Hello!
I thought that I might make a thread for people who are trying transferring directly into the McIntire school of Commerce!
I know that it is really competitive and I’m anxious to find out the final decisions! In the mean time, we can keep each other company on this thread.
How competitive do you think the applications will be this year?? I heard that they are taking less people in total.
I am trying to transfer from a 4-year institution as an in-state student.
Anybody transferring from CC? 4-year institutions? I don’t think I’m alone in this struggle am I?
If UVA capped 350 seats this year, there will be only 20-30 seats available for transferred students. Given 250 applicants, the yield is 8-12%. Good luck, folks!
Let’s crunch some numbers for fun – given 250 applicants, 52% will be rejected due to lack of credits, too much credits or not matched requisites (- 130) so the qualified pool will be 250-130=120. Assumed of 20% cutoff from 3.60 GPA and below, the pool gets smaller to 96 applicants. If you are one of those 96, your chance is 20-31%. BTW, the acceptance rate is available for internal UVA/McIntire wannabe, their acceptance is ~60% out of 547 applicants.
Good luck!
I think we also have to take into consideration where you are transferring from. I think that most of the people who are applying will be coming from CCs (this pool might make up more than half of the applicants). I know that McIntire has a preference towards these students and there is probably some quota that they have to meet. I have the impression that the admissions office will divide up the applicant pool into three different categories: Virginia CC students, in-state applicants applying from four year institutions, and out of state applicants. Lets say that they take 70% of the people from CCs and that they plan on taking 28 transfers in total. That would mean that they will take 20 students from CCs and 8 from other institutions. From the 8 people that they take from other institutions they may take 2 out of state applicants and 6 in state applicants. If we look at it this way, I think that each student has a different chance of getting in.
@McIntireguy123 … You could tell that I was tempting to introduce those 3 categories into my chance analysis as well; however, I did not because not only those 3 categories; there are other decidedly factors at play as well, e.g., first generation thru college, different kind of “political” appointments, etc … So, yes, I concur that different people will have a different chance.
I think that these three categories are probably the most important things to consider since UVA has policies to be biased towards in-state students and then to students who are from NOVA. I think that everything else, including first generation along with any other form of accommodations will be considered later after looking at the qualifications. Perhaps they can be the determining factor in picking students who have similar profiles. Are you applying for the Fall 2015 semester?
Not me, personally. So I read that you are ambitious going for UVA Law as well if you got in? Great move and good luck!
Thanks! I wish I could talk to other McIntire applicants this round just to see their profile.
The blessing rests in the unknown. The truth hurts, if not favored. So leave off the notion to compare profiles/stats
Hey everyone,
I transferred into McIntire last fall. They are getting more selective about transfer admissions. This year for my class there were only 25 students admitted (12% of all the applicants). If you have any questions about transferring to McIntire feel free to message me.
hey,
I have a place in Bice (on-grounds) housing for a male for 2015-2016 if anyone is interested. It’s a 1 minute walk to the comm school. you can actually see it from the apartment and there are usually a bunch of comm school students that live here.
Message me if you’re interested
Hey guys PLEASE CHANCE ME lol
Rising Junior applying to the McIntire School of Commerce
School: Well known 4 year public school in Virginia
Legacy: Brother just graduated in 2014 from UVA
STATS:
College: 3.62 overall, 3.73 in-major (started out as a biochem major, just switched to accounting)
The thing that I’m nervous about is that I have two Cs and a W from my science major freshman year days.
However, my business grades are almost all As.
2015 Spring Mid-term reports: 3 As, 1 B = 3.75 overall
High School: 3.83 overall, #2 high school in the state
SAT: 1330/1600
AP Scholar with Distinction
ECS:
Analyst for Investment Club
SGA Executive Officer
Faculty committee student liaison
Sorority
Culture Club
Essays: Medium-Good.
First one: really stressed how I want an integrated curriculum and how the ICE program is ideal for me.
Second one: talked about the holdings that I cover in my investment fund.
Recs: 1 from ACIS professor
What do you guys think? I’m freaking out. Good luck guys :)!
We have similar stats. I think that the Cs may put you back a bit and the W won’t help your case but the 3.7 in-major GPA should be good. Btw are you an officer in any of your clubs? I think that they will look for that. Also why only one rec? Message me if you want to talk further.
Hello,
I’m just curious who got in? If you have any more questions about McIntire or what block to join I can give you some more info on that.
Also I have a spot in Bice for any male that is interested. It’s the closest on grounds living to the Comm school. Literally a 2 minute walk!
I got waitlisted