Looking for a good business school to transfer to?

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<p>I've spent a year at Luther College and I really didn't like it there. After spending a year at the college, I decided that I'd rather go to a fairly large/large university as a transfer student.</p>

<p>I spent most of the year trying to figure out what I wanted to major in and I finally realized that I wanted to be a business management major. For various reasons (mostly me making bad decisions in regard to deadlines), I decided I will take a semester off and transfer in spring semester. However, I know that not all schools allow spring transfers, so I would take a year off if I found a school I really liked.</p>

<p>Basically, I'm wondering the best business schools/schools with a great business program that I have a realistic chance of getting in to. In high school, I had somewhere between a 3.5 and a 3.6 (weighted, it's about a 4.0). I took pretty much every honors, college, and AP class available to me, so I came in to Luther as a sophomore (still planning on graduating in 4 years, though). I have taken just under a year of credits at the University of Minnesota through the College in the Schools program, and I have a 3.6. At Luther, I have just above a 3.6. My classes are really random since I was trying to decide on a major, but as far as business goes, I have micro and calc out of the way (also a two credit accounting class, but I don't think it will count for anything). I have classes that would fulfill pretty much every liberal arts requirement except lab science. I got a 2120 on the SAT and 32 on the ACT. I think I'm pretty average otherwise. I'm not low income or a minority and I have ECs, work experience, and a little bit of volunteer experience, but nothing particularly noteworthy. I'm a pretty good piano player (I got a good music scholarship at Luther), but I'm not fantastic. </p>

<p>Like I said earlier, I would prefer a larger school. It's very important to me that they have a good business program, and a business school would be preferable, but isn't necessary. I considered Carlson quite a bit since I live in Minnesota, but I don't have macro (which is necessary to transfer) and I don't think I would be accepted with my GPA anyway. I would also really like to study abroad, so I would want to go somewhere where that would be an option. I want to go to school in or by a big city. I would especially love to go to school in California (preferably around LA, but anywhere would be great), but I don't know if I could get into a decent private school there and with out-of-state tuition, I'm worried any public schools would be too expensive. I was paying about $22,000 at Luther with room and board included and I don't want to go TOO much above that, however, I understand that that might not be realistic looking out-of-state. Basically, the cheaper the better, assuming it fits my other requirements.</p>

<p>If anyone has any ideas, I would really appreciate it!</p>

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Public CA schools will probably be too expensive for you (they try to make $ on their OOS students). Assuming you are a MN resident, are there any other in-state business schools? As a transfer you won’t be eligible for much merit aid at most schools (that’s reserved to lure high performing HSers). It sounds like your family makes a good amount of money so a school that meets need would not help. Perhaps one of the SUNYs?</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! I will look into them. It seems Albany, Buffalo, and Binghamton are best for business? </p>

<p>I also realized I made some things a little unclear in the first post.</p>

<p>I got unsubsidized and subsidized Stafford loans, as well as work study, but I did not get any grants. At Luther, I had an $18,000 academic scholarship, a $3,000 music scholarship,and a $1,000 legacy scholarship. We also took out a $10,000 MN Self loan.</p>

<p>I would be fine with a smaller school if it was in a really large urban area, but I would still prefer it was larger than Luther (ie not 2500, but under 10,000 would be fine). My friend who just graduated from USC recommended Pepperdine, Cal Poly SLO, LMU, and SDSU (also USC but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t get in). I liked LMU from what I read about it and it seems like I could be accepted, but I don’t know if I have a shot at getting any financial aid there?</p>

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<p>A 3.6 college GPA is pretty good.</p>

<p>No idea about LMU’s transfer financial aid, but be aware that Pepperdine is quite religious and a smaller, isolated school. You may also wish to look into University of San Diego and Chapman. SDSU and SLO, although their business programs are both quite reputable in Southern California will cost way more than $22,000 a year. </p>

<p>Would it be possible to take macro-economics at a community college during your gap year and then apply to U Minn? You’d need to request two transcripts when applying to transfer schools, but it wouldn’t be terrible. You might also want to consider some of the schools that offer Minnesota residents in state tuition. </p>

<p>Here are some universities you might want to consider:
-Emory (reach, but gives good need based aid, and has an excellent business program in a suburban locale)
-Southern Methodist University
-Elon
-Tulane
-Depaul
-University of Rochester (reach)
-U Miami (reach)
-Syracuse
-Wake Forest
-Gonzaga
-Loyola Chicago
-University of Denver
-University of Louisiana - Lafayette (academic and financial safety)</p>