Junior Transfer Stats and Possibilities

Transfer Students
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<p>My past few years in a nutshell. During my high school years I never paid any attention to college applications nor did I really know anything about college. I didn't even let anyone read my application essays! Actually i was fighting with my ex-girlfriend as I was writing them for the UCs. So after one year of college I think I've grown more than I have in the past 18 years of my life.
After being sent to the fields of Merced and learning a great deal about myself, I mean what else can you do when you're surrounded in all directions by hundreds of miles of agriculture?!, I feel I have done better in class and have been more involved on campus thus improving my chances of getting into better college. I mean I don't mind the miles of agriculture I guess, but the name of the school is basically non-existent. I'm not all about the prestige of the school, but I know employers do take into consideration where you earned your undergraduate degree. So I started my college transfer search like like anyone would, the internet. I googled a college business undergraduate college ranking list and picked some schools I've heard of and schools friends are currently attending. I haven't checked the transfer requirements or GPA requirements for getting into these awesome schools other than Berkeley and USC, but I was hoping this thread would shed some light on the application process and my chances of transferring. Don't be afraid to be brutally honest, I've grown up enough to be able to take a little criticism :) but not enough to stop making those ridiculous faces.</p>

<p>I am current a Management Major, but if I were to transfer I would like to do Entrepreneurship, International Business, or Management.</p>

<p>Schools I am considering:
Cornell
Brigham Young (Marriot)
NYU (Stern)
Boston College (Carroll)
USC (Marshall)
Virginia (McIntire)</p>

<p>High School GPA(unweighted): 3.3
SAT: 1800
EC: Captain of varsity basketball team
Member of UNICEF</p>

<p>UC Merced
College GPA: 3.625 (after first year)
EC: Vice president of Finance for the Business Society
Student Programming Assistant for Housing (fall semester)
Member of Student Affairs Advisory Committee
Student body president's marketing assistant (spring semester)
Member of Collegiate Alumni Foundation
Played Intramural football(champions) and basketball</p>

<p>Fall Semester 2007
Core(GE): B-
Economics: A+
PreCalc: B
Writing 10: B+
FALL GPA: 3.25</p>

<p>Spring Semester 2008
Chinese 1: A
Accounting: A
Calculus: A
Ecosystems of California(Science w/o lab): A
SPRING GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 3.625</p>

<p>Classes I plan on taking</p>

<p>Fall Semester 2008
Environmental Engineering 10(Science w/ lab)
Economics 10 (Statistical Inference)
CSE 5 (Introduction to Computer Applications)
MGMT 100 (Intermediate Microeconomic Theory)</p>

<p>Spring 2009
Hopefully my schedule allows me to sign up for these classes in the spring.
MGMT 25 (Finance)
MGMT 101 (introduction to macroeconomic Theory)
Chinese 2
Political Science 1 OR Psychology 1</p>

<p>Open to any suggestions or feedback you would like to give me. I'm oblivious to this whole transfer process and my chances of getting into a top-tier school. Searching through those university websites for transfer requirements is such a pain. I thought this would be much more interesting and productive.</p>

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<p>Your low SATs and frankly spotty high school record will not help your case, but are of relatively little importance for junior transfers, so there is hope yet. Your college transcript is solid so long as you keep your GPA at or above where it is now. I am unfamiliar with many of your target schools, but my assessment is as follows:</p>

<p>Cornell: Reach
USC: Low-Reach/High Match
NYU: High Match</p>

<p>You would be wise to read the following threads, as they will likely answer any question that you may have regarding transfer admissions:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/390861-transfer-admissions-101-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/390861-transfer-admissions-101-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/520037-advice-former-transfers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/520037-advice-former-transfers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You might want to take an extra class fall semester to boost that GPA a bit.</p>

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<p>Get to know one or two professors very well so they will be able to write you an amazing recommendation. It might mean trying to take more than one class with a professor and/or working with the person outside of class on some sort of project. Have you found a professor who acts in a mentoring capacity - a professor you have talked with about your goals and who has given you strong support and feedback? If not yet, that is something to work on asap. Your GPA isn’t quite high enough (yet) to dazzle admissions… so very strong rec’s is a must.</p>

<p>Annika</p>

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<p>In addition to the links wayward gave u, you might also want to check out the collegeboard website, “2008 Transfer Rate” sticky, and the Official 2008 Transfer Result Thread. They are all great resources to get an idea of where u stand and how good your chances are for specific schools.</p>

<p>It’s also probably wise to check out the admission website for each of the schools as well. From my understanding, most business schools have prerequisites u must complete in order to be considered.</p>

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<p>Do you know if colleges take into consideration your fall semester grades of your sophomore year or do they just look at the mid-semester report? This is the first time in my life that I’ve gotten straight As so I don’t think I can go back to anything less. I’m hoping I’ll have a cumulative of a 3.7 after my fall semester.
Does the recommendation have to be from a professor or can it be from a staff member at school? My old boss from the housing office absolutely loves me and I was thinking he would definitely be a good person to ask for a recommendation, but since he’s not a teacher he wouldn’t be as credible.
I know the key to writing a good transfer essay is learning as much about the school as possible, but do you have any suggestions on starting the writing process or anything I should try to focus on as I write it?
Thanks for all your posts! I just woke up and thought I’d check the thread to see if anyone even viewed it much less replied! any information is very much appreciated!
I’ve knocked my list down a little since. After reading the Undergrad B-School Rankings I have decided to take out Brigham Young because the student population is 98% Morman, Brown because of their strong Jesuit values since I attended a Jesuit high school and it wasn’t for me, and I think McIntire is quite a reach.</p>

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<li><p>Yes, colleges will see your fall grades.</p></li>
<li><p>Recommendations must be from professors or instructors. Send one from your boss as a supplement to your application and underscore the importance of your work.</p></li>
<li><p>This sounds really silly, but a great way to start an essay is to have a conversation with someone about why you want to transfer and what the real motive behind each school application is. It will reveal your intentions, make for delightful conversation, and give you good essay fodder. Also, write as if you are writing to be read by another human, which you are.</p></li>
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<p>Hey, I actually applied to a lot of these schools this year and thought I was competitive in all of them. I had a 3.9 HS GPA, 1930 SATs, 3 transferable APs, and a 3.95 College GPA (from comm. college). Unfortunately, I got rejected from almost all of these schools. It is important to remember that at most of these schools, admission into the business program is the MOST competitive out of all other programs/schools. </p>

<p>Here is my take on the schools:</p>

<p>Cornell - I’m guessing your applying to the AEM major, the undergrad business program, within CALS. This is a state school which means you will be at a disadvantage as you live in CA. The acceptance rate for AEM is 1/6 (including state acceptances). Thus, it will be very competitive.</p>

<p>Stern (NYU) - I spoke to the admissions guy from Stern and he told me that this year admissions were so competitive that they even evaluated HS and SATs and put a decent level of importance on them as well. It’s important to remember that NYU receives more applications than any other school in the country. </p>

<p>McIntire (UVA) - It is a state school business program which only accepts 12 out of state transfer students. Thus, again, it is really competitive. </p>

<p>Carroll (BC) - BC, as a whole, only accepted 75 transfer students out of like 1800 apps this year. And when I spoke to the admissions officer, she told me that Carroll was the most competitive, in terms of acceptance rate, out of all the other undergrad schools. Once again, really competitive. </p>

<p>Other points to consider:</p>

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<li><p>A lot of these b-schools have prerequisites for getting into their programs. So it’s important to make sure you get those out of the way by Spring of 2009. Cornell - AEM requires two semester of lab-based Biology and Berkeley-Haas has 10-15 different required courses. No program will even consider you if you have not completed or not in the process of completing the prereqs - make sure you check the websites for each b-school and make your class schedule based on what prereqs you are currently missing. </p></li>
<li><p>Make sure every class you take will be transferable to the schools you are applying to. For example, Ecosystems of California(Science w/o lab), a class which is so specific to the state of CA, may not transfer to NYU. </p></li>
<li><p>Try taking 5 courses per semester. Course load is an important factor in the admissions process. Plus, if you do well in the classes, you can increase your GPA at a faster rate. Also, with your current schedule, you will only have 48 credits (excluding APs) by the end of spring 2009 and this number may not be constituted as junior status in many schools. </p></li>
<li><p>I’m not seeing Calc2 on your list for this year. My advice is to take it b/c you’ll have to take it in most of these business programs and it’s an easily transferable class. It’ll be harder to take Calc2 after a 1 yr break from Calc1. </p></li>
<li><p>Don’t take too many business classes (i.e. Finance) at your current school. B-schools want you to take the business classes at their school. Thus, you might to want to subsitute them with challenging but easily transferable electives…or Calc2? lol</p></li>
<li><p>Do a summer internship this year which is business related and can show these b-schools that you have made an effort to apply your learning. It will show then that you have a real interest in business. This experience can also make for a good topic in your admissions essay. </p></li>
<li><p>This may not be feasible for you right now, but if you have the time…take the SATs again and see if you can score higher. I know of kids that have significantly increased their scores, as college students, and have been accepted into top-notch schools. Also, when I asked the McDonough (GTown) and Carroll (BC) admission counselors why I got rejected from their schools, they both mentioned relatively low SAT scores as a reason. </p></li>
<li><p>Why isn’t Berkeley-Haas on your list? It’s a state schools, which means that you (as a CA resident) have an advantage. Plus, its a better b-school than many schools on your list. Consider applying there…beware of the long prerequisite list. </p></li>
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<p>Thats all for now…hope this helps!</p>

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<p>wayward_trojan</p>

<p>When you say ‘write like you are writing to another human’, does that mean I should keep it casual? Like, should I use phrase like “I suppose” or “I’ve always though…”. Or would that be too casual and detract from my essay?</p>

<p>Also, Cornell is not a state school. And I’m pretty sure UCLA recieves more applications than NYU.</p>

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<p>CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) which I mentioned in my post is where the AEM program is in, is a state school. </p>

<p>Also, I heard about NYU being the most applied to school in the country during a visit to NYU last winter.</p>

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<p>I found this article for students considering transferring to Berkeley. explaining the breakdown of what the school looks for and around how much they weigh your grades, essays, and resume.
With the classes I have taken and plan to take listed above, am I fulfilling the 7-9 breadth courses?</p>

<p>[A</a> Full Calendar for Berkeley Students](<a href=“http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/apr2006/bs20060417_524502.htm?chan=search]A”>http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/apr2006/bs20060417_524502.htm?chan=search)</p>