<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'll try and be brief here. I'm currently a sophomore at the University of Kansas and I've been studying architecture. I took a handful of business classes last year (on top of arch stuff) and found myself really enjoying it. I signed up for another handful this semester (amongst arch stuff again), and I've found myself no longer preferring my "first true love" (architecture), to business. Specifically business administration.</p>
<p>Anyway, stick with me here. When I applied to KU, I applied and wanted to go there because of their strong midwest presence in architectural education... Not business. See where I'm going? If I transfer, I want it to be at good, prestigious business-orientated school.</p>
<p>A few schools I wouldn't mind going to:
Cornell
UPenn
Emory
New York University
UC Berkeley
University of Virginia</p>
<p>A little about me so you can gauge... Graduated highschool in the top quarter of my class with a 3.7 weighted (competitive high school). My ACT score composite from high school was a dismal 27, but my math sub score is like a 32 if that means anything. In my first two semesters at KU, I've got a 3.7 GPA as I start my second year. Oh and I didn't take the writing on the ACT, but during my ENGL101 course last year I had one of my essays submitted for a department award (here at KU) and got an "honorable mention"... not sure if there's much weight to that.</p>
<p>I took AP Physics and AP Calc in high school and got 3's on both tests. Nothing special, but it got me 11 hours of credit. I've been playing soccer all my life and have 2 years of JV, and 2 years of Varsity soccer under my belt from high school. I did intramural soccer as well here at KU. I did a few really small clubs at my high school that would travel for state design competitions (architecture stuff)... I won a couple of first place prizes, but nothing too prestigious. In my last semester at KU, I won a underclassmen new venture business plan competition hosted by a local venture capitalist firm. Oh, and I'm a part of the entrepreneurship club at KU as well, just a member, but had aspired to lead it (if I didn't plan on leaving KU).</p>
<p>Last year I took 32 credit hours between 2 semesters, and I'm currently at 18 for this semester and would be on par for 18/ semester until I graduate if I stuck with architecture. Basically I understand how to work, manage my time, etc.</p>
<p>I've worked as a youth soccer referee, a sales clerk at a local store, a product technician at a computer computer, and a sales associate (not like behind a counter, like at a desk... making phone calls, emails, etc) at an electronics reseller.</p>
<p>If all of those applications above didn't cost $75 to submit, I probably wouldn't be asking this, I'd just apply to all of them... </p>
<p>Basically, do I have any shot of getting into any of those? I know I'm not the most stand-out kid in the world, but I've got a serious drive to better myself, and right now, that starts with being at a college that is more known for the major I want to pursue. And I don't really want to drop $400 to send out applications to schools where I have a marginal chance, you know?</p>
<p>Any thoughts would be great.</p>