_special+report]Top”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/?chan=magazine+channel_special+report)</p>
<p>Bluebayou, I am not looking for a B at a prestigious university. I’m looking into prestigious schools where I can intentionally do better than just to get a B. I believe that in comparison of people who attend BC vs Cornell, BC has a higher retention rate. It won’t make too much of a difference which undergraduate program for business you attend since there’s always graduate school ahead of me. I believe that BC vs Cornell can’t make a difference since they’re both on the top 20.</p>
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<p>Do you have any hard stats on that? Specifically, Cornell AEM vs. CSOM?</p>
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<p>That is perhaps true in the NE. But only true in the NE.</p>
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<p>Agree, undergrad does not much matter for MBA programs. But high quality work experience does matter. And then the question you have to ask yourself: from which school might you land better jobs after your BS? To which undergrad programs do the top recruiters flock?</p>
<p>And finally, it’s hard to ignore the price differential…since you need finaid, you should cast a wide net. </p>
<p>fwiw: Based on my reading of cc over the years, it does not appear that many colleges are generous with need-based aid to transfers. (I have no idea if BC is generous or not.) Just a recommendation tp apply broadly so you will be able to compare packages.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
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<p>I, myself, personally know that a prestigious university like Cornell does mean you will be successful than someone from a less prestigious school if you’re work experience is less competitive. A 3.5 at Boston College is better than a 3.0 at Cornell, unless Cornell is grade deflated. Some people can usually do better at one school than another and I do not see how Cornell matches up to my interest as you cannot force me to continue looking into Cornell. It’s an individual decision.</p>
<p>I don’t mind paying a 40k tuition for my last two years of college unless if it’s 10k more and ONLY if BC does provide me with some scholarship. </p>
<p>And you’re wrong about the financial aid part. University of Rochester is one of them (look at their website) and Fordham University does seem to intend on offering financial aids to transfer students based on their merit aids and academic performance.</p>
<p>[Boston</a> College Profile - SAT Scores and Admissions Data for Boston College](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegeprofiles/p/Boston-College.htm]Boston”>Boston College: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA) : As you can see, higher percentage of people from BC graduate within 1% higher than Cornell University’s. But that 1% could mean hundreds of people. Sometimes it varies because Cornell University could have alot of majors who flunk out from its program(s).</p>
<p>I did not come here to seek for a one-on-one argument with you, so I’m just going to ignore whatever replies you make as they’re not worth my time. The thread topic was on whether a Junior transfer into CSOM is possible and if social aspects can be adjusted. I did not come here to ask what schools have good programs or what’s the graduation rate for each school. You sir, are creating digressions.</p>
<p>Replying to Bluebayou, HpefulEagle86 wrote:
Wow! I would say it’s the other way around.</p>
<p>After scanning your other threads on cc, I see you’re engaging in lots of discussions related to transferring to top colleges in your sophomore or junior year. Yet, you also state in those threads your HS GPA is a 3.0 with 1570 for an SAT score. Shouldn’t you be focusing on what it will take to bring your profile up to a point where top schools would be interested in you as a transfer?</p>
<p>Bluebayou provided you with some valuable input.</p>
<p>Bluebayou and other people have provided me solid suggestions on the attempt of transferring out with atrocious records, but the point made in this thread was not to discuss anything else other than those concerns. Thanks, but the point where it took us into an argument was when we started discussing about the aspects of Cornell University vs. BC, which was not expected.</p>