<p>What are the top recruited undergrad business schools???????
I am transferring from a well-known top community college in upstate NY. I am looking for prestige and high recruitment from corporations.</p>
<p>---What should my top choices be GPA 3.45, SAT 1120</p>
<p>Reaches--</p>
<p>Berkeley
NYU
Cornell
UNC
Penn
Carnegie
Univ. Michigan
Columbia</p>
<p>Matches--</p>
<p>Pitt
Univ. Maryland
Boston College
Ohio State
Syracuse
UCLA
USC
Purdue
Penn State
Univ. Florida
Villanova
Univ. Miami
Univ. Buffalo
Binghamton Univ.
Stony Brook</p>
<p>I wouldn't bother with Berkeley or UCLA. They are required by law to give priority to graduates of California Community Colleges, then to in-state transfers from four year schools. Out of state students from four year schools are next (double check with them directly whether they will take applications from out of state community college students as they keep referring to "non-resident students of four year colleges). </p>
<p>Last year, UCB accepted 46 out of 310 non-resident transfers - a 14.8% admit rate. Transfer admission to the Haas School of Business is even more difficult than the university overall - they have their own specific requirements at Haas. Finally, your GPA is BELOW the 25th percentile of accepted transfers at UCB. And that includes transfers from in state -- so it is quite an unrealistic long shot for you. UCLA has similar numbers for transfer students and would also most likely be an unrealistic reach for you.</p>
<p>Additionally, the UC's are very expensive out of state - about the cost of many private schools. Financial aid is very limited for out of state students. Unless you can afford $40,000 a year - which from your previous posts stating you will be paying for this yourself - UCB and UCLA are probably not going to be financially feasible.</p>
<p>If you decide to keep them on your on your list, make sure to read all of the requirements for classes you have to have taken to be eligible for consideration, and double check on whether they accept applications from out of state community colleges. You will also need to apply between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30 of this year.</p>
<p>Just wanted to give you the direct link to transfer information to the Haas School at UCB, which has details about the specific classes you need to have taken to apply. The site also notes that transfer admission to Haas averages about 8-11% per year, and the average GPA of Haas transfers is 3.7-3.8. Again, remember transfers from California community colleges are given preference so those "averages" do not reflect your real chances as an out of state student.
<a href="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/applying.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/applying.html</a></p>
<p>I would suggest you do the same kind of research for the other schools on your list, rather than continue to ask people here for advice. All of the schools on your list are good for business, but now you need to decide if they are good for you. Go to each school's website and (1) investigate the availability of financial aid for transfers, especially out of state transfer students (2) examine each school's transfer requirements overall an specifically for the business program (3) compare each school's business offerings - what are their strengths and weaknesses? What is the opportunity for internships and how competitive will it be for a transfer to get an internship? What requirements will you have to meet to graduate within two years - which of your classes will transfer, which won't? How large are classes?
What specific programs are there to support transfer students? How available are business classes for transfer students? How many recruiters actually recruit on campus each year --- and how does that translate in terms of students in the business program per corporate recruiter (i.e., a school that has 2000 students in the business school and gets 200 recruiters may not offer as much opportunity for you to get a job as a school with 500 students that gets 200 recruiters simply because there will be more competition). I'd also ask current students about the difficulty of classwork - ideally, you want a school where you can get great business knowledge and still be at or near the top of the class, because those are the students that recruiters will pay the most attention to. You should also ask for information about the percentage of students who land jobs immediately upon graduation and what the average pay is for graduates from the business program. </p>
<p>In short, take your list and do some due dilligence to determine which school is going to be right for YOU, not just the best by some arbitrary definition. Good luck.</p>