<p>hey guys, I am an international pre-admitted by Ross, Umich. I know both Ross and Wharton are fantastic undergraduate business school, but in my country, Wharton enjoys a much better reputation. That's really important for me since I will finally return to my country after graduation. Can anyone tell me how difficult it is to transfer from Ross to Wharton? Any strict requirements? PS: I am a gap year student and in last year's application I was waitlisted by Upenn's Management and Technology Program. </p>
<p>external transfer into Wharton is near impossible. However, being waitlisted to M&T is pretty significant so your chances are better than average (which is still not reassuring)</p>
<p>I transferred into the college this year. I think we had 25 Wharton transfers. I don’t know how many they accepted, but I assume most people who get into Wharton probably go.</p>
<p>@astonmartinDBS: It actually doesn’t matter which country he’s referring to. Speaking from the unbiased perspective of a Ross pre-admit with no current links to Wharton myself, the latter has an unparalleled reputation that easily exceeds that of Ross both within and especially outside the United States.</p>
<p>go wherever you feel is a better match for you. </p>
<p>ross is a 3 year program i believe, Wharton is designed to be 4 years.<br>
at Wharton, while we have something like 20 concentrations, each concentration only between 4-6 classes for the most part. honestly it isn’t the most in-depth type of knowledge (while you certainly can take more than the required 4-6, many don’t). </p>
<p>Ross has much much more of a core business program. Some people might want that solid core more than a more disparate academic environment that comes with having less of a core and more departments.</p>
<p>Keep in mind when you are looking for jobs, you’ll do interviews. You can be extremely bright at Ross and get a job, or you can be lower-ranked and generally stupid at Wharton and won’t get the job because of it. Going to Wharton doesn’t mean you will get a job any easier. </p>
<p>there are substantial differences in the programs and you might find that you like Ross’s more. there’s also the downsides to transferring in general… less time to make friendships and connections, the sense of playing academic catch-up especially if credits don’t transfer, maybe not getting on campus housing, etc. </p>
<p>my opinion is if you get into Ross and don’t get into Wharton, stay at Ross unless you find that you just don’t like it at all. Live with what you have and make the most of it, don’t just play lip-service to Ross when in the back of your mind the really only reason why you want to transfer is because of reputation back home. Sorry, I but I just can’t stand the people who come here with the #1 reason being reputation and don’t do anything to move the community forward. They’re using the education as a means to an end — the end being a high-paying job that they scored because of what was written on their sheet of paper, that honestly they could have gotten if they didn’t come here in the first place.</p>
<p>@keepitcoolidge,
Thank you for your generous suggestions! It helps a lot! I will think transferring over in the next 3 months. I certainly love Umich, not just use it as a step-stone.</p>
<p>Anyone remember that poster chanman who wound up at Ross after not getting into Penn/Wharton and was planning to transfer? Wonder what ever happened to him.</p>
<p>Eh external transfer is tough. Just putting it out there but many of the transfers I know are IMO/other olympiad medalists. Make sure to maintain a high gpa and as for the rest, not really sure what they look for either. I imagine similar to first year admissions but with more focus on grades from what I’ve seen.</p>