<p>Before I begin, I thank you for taking interest in helping me.</p>
<p>To begin, I am a current freshman (going to be sophomore) at a community college. Majoring in finance. With my grades, my counselor asked me to attempt to transfer into more reputable schools.
I did not have time to raise my SAT scores or report my recent accomplishments. Nor did I meet the prereqs for most of the colleges.
Accepted: Emory
Waitlisted: BC
Still to hear: Villanova
Rejected: NYU, Upenn, Cornell</p>
<p>My dilemma is:
I strongly believe I could transfer into these schools that I got rejected from (and more) if I continued here for one more year. However, do I take the sure thing with Emory?</p>
<p>Pros of staying (to build resume):
-maintain my 4.0
-president Phi Theta Kappa Honors society
-president student government
-recommendations from current school's president
-job at bank while in school
-save money
-improve SAT
-opportunity to go to UPenn
-so much community service
-lots of extra stuff to add to application
-meet all transfer requirements that Upenn and other schools want</p>
<p>Cons of staying:
-Give up Emory
-lose a possible year of credits transferring</p>
<p>So again, my dilemma is:
Do I stay at my school in hopes of making it into Penn?
Or
Go to Emory and try for MBA up north?</p>
<p>I am looking to get into Investment Banking or Corporate Finance.</p>
<p>Thank you SOOO much for any opinions or advice.</p>
<p>if going to Upenn or similar prestigious schools is really important to you, then stay another year. Most people stay at cc for two years or maybe even 3 nowadays. </p>
<p>however, Emory is an excellent school and if you’re tired of cc or not really interested, definitely go to Emory</p>
<p>I hope that helps 
You’re good either way!</p>
<p>Even if you do stay another year in CC and are able to pad your resume, there is no guarantee you’ll get the same grades as you did this year. Plus, even if you did, there’s still no guarantee you’ll get in to UPenn. They accept very few transfers. It is a reach for anyone. Moreover, for Wharton, I think there are fewer spaces available for rising juniors than for sophomores. You have an excellent option in Emory. Provided you have visited there, like it and can see yourself there, AND you can afford it, I’d accept their offer and never look back.</p>
<p>Now do you feel the same if I applied to Cornell, NYU and UPenn. Because I feel the only two schools I would want to attend more than Emory would be NYU and UPenn. </p>
<p>And money is not an issue at this point. Emory was very generous</p>
<p>" Now do you feel the same if I applied to Cornell, NYU and UPenn. Because I feel the only two schools I would want to attend more than Emory would be NYU and UPenn."</p>
<p>Yes. While statistically, those schools do have higher overall transfer acceptance rates than UPenn, they are still quite selective. I am one who subscribes to the whole “a bird in the hand is better…” philosophy! There’s no guarantees you’ll be able to get in to your top choices next year, or if you do, that you’ll get the financial aid package (NYU in particular has the reputation of giving horrible financial aid for transfers). So, if this happens, then you’ve lost a year of being part of the Emory community. If Emory wasn’t such a good school or wasn’t affordable, or if you really disliked it, I’d say definitely hold out for something better. However, none of these seem to apply. But, you are the one who has to live with the decision. You could certainly hold off and attend CC another year and apply to all again next year if you would rather. </p>
<p>I really like your thought process. This is why I appreciate this thread: so many different ideas. </p>
<p>Thank you, the fact that the financial aid may not be there is crucial. </p>
<p>I also think it is worth taking Emory up on a generous offer than to count on enough money from NYU. Getting into Penn as a jr transfer very hard. I would say sisk that if you are a Pennsylvania resident. I have only read of CC transfers in those cases, though there might be others. The top privates seem to give some consideration on instate, this is not surveyed, just my anecdotal observation. Some universities, like USC, will publish the origins of transfers, I think Penn published extensive data, maybe take a look.</p>
<p>I am a PA resident. Right outside of Philly. Even then I am assuming and taking a risk. Maybe an attempt at graduate Penn would be more preferred. I am extremely positive, however I don’t think I want to risk losing a year and end up right back where I am now going to a school just as good as Emory if not Emory again. I agree however that they appreciate instate community college students more. I know of two that were accepted (not Wharton though)</p>
<p>Throwing another option out there.
Does Emory accept deferment? Under what circumstances and what would that look like?
For example: would the additional classes you take this year be accepted for transfer if you defer?
Would the financial aid package be available? If you reapplied for fin aid, would it be comparable?
Can you even apply to other schools if you’ve deferred?
Sorry - I just presented more questions than answers…</p>
<p>Great idea. However, they don’t allow deferment. Have thought of that. Thank you very much though. </p>
<p>just my 2cents, but honestly, unless you have almost perfect SAT scores, your chance of getting into a better business school than Emory is very small. You can read the transfer threads for NYU Stern and Wharton and you will find 1550s/4.0s from Harvard, Williams, etc that did not get in. UVA, WashU, UNC, Cornell take more but still a very high caliber of competition for very few ie 10 spots. You would definitely need As in Calculus, Econ, Stats, Accounting. Some schools also prefer soph transfers. You would likely end up with acceptances to the same range of transfer friendly schools (Emory, USC, Vandy (no bus school). Remember if you don’t have pre-req yet, they are only gong to see your fall grades next year; you must make sure you have the required courses.</p>
<p>Yes, required courses are plentiful and I would essentially be a sophomore twice </p>
<p>I would take Emory and run with it. What happens if next year you don’t get the grades for the other schools? Also, the FA (that generous) is hard to come by for transfers, in my experience.</p>
<p>Yes, financial aid is certainly a key component that is not guaranteed next year. </p>