<p>Okay, so i'm currently at a California Community college, and i've got more than enough units to transfer [49 semester units] by the end of this semester, fall 2007. I'll be taking summer and fall session also, but by spring i'll be more than done. So my plan is to transfer to a university by the spring, so basically be enorolled at a univesity for spring 2008. </p>
<p>My concern is that I've been reading that it's sometimes difficult to get admission for spring and winter sessions whereas fall you have the best shot? Is this true?</p>
<p>Then, I've also called up some universities and they've said no depending on the university, you have an equal shot at all sessions. </p>
<p>The colleges I'm looking into are:
Boston university
Carnegie Mellon university
northwestern university
university of southern California
university of Pittsburgh
university of Illinois at urbana champaign</p>
<p>these are primarily the out of state universities im planning on applying to for spring, though still uncertain about it. </p>
<p>Should i just stick it out that last semester and apply to all the universities as a Fall 2008 transfer? or I shouldn't waste my time anymore at a California Community college and just take my chances and transfer in the spring 2008? please help with some of your insight. thanks.</p>
<p>Hey- I'm also applying for spring 08. I also don't want to wait till next fall. Well my circumstances are different. I just completed my sophomore year and I wont be able to afford tuition this fall so I'll inevitably not be able to go to shool this fall. By decmenber however, my credit should be good enough that i can take out loans. I say you should definitely go for it- the earlier the better: it would suck to wait till fall 08.</p>
<p>yeah paying for an out of state tuition will be a pain, but most say taking a loan will be the best way out of it. and yeah credit, well thats what our capitalistic nation revolves around lol. but yeah spring transfers? is there any admission difference between spring and fall? do they accept more in either or? any advantages to one or the other? or is it mostly just like personal situations and whatever fits your situation best and in my case...that would be spring.</p>
<p>I think less people apply for spring and less people are admitted so i'm not too sure if there's much difference. Also, i heard certain schools dont accept transfers at all- like the tepper school(I think its the business school) and one or two other schools. What do you want to major in?</p>
<p>I'm in the same dilemma I'll be done with my courses Fall 2007, I was thinking about transferring until Fall 2008 because there are more open positions, but I really don't know what's the best strategy here.</p>
<p>Some schools don't admit in the Spring and some only admit if they have openings.</p>
<p>I still think Fall is better to apply because... many schools don't accept applications for Spring Semester so if you apply to a few in Spring you'll never know if you could have been accepted to the other schools in Fall.</p>
<p>If you apply in Spring and deny the application because you want to wait for the Fall schools you are wasting accepted applications... and I'm not sure if they would consider you for next semester if you deny and reapply..</p>
<p>Why would you not know if you could have been accepted to the fall schools though? you would be enrolled at the 'spring 08' school while the decisions for the 'fall 08' schools come in.</p>
<p>My problem is I want to apply to carnegie for spring 08 but i have no clue what to do if i get accepted because i'll be waiting on upenn& columbia(Fall 08) decisions while enrolled at carnegie(i.e. if i get accepted). It's not very safe to not enroll at carnegie because upenn and columbia might reject me. And Upenn&COlumbia are my top choices.</p>
<p>Well you would know if you apply to both. And what I'm trying to point out is the problem you just said you could face. If you apply to CM and you enroll I'm not sure if UPenn/Columbia will let you into their program once you have enrolled into CM... if you get accepted into CM but decide to reject it and UPenn/Columbia doesn't accept you, you are basically screwed with no were to go. So my suggestion would be to apply to all for the Fall that way you can make an easier decision and not base it on "what if"</p>
<p>yeah thats the very dilemma im trying to decipher. but i figure since the chances of begging into tepper for economics are low and the other various schools as well, im slowly growing fond of UPitt and since they've got rolling admissions, i can possibly just transfer as early as THIS fall and be enrolled there without wasting time. but again the same dilemma poses an issue of not knowing whether you had a chance at the other universities, but if i were to go along with this rolling admissions idea and just enroll at UPitt for this fall, there would be NO GOING BACK, with NO REGRETS because then that'd just be all bad. but on a side note, does anybody know much about the University of Pittsburgh Economics program or the College of Business Administration dual major program? Would you recommend it? It's not a BAD school but its not WAY UP THERE EITHER, though it is slowly gaining popularity and is working itself up there. I'm planning to apply to UPitt for this dual major in Business Administration and Economics/Finance. I find that a very attractive deal at UPitt versus Carnegie Mellon or other Universities. </p>
<p>But any input? I'm done with General Education, I'm transfering for an Economics/ Finance major and i'm looking into UPitt. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>Pitt is so easy to get into don't even worry. CMU is absolutely impossible though, they kind of give preference to instate, slightly. But, if you have good marks and good sats, no worries.</p>
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That doesn't make sense at all. First you say that CMU is absolutely impossible, then you say that they give slight preference to in-state. Why should it be impossible to transfer to CMU? Yes, the transfer admission rate of ~13% is not particularly high, but it's far from "absolutely impossible".</p>
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<p>Um. False. You obviously don't know much about the school.</p>
<p>ionowhere2go, as far as Pitt's business program, it is definately on the rise. The business school is in a new building, and the facilities are excellent. The city of Pittsburgh offers a ton of internship and networking opportunities. Let me know or PM me if you want more details.</p>
<p>Pitt's transfer rate is around 46%. The competition is likely a mixture of Pennsylvania CC students and satellite campus students with a little variety from other places; i.e. the competition is not too fierce. Still, 46% is nothing to sneeze at and definitely not "so easy."</p>
<h2>You mean acceptance rate for transfers, not transfer rate</h2>
<p>Well Yuri, to each his own, but I know plenty of students who have loved their time in the CBA.</p>
<p>The companies in Pittsburgh I can remember my friends working for?</p>
<p>One worked with the medical center-- UPMC
I know a couple spent time at some of the local TV stations-- WPXI, KDKA, WTAE
Some for the professional sports teams-- Penguins and Pirates, not sure if anyone was with the Steelers...
A couple were at the papers-- Pittsburgh Business Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
And most of them worked for the big businesses around the city-- Allegheny Technologies, H. J. Heinz Company, Mellon Financial Corporation, PNC Financial, PPG Industries, WESCO International, U.S. Steel, Allegheny Energy, American Eagle Outfitters, Consol Energy, Dick's Sporting Goods, Alcoa, National City, 84 Lumber, Giant Eagle, Highmark, etc.</p>
<p>Mind you, this includes my friends who weren't in the CBA (I can't remember who was where) but the point is the opportunities are there and the university is more than willing to help you find them if you show a little initiative.</p>
<p>what about a transfer to university of pittsburgh and then possibly applying to CMU? what are the shots of that happening? with a decent gpa and good record. so the line of transfer would be, california community college to upitt for cba dual degree perhaps, and then from there just attempt at applying to CMU for a transfer. any thoughts on that?</p>