<p>I am a rising sophomore from Emory University and thinking about transferring to Columbia or Stern. I got a GPA a bit lower than 3.7 and gonna raise that in the spring semester. Is it gonna work? Or should I just stay in Emory and apply for our own bus. school?</p>
<p>Admission to those schools is very competitive. There is no harm in applying, although the application process can be a pain. If you are admitted to Columbia or Stern you do not have to accept their offers of admission.</p>
<p>hey college_ruled, what schools require you to accept their offer?</p>
<p>Zack,</p>
<p>No schools require students to accept their offer. (The exception would be early decision for high school seniors.) I was trying to say that if Iyan applied and was accepted to these schools s/he could always decide to stay at Emory.</p>
<p>“The exception would be early decision for high school seniors.”</p>
<p>At common app schools, an ED FA offer can be declined by HS seniors if it just isn’t enough to allow attendance.</p>
<p>I’m interested in this as well. I’m also a rising Emory sophomore, and have been considering applying transfer to Columbia (and Yale).</p>
<p>I don’t want to hijack the thread, but does anybody know roughly the average SAT/ACT/college GPA of transfers? Emory’s a good school and I’d recommend it to others, but I just want to get out of the South for a couple years. I’m currently a Woodruff Scholar at Emory (full-ride) with a 3.963 college GPA, similar HS GPA, and a 35 ACT, but am worried that I have nothing to offer but decent numbers.</p>
<p>id apply 
like college_ruled said, you dont have to accept your offers! if i was you, id apply to both NYU and columbia, and if i got into both, id chose columbia :)</p>
<p>jmw123, those are really great stats, definitely what yale and columbia are looking for, but you say you dont have a lot else to offer?
im guessing you mean in terms of extracurriculars etc… well, its not too late! get involved in some clubs, maybe join some intramurals sports and do some community service… you have the end of summer, if you work REALLY hard, you can cram in like 150+ hours of service, which would be awesome, and then you continue doing it this next semester(not as much though, obviously), and try to just boost up your application as much as you can
your academic stats are without a doubt more than they can expect and is bound to set you apart from the rest, at least a bit… </p>
<p>like i said, hurry up and get some stuff done asap focus on more than just those grades and i think youd have a good chance at these places(of course remembering that its very competitive, so a good chance is only relative) :)</p>
<p>Thank you very much for all the inputs. I think I’m gonna have a try.
Does anyone know if Stern and Columbia have more working or internship opportunities than Goizueta(Emory)? (I mean for undergrates.)</p>
<p>Stern is on par with if not better than Wharton for job placement in IB. Students at the school are heavily targeted by the best firms in the world: Goldman, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, etc. While students at most other schools will never get to sniff top boutiques like Lazard or Greenhill, Stern students consider that stuff second class.</p>
<p>Columbia is no Wharton or Stern, but it’s a top-ten and offers good networking opportunities in NYC. Many top firms recruit there.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what types of internship opportunities do Goizueta students have access to?</p>
<p>Thank you bankersball. I think Goizueta students also have access to those top firms but in Southern part since as for Bus. school, Goizueta is the best in South. But sure, not that many oppurtunities in branch.
I read about lots articles saying that the best places for undergrads to study for business is Cornell and Emory, so kinda curious why that is the case…</p>
<p>lyan4, thats weird theyre saying cornell and emory are the best… ive always heard, like bankersball said, that stern and wharton are the best, both in terms of rankings, teaching and opportunities…</p>
<p>Just remember, you need to make a persuasive case to transfer – being in NYC or “more prestige” are usually not good reasons. :)</p>
<p>jmw: Unless you are extremely low income (and thus would obtain great finaid at Yale), giving up a full ride is not very smart, IMO.</p>
<p>Well, I think I am going to apply because I wanna major in sth that we don’t have. Is it a good reason?</p>
<p>Er…Anyone has any input about the reason?</p>
<p>it most certainly is. Thats actually the reason college adcoms wanna see</p>
<p>Hmm…That’s a good news…Thanks a lot…</p>