International students wanna transfer out of Ohio State

Transfer Students
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I have already finished one year in Ohio State. I have earned 56 credits(including AP credits). Most fit in GE requirements…
I would love to transfer to UVA or UNC or Mount Holyoke.
I am looking for schools have good business schools. But not that expensive. I know some business companies have target schools when hiring people. Also, I may continue do Master degree in the US.

Cumulative Gpa：3.44 (I took Honors Calculus first semester that sucked a lot)
Major: Marketing. Maths minor
HS Gpa: 87/100 (We don’t use letter grade)
Uni EC : USG
Club President
RA next year
Cultural Ambassador
Member of NRHH
What are my chances?

Thanks in advance!

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UVA / UNC are a bit out of your reach, but I wouldn’t take them off of your school list. As I would tell any fellow student, apply BROADLY, assuming you don’t want to stay in Ohio State.

I recommend you add University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Business School, and Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

When looking for institutions, look for business major rank, as well as average admitted transfer student GPA (to give an idea of what schools generally look for. Keep in mind, these are usually dead averages).

3

If you are looking for schools with good business schools why do you list Mount Holyoke.

4

It’s my dream school. I was graduated from a girls’ high school. I love the atmosphere with girls. It’s more tolerant.

5

Thanks for your advice! UIUC is too cold for me. Also, it’s more like a countryside growing corns. lol

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Also, have you thought about sitting through one more year of classes, just to boost your GPA 0.2-0.3 more points to be more competitive? A lot more doors open for you if you have a 3.6-3.7.

7

Yeah, I may transfer at the end of my sophomore year. The gpa is important and I am striving for that.

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Assuming you boost that GPA to a 3.7, UVA and UNC become a much more likely choices. And, assuming you do boost your GPA to the number mentioned above, I can throw a lot more names out there.





However, as I’m sure you can understand, we can only discuss the opportunities that are realistically available to you now.





As it stands, I can only recommend a few decent business school. NYU Stern comes to mind, but it’s a reach.





Just saying, you could throw some applications out there, if you’re willing to go through the process. There’s nothing wrong with applying again during your sophomore year if freshman year doesn’t work out, but if I were you, I’d stay a year and boost that GPA.





Best of luck! Don’t hesitate to privately message me if you have any more questions.

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Simmons is a women’s college in Boston that has an excellent reputation for business. Have you checked it out? Admissions would not be as difficult as for MHC.

http://www.simmons.edu/

10

Thanks for you efforts! Well, my parents care about the school’s ranking a lot. Simmons college is good but does it have many international students?

11

Thank you for your suggestions! Do you mean stay for my whole sophomore year in Ohio State and then transfer in my junior year? Will it be more difficult to transfer in junior year?

My original plan in to apply for AU18. But the gpa would be a harsh problem. Assume I got straight As next semester, my gpa would be around 3.64. Do you think I should use four-year forgiveness rule in OSU to retake one class which I got a B to boost my GPA?

Much appreciation!

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Retaking one class in which you got a B in won’t do much to your GPA. I recommend you focus on your second year, and do your best to boost your GPA.



Since you imply that Honors Calculus was the main reason for your subpar GPA, I assume you got worse than a B. Can you not retake that class?

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That’s a sad story to tell. I got a C+ in Honors Calculus(which is Cal1+Cal2). But since I had already taken Cal 3, I can’t retake Honors Calculus. I got a B in Cal 3.

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@yy0203cool I think you should take one more year.



Some simple number crunching shows that if you maintain a 4.0 for both remaining semesters, your GPA will be ≈3.72, which puts you in a very good spot for UVA and UNC.



As I mentioned before, expand your list. If you really want to go through the process, you can apply this upcoming cycle, and if that doesn’t work out, then you can reapply as a rising junior, although, I think you should hold off and officially start applying as a rising junior.