<p>As a transfer student accepted for Fall '09 my question is whether I should take a semester in LSA and establish a GPA or apply to Ross before the deadline with my current body of work from a tier 1. I feel like I am at a disadvantage compared to students currently at Michigan already and should just see how my first semester goes and then apply for Ross later. Is this is a good path to follow, or should I just apply to Ross and then go into a concentration unrelated to business if not accepted?</p>
<p>Wow. We are in the exact same boat lol.</p>
<p>If you attend a Michigan peer institution (Ivy League, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, Cal, UVa, UCLA, UNC etc...) and have a solid GPA (over 3.6), Ross is reasonably realistic. You will still be at a disadvantage compared to Michigan applicants because Ross is obligated to its own students. At any rate, even transfers who apply to Ross must first get into LSA, so you lose nothing by applying to Ross.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information Alexandre. Also, I have a few more questions and would appreciate if you could answer them through your msg inbox.</p>
<p>No problem.</p>
<p>Ross only admits transfers for the fall term so you can't just do one semester in LSA without wasting a whole year.</p>
<p>Ross is a 3-year program regardless of your class standing. So if you transfer in as a junior, you still have to spend 3 years at Ross.</p>