<p>Here is the situation: I did not get into McCombs (and didn't expect to), and I did get into the Liberal Arts school as an Economics major. Also, I was accepted into the Mays Business School at Texas A&M. I will be pursuing a degree in corporate finance.</p>
<p>So, how likely is it that I can keep a good GPA in order to internally transfer into McCombs?
AND
Would it be more practical to attend Mays Business School?</p>
<p>3.7+ is hardly the standard. Navyarf never passes up a chance to take shots at UT. You can see the grade inflation stats here. Grade inflation here is not as bad as at other schools. </p>
<p>How easy it is depends on you (how much work you put in and natural ability) and which courses you take with which professors. If you want it badly enough, you can make it work out.</p>
<p>I’ve read your posts about grade inflation at UT before. I thought you were implying that the average GPA at UT was 3.7+. I read your post incorrectly. I apologize.</p>
<p>I believe the average 3.8 GPA for an internal transfer was before they started using +/- grading so it might be lower now, or possibly higher. From my experience, the new grading system makes it a lot harder to get a high GPA.</p>
<p>My opinion:
If you really really want to be in a business school, don’t take a chance. Over on the parents’ forum, there is a lot of discussion on kids losing scholarships that they needed a 3.5 or a 3.3 to keep. It is very hard to predict what your freshman year grades will be like, how you will handle the excitement and distractions of college, how hard your classes will be, and whether your freshman year profs will be easy graders or tough graders. If you got mostly A’s in high school, you might get mostly A’s in college - but you might not.</p>
<p>Go to Mays. It’s a good business school and you get to jump right into your major. And forget all the A&M UT rivarly bull$hit. You want to do business, you got into Mays, just go their because chances are the classes you take there will be similar to the ones at UT, in the business world you’ll still work with people who degrees from Texas, A&M, UofH, so your not missing out on anything.</p>
<p>I agree with you pierrechn, so many students apply to McCombs thinking they well land a job with the top business firms in the nation soley on name alone.</p>
<p>Bauer College of Business (U of Houston) is underrated IMO but if you go their, the chances of you landing a good job are good because the corporations and accounting firms recruit from U of H and have offices in Houston.</p>
<p>I have loved Texas since I can remember, but that doesn’t mean I am not willing to attend A&M.
I know that McCombs is rated highly; therefore, I thought getting in would help me with job placement.
It that true?
Or would receiving a business degree at Mays be equivalent to getting a degree at McCombs in the business world?
And, does where a person receives their business degree actually matter that much!??</p>
<p>It will help with job placement, but it isn’t as fantastical as it is often made out to be, especially in this economy. </p>
<p>There are many factors with comparing the value of a McCombs degree vs. a Mays degree. A&M alumni have a certain tendency to hire their own. In general, McCombs is better known around the US. </p>
<p>It matters for the first job you get, and that’s often a the most important career step. But it’s not paramount. </p>
<p>The value is less in the degree than it is in yourself. :)</p>
<p>yea thats another thing people forger, almost every colleges business department will have job placement, if you cant get a job work on your MBA or JD</p>
<p>I have a similar problem. I got waitlisted at UT but got into Business Honors at A&M. If my aim is to get into mccombs, which option would be more beneficial to me?</p>
<p>I was thinking of attending Mays, then if I kept a high GPA possibly trying to tranfer into McCombs. But, I think that the business schools require different Maths, I think McCombs requires Calc 1 and 2, whereas Mays requires Business & Social Sciences I (Finite Mathematics) & Business & Social Sciences II (Business Calculus).</p>