<p>hey all.</p>
<p>although i am not completely set on this, i am thinking about transferring to a business undergrad school (ideally top 10-15) after my freshman year at UCLA (or nyu) majoring in economics most likely</p>
<p>sat: 2280 (790 M / 760 CR)
HS gpa uw: 3.55</p>
<p>PLEASE. ANYONE with experience/advice.... help a buddy out here.
?should i do a summer internship in business?
?take calculus courses over summer to MAKE SURE i get A's in the required math classes for econ?</p>
<p>ANY ADVICE?</p>
<p>I would wait longer than just after your freshman year. If you have under 60 college credits, top colleges will weigh your high school GPA more heavily, which will unfortunately bring you down. Use your first two years of college to improve your stats and collect ECs and internships and things. After your sophomore year, transfer schools won’t hardly consider your high school stats at all.
If you can get yourself a summer business internship… do it. If you can get As in calc, that’d be great as well. Until then, see how well you like the school you’re currently at.</p>
<p>I’d say go into UCLA or NYU with the mindset of not transferring, because you might actually like the school and their programs. If you go into your freshmen year with a kind of skewed outlook, you really are limiting yourself and not giving the programs a chance.</p>
<p>NYU has a great program and being in NYC, the financial capital of the U.S., there are a myriad of opportunities that await you. UCLA is a great school and both a degree and education from either of these institutions can open doors for you if you take advantage of all the opportunities that are presented to you. </p>
<p>In terms of internships, you should definitely engage in all opportunities that will allow you to learn and gain skills that will make a top candidate for jobs when you graduate college. </p>
<p>If you feel that taking important courses over the summer at community college or other places will result in higher grades, then you should definitely get them out of the way so you can focus on getting good grades and taking courses that deeply interest you.</p>
<p>I hope all of this information helps you!</p>
<p>thanks bruinsjew.</p>
<p>do you have any experience with economics at ucla? i hear its insanely competitive.
and you realize im NOT going to nyu stern, right?</p>
<p>other than that…anyone else?</p>
<p>I do not have any experience with Economics at UCLA, but I can tell you that if you want to go to a Top 10-15 program, the level of rigor will be just as hard if not harder. Economics is one of the harder social sciences, it requires excellent spatial and analytical skills. It’s going to be challenging where ever you go, but more so at top schools (and UCLA is considered a top school, as is NYU) because the caliber of students you’re competing with are at your level and beyond. </p>
<p>Stern or not, being in a city that is known as the mecca of finance, has so many wonderful opportunities to offer if you utilize all the resources that are available to you. </p>
<p>Many companies hire Interns for Fall/Spring, but typically not until junior and senior year. Though, I’ve know soph. who intern for smaller firms.</p>