<p>Hi I'm currently a sophomore at JMU and I am considering transferring to GMU. Right now, many of my peers have either switched majors since they realize they can't meet the GPA requirement to get into JMU's College of Business or are going into this last semester before applying blindly with no backup plan. Since I was going to have to take many business prerequisites this semester, I split up half to make it more manageable so I can get a better grade in those classes and also take the prerequisite class for another major as a backup plan. </p>
<p>My current overall GPA is a 3.0 and my current business GPA is a 3.0, but I have yet to finish this semester and to take the two most difficult business prerequisites at JMU. I am also out of repeats that overwrite your previous grade in the class completely. I did some research and it appears that all that is necessary to get into the School of Management at GMU is a 2.0 business GPA and 2.5 overall GPA. I already have credit for some of the SOM core classes at GMU because they counted as COB prerequisites here. The two difficult prerequisites here are part of the SOM core (once you're already in) and you get three attempts to pass with a C. </p>
<p>How difficult is the GMU SOM compared to the JMU COB to get admitted into the business school? Once you're in, how difficult is it to graduate with a degree for each school? Either way, getting a business degree at either school would likely add an additional semester so I'm starting to think GMU is the better option due to better odds and because potentially taking summer classes there would be less of a hassle.</p>