<p>^ If finances aren’t an issue, try Stern. </p>
<p>Is stying in Cali an issue for you too?</p>
<p>I think most people that successfully transfer into HYPS are either non-traditional or originally attended one of the other HYPS schools. Berkeley is an amazing school, but it’s not as close in selectivity.</p>
<p>Stanford transfers are ‘non-traditional’ meaning they are students with background atypical of the admitted pool - they are from community colleges, they transferred from music conservatories, have been working after high school rather than going to college. Those are examples and I’m sure there are exceptions, but you get the idea.</p>
<p>How about Wesleyan or Boston College? Both schools get a lot of grads into Wall Street and have strong alumni networks. Londondad.</p>
<p>Wharton is quant-heavy, and one semester of math won’t cut it, particularly with a C. (And over-sleeping for a final is about as bad an excuse as you can get.) But it seems to me that you are really chasing prestige, not size, correct?</p>
<p>Cornell is probably your best shot of top schools bcos it is the most transfer-friendly. Going down the USNews (prestige) list, Vandy would probably be next.</p>
<p>edited to add your earlier post, which looks like you’ve been interested in transferring since the day you arrived.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1018488-my-situation-uc-berkeley-hows-usc.html#post11361877[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1018488-my-situation-uc-berkeley-hows-usc.html#post11361877</a></p>
<p>You’ll be wasting your time. Yale’s transfer rates are even lower than Dartmouth and Williams and Stanford is even lower. By non-traditional I’m talking like 40 year old single mom who never got a degree.</p>
<p>My understanding about transfer applications is:
HS stuff not looked at
previous apps not looked at
reason stated has to be academic not social or weather or the like</p>
<p>This may vary from school to school, but you need to go to Transfer Forum to learn about these things.</p>
<p>You just really don’t know until you apply, so forget about stats and just try. Berkeley isn’t for everyone (my oldest sister tranfered there from Northwestern though, lol!), and it sounds like you haven’t found people to really connect with. A smaller school would probably be better for you. But next fall, do try to join an organization to help you find your nitch. I just get the sense that you haven’t found people really like you yet. In a school as big as Berkeley, they are there, but you have to sometimes make considerable effort to find them. What ever you are interested in, find an organization and join it! Do at least that in the fall to see if you can change your perception of UCB. If you then apply as a transfer and end up getting in somewhere else, then make the final decision. Apply to all the above you already mentioned and if doesn’t work out, then make UCB work for you.</p>
<p>thanks everyone for the replies!</p>
<p>bluebayou — cheap hit. Why the hate? I noticed that some people on this board love “catching” people in the midst of a prestige chase, even when the evidence is laughable. Let me make it clear… as long as the school is recruited by the kind of firms I’d like to work for after graduation (finance), I honestly don’t give a damn about the prestige of my school. I want good faculty and smart students, but marginal differences based on numbers are dumb. Please don’t project your sentiments onto me. I listed Wharton because people always say Penn is transfer-friendly and it’s an amazing school for people excited about business. OTOH, UVA and USC are lower than Cal on the USNews list yet I would seriously consider going to those schools as well. Cornell is IMO worse than Berkeley (location!) and Vanderbilt is not a fit at all. I don’t care if they’re ranked higher! You did a good job of “researching my past”, but otherwise it’s obvious your entire post was both ill-informed, and in bad faith.</p>
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Not necessarily - it depends on the school. For instance Brown requires a HS Transcript.</p>
<p>How about Duke or Georgetown? They are both a step above UCB Haas as far as recruiting for Wall Street jobs in NYC (especially Duke) and they are more transfer friendly than Yale, Stanford and Wharton as well as possibly Dartmouth and Williams. With Duke, you get the good weather, great finance recruitment opportunities and more importantly a smaller/more intimate learning environment.</p>
<p>Yeah, Duke sounds actually sounds quite pleasant… do I have a shot?</p>
<p>Hmm not sure, tranfer admissions are such a crapshoot. I would apply to a wide range of schools you’re interested in and see where you get in.</p>
<p>Duke’s transfer admit rate was about 1% this past year. And it is true that Penn is transfer-friendly, however Wharton isn’t really.</p>
<p>bluebayou’s point still stands… However you want to spin it, you said you “don’t care” about prestige as long as the firms you want to work at following graduation recruit at the school. Finance is a very prestige-driven field, however.</p>
<p>I suggest y’all check Penn’s numbers before claiming that it is transfer-friendly. </p>
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<p>By my math, that is 10%, which is not much different than RD. In contrast, Cornell and Vandy are several times that transfer rate.</p>
<p>The OP’s best option for The Street is transferring to NYU, but their finaid is lacking.</p>
<p>bluebayou: I was referring to Penn as transfer-friendly in relation to the rest of the Ivies (with the exception of Cornell of course).</p>
<p>Penn’s transfer acceptance rate is actually 15%. <a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202010-11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202010-11.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Well, exactly. I really don’t care about prestige, but my career aspirations do. This is why I’m somewhat limited to a certain set of rather prestigious schools.</p>
<p>So how about CMC or Pomona? Vanderbilt is also on the table. Unfortunately these don’t seem to be strong finance target schools but I might be wrong</p>
<p>I’m also starting to wonder if it isn’t just Berkeley’s size but also its student body. I’m wondering, maybe even other HUGE schools like UT Austin (McCombs) and Indiana U (Kelley) would be fine for me? My parents have always felt that the atmosphere at Cal differs from other big schools. I think I’m just not a fit. We were strapped for cash my senior year, so visiting schools unfortunately wasn’t an option.</p>
<p>How about Ross, McCombs, Kelley, even though they are huge? I think I would be a better fit. I’m realizing it might not be about size.
Access to NYC is important. I really don’t want to live in SF.</p>
<p>One more thing: if I haven’t already mentioned, I’ll be living in Berkeley’s co-ops this Fall. That might change all my opinions about the school. I admit, I just didn’t find any group of friends for me. I mentioned USC earlier because I love many of the people who go there and know that I’m a much better fit. I’m also a double legacy…</p>