<p>Ok, I find myself posting on here more and more frequently questioning whether or not I should transfer. Here's a little about me:</p>
<p>College: I'm currently at Indiana University, as a freshman Direct Admit to Kelley. I intend to major in finance and minor in German. I would like to work in the finance world in Chicago or New York (possibly IB or Trading). By the end of my first semester I will have 26 credits complete (I tested out of many German classes and received credit for them). I imagine at the end of this semster I will have about a 3.5 +/-.2. I've developed some good relationships with AIs and teachers. I am in student government, a member of the economics club and am in one of the university orchestras (the music school here is a top program, so as a non-major it tends to be quite selctive (97.5% majors)). I still continue to persue many of my "non-academic" insterests which include playing the violin (7+ years) and shooting photos.</p>
<p>High-School: I went to an extremley competitiive high-school and took the toughest course loads through all my years. Unfortunatly, I made mostly Bs in thoes classes which left me with a 3.5 uw and in the top 20% at the end of my senior year. I got an 1870/2400 on my SAT and a 29 on my ACT. In addition, I was an AP Scholar and won a few academic awards at my school. I had many ecs, from forming my own club to playing in a youth orchestra (there are a lot here, I dont necessarily feel like listing them all).</p>
<p>The problem: First, I don't feel all that challenged here. I miss that sense of hardly being able to manage everything and always having something to do. Also, upon taking an economics prereq here, I have really grown to enjoy and thoroughly understand economics. Thus being said, I feel that I could easily switch my major to economics and be pleased with my major while keeping similar future career ideas in place. If I were to transfer, I would want to do so for the following reasons: more challenging academics, better career options, and better general education (most likely in the pursuit of an economics degree). Everything else here is fine, though I could stand to be around more intellectual people (no offense CC Hoosiers). Given the previous, I have been looking at the following schools for transfering: UMich (econ), UChicago (econ), Oberlin (econ), Cornell (ILR maybe?), WashU (econ), Northwestern (econ), and NYU (maybe Stern, not sure). </p>
<p>Questions: Do I even have a shot at the schools? Should I wait and apply as a transfer while in my sophmore year so less emphasis is placed on my high-school work? What other schools have good econ/finance programs that you think I could shoot for? Should I even transfer? </p>
<p>Any feedback is greatly appreciated. If you need more information about me to give a more complete response feel free to request. By the way, this is also posted on the business major section, so excuse the double post.</p>