Question About Transferring

Transfer Students
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<p>I have several questions in regards to transferring, and are some problems/concerns that I am seriously wrestling with right now. I just finished my 1st year at SUNY Binghamton and am currently a Financial Engineering major, and I am trying to determine whether I should transfer. These are some of the questions I would like to have some answer to before I decide.</p>

<p>Basically I should have worked harder in high school, and think I've come a long way in this short year. For the record I college is awesome.</p>

<p>STATS:
College:
Honors Program
GPA: 3.96/4.0
(one A- during pledging<= aka excuse)
EC: Student Government, Fraternity, Volunteer Work, Fundraising for Charity.</p>

<p>High School:
SAT: 1460/1600
Rank: Top 5% in class
AP Exams: Out of 8 AP Exams all 4s and 5s
Orchestra
Basketball Team
Volunteer Work</p>

<p>QUESTIONS:
1) I am aiming to go to a top 10 grad school after graduation, either business of law. Will the reputation of the school have a big impact on admissions? Like obviously a 3.96 from Harvard will beat out a 3.96 from Bing but will it to the extent that I have a significantly reduced shot of gettin into a school? </p>

<p>2) If I plan on working after college, will it affect my job prospects with say a highly reputable/highly compettive firm such as Merrill Lynch's IBanking department? </p>

<p>3) Also, What type of schools should I be looking at to transfer? For example, are any of the ivy leagues or NYU-Stern within my reach? </p>

<p>BOTTOM LINE: Can I get to the same place/end result (grad school and job) from Binghamton as I can from say an Ivy League School?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot in advance for the help. I tried to make the format easy to read but it's 5AM here so I'm sorry if it's confusing, haha.</p>

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<p>A lot of people on here say that if you want to have a realistic shot at ibanking, you need to go to a top school. So maybe that answers your second question.</p>

<p>Your high school stats wont carry much weight since you're applying as a sophomore. Just keep that excellent college G.P.A up and keep taking honors courses.</p>

<p>What will you major in if you transfer to an ivy league school? Coz many of them dont offer financial engineering as a major.(?)</p>

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<p>hey mainevent, </p>

<p>i sent you a private message. I see that you're new on these boards, so incase you don't already know, look on the top right of the page and you'll see something saying that you have 1 unread message.</p>

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<p>Sent a reply to all the PMs.</p>

<p>Yeah basically I figure I'd major in Finance, or Management/Applied Economics, whatever is closest to my major. </p>

<p>I used to think that it was impossible to get into i-banking unless you were from a top school, but recently I found out my friend who goes to Bing had interviews with HSBC, ML, DB, and GS for Investment Banking. So that kind of made me think it was possible.</p>

<p>Like I realize they will not actively recruit students at Bing on campus, but does that mean they will not take students at all from Binghamton University?</p>