<p>Anyways so here's the deal. I'm presently a Junior at a Public Ivy (UCLA, UVa, UMich, etc) with a 3.7 GPA. I'm overly ambitious like everybody else on CC and feel that I could possibly snag an Ivy-league education. </p>
<p>The thing is-- I'm a Junior and I don't know of a single place that would take more than 60 credits. However, in the grand scheme of things, two semesters of tuition is a small price to pay to put an Ivy-league institution on your resume for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>So--- what would a potential ivy think of this? I'm considering applying to to Brown, Cornell or UPenn.</p>
<p>So, have you guys ever heard of such a thing? Am I mentally insane? </p>
<p>mainly because I don’t want to go to grad school right out of undergrad. I’m looking into getting an MBA and in general about 4-5 years of work experience is recommended before getting an MBA so I want to get a top-notch undergrad degree 1st.</p>
<p>All of those schools require that you be there minimum 2 years. Even if you were willing, I think you’d have a huge uphill battle to get them to consider you and would require an amazingly good reason.</p>
<p>I agree with hmom. Part of the reason those schools require you to stay 2 years (at least as I understand it) is so that students don’t just transfer in at the end of their undergrad career looking to graduate with an Ivy league degree. They want students who genuinely want to go to their particular school, so unless you have some super compelling reason like you want to switch your major (in which case you’d lose a lot of credits anyway) or you heard about some amazing professor who’s conducting the exact same research project that you’re contemplating etc, its going to come across as you simply chasing a label.</p>
<p>Besides that, transferring into any Ivy is rather tough; H & P don’t accept any, chances at Y are slim, Brown doesn’t appear to be financially friendly to transfers and the others are no walk in the park. If you don’t have an earth shattering reason I think its going to be tough to convince them to bend the rules and deny a spot to someone who fits what they’re looking for.</p>
<p>I think there is a bit of confusion. I would be giving up two semesters of credit and attending the IVY for 2 years total. While I may be “label chasing” i’m planning on staying there for at least 2 years. I’m just curious as to whether or not this has every happened “post-junior”</p>
<p>I think what the other posters are trying to get across is that YOU can’t just decide, “I’m willing to give up these credits!”. The University would be reluctant to consider you because of their rules regarding credits earned in residence at the school. They would be hard pressed to consider someone who is close to graduating, over, say, a newly minted sophomore or junior for the exact same seat.</p>
<p>Thanks missamericanpie. Thats what I was trying to get across: Even though you are more than willing to give up your credits, the school you’re applying to is going to recognize the fact that a) you’re already a junior and they do not typically let juniors in unless they have some compelling reason and b) you don’t have a compelling reason. The way I see it, applying is just going to be a waste of time.</p>
<p>There’s another side to this. I certainly understand the traditional value that an Ivy league degree can add to someone’s resume, especially in the business world. But I think those of us who are currently IN college have to realize that the work force we’re getting ready to enter has drastically changed. There are hundreds of thousands of people out of work (especially in the financial sector) and that includes those WITH Ivy league credentials. My dad’s in finance & he pointed out that you might actually be at an advantage applying for a job coming from a public ivy. Nowadays firms are looking to trim as much excess expenditure as possible. If you’re a top student there, they know that you’re competent and smart, but they wouldn’t necessarily have to pay you as much as an Ivy league grad in which case you become more attractive.</p>
<p>As far as I know, Ivies do not take transfer in senior standing and do not let people relinquish credits to get around that rule.</p>
<p>Some lower-ranked universities do not impose limits on transferable credits, but if you are already at a “public Ivy”, it would make no sense for you to transfer downwards.</p>
<p>Not sure where your dad works, but that’s totally untrue on Wall Street where the finance jobs of choice for ivy league grads are.</p>
<p>To the OP, a big part of the reason the ivy grads get the jobs they do is the networks they build over 4 years. The internships they got early on, the relationships they build in frats/sororities/eating clubs, the parents of fellow students that help them out…All of these things would be hard to accomplish as a transfer in 2 years. If you can’t get the job you want now, just focus on having great grades, a high GMAT score and rising like a Phoenix wherever you land job wise. Go to a top B school and make your transition then.</p>
<p>Yale won’t accept students with more than 2 years worth of credits, period. I don’t know about policies of the other ivys (except that Harvard and Princeton don’t take transfers).</p>