transfer from W&M to Cornell, Northwestern, and others?

Transfer Students
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<p>Well hello everyone~
I am an international student and got into College of William and mary for class of 2014.</p>

<p>It is a pretty good school and i was really lucky to get in. However, in my home country they think that it is a community college (even in the most major companies hiring dept) LOL
(No disrepect to the CC students).</p>

<p>Thats one of the reasons that i want to tranfer.
The other reasons are-</p>

<h1>1 W&M does not have a engineering program.</h1>

<h1>2 Extreme GPA deflation, which makes it difficult for me to get a good GPA.</h1>

<h1>3 If i want to work in the financial area(IB and anything) Maybe Ivy level schools can offer me a better opportunity.</h1>

<p>I have decided to major in between these catagories: in bussiness-marketing or econ, industrial engineering, and lastly law.</p>

<p>I am looking forward to tranfer as a junior because my high school GPA was only about 3.7 unweighted, which practically makes it impossible to apply as sophomore since i have to retake the sat's and get a hell of a score. </p>

<p>Currently i am considering-
Cornell AEM or College of art and sciences(Maybe the same thing).
Northwestern- econ or Kellog?-if applying is possible.
University of chicago- econ
Michigan Ann Arbor- Ross or lsa (If i apply for lsa would it be possible to transfer as a sophmore)
Virginia- Mcintere?
And other ivy level schools-only if possible.</p>

<p>If i want to succeed at transferring to any of these schools the question i want to ask is.</p>

<h1>1 Min GPA at W&M (I believe at least 3.5 needed, but not sure)</h1>

<h1>2 If i got only 1830 on SAT 1 do i have to retake it?</h1>

<h1>3 What is the ideal way as in taking courses(Should i take only the toughest or just so so classes and some tough)?</h1>

<p>Lastly, please feel free to give any advice that might be valuable to me. I am ignorant of any process of transferring, so teach me from bottom to top.</p>

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<p>Internationalee, when most students transfer the main components that are of the utmost importance are college transcripts, extracurricular’s and the of course “why transfer essay”(specifically to the school at hand that you want to gain admittance into). However each situation and requirements are relative to each individual and corresponding institution. For instance, some colleges require only the college transcript plus essays, omitting the SAT’S after you’ve completed 30 credits(submission of HS transcript, college transcript, SAT’s are valid with the completion of less hrs.) On the other hand regardless of the number of credits awarded some places want every piece of the students information, including any secondary work(HS transcript, SAT’S etc…) finished. Also, one pertinent matter to consider is the longer you’ve been away from HS the less emphasis is weighed upon these credentials. The same thing goes with how much time you spent in college(Junior-college is more important, sophomore=possibly expect everything.</p>

<p>Next, don’t retake your SAT’s as this was something you had to do in HS, having a 3.5+ when transfer consideration is taken into account is the key factor and don’t take the most rigorous courses as this can be detrimental to your GPA. Though I’m not saying delve into the easiest ones either, but develop a schedule that has some balance to show your versatility(ex: Math, Social Science(psych,sociology), Foreign Language, Science, etc…</p>

<p>Now when glancing at the schools you have listed Cornell is very transfer friendly and the SAT’s aren’t a requirement if you haven’t taken them, so honestly use the loophole and don’t submit them(might still be on your HS. transcript however) Still your score is fine with transferring. Also, each school lists specific requirements for transfers as well and the indicating major. Northwestern, requires all materials from HS throughout College, as does Chicago(they strongly value the essay section), Michigan only asks for the College transcript(HS too, but only for record keeping purposes and you can transfer from lsa to ross once you’re here, but bear in mind since the requirements are stringent, usually this requires another year) and UVA for their business doesn’t have any guarantees one way or the other.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you, Dave and PM me if you have any further questions</p>

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<p>Hi, Hackerstoefl!</p>

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<p>how did you get into WM with 1830? well numbers aren’t everything but still its surprising. :slight_smile:
I am guessing you are Korean.
oh and btw, you know, in Korea, people think dartmouth college is a community college. Oh and Harvard college… so you might not want to transfer to ivies.</p>

<p>Oh and the companies,
if they don’t know about WM, then you probably don’t wanna work there.</p>

<p>SERIOUSLY, I would never transfer just because some ignorant people think WM is a CC. I don’t care to live up to their expectations.
But you have free will.</p>

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<p>I am about 50% sure about tranferring right now.</p>

<p>If i try for law i think WM will be just fine for me, but bussiness or engineering. Well thats another matter.</p>

<p>Thank you for everything.</p>

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<p>I am about 50% sure about tranferring right now.</p>

<p>If i try for law i think WM will be just fine for me, but bussiness or engineering. Well thats another matter.</p>

<p>Part of me does not want to consider transfer, but well i will just say that the path to employment in US got a lot more difficult for guys without an eagle on there passport.</p>

<p>I am guessing you are somekind of expert in the transfer field, maybe not, but certainly knows more than me. </p>

<p>Could you give me your email, so that i could maybe counsel with these issues?</p>

<p>Thank you for everything. Adios</p>

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<p>Won’t you be missing requirements in order to transfer into engineering? At Cornell, most engineers have much higher SAT scores. I think the business undergrads and A&S students generally have higher SAT scores as well. That said, a great GPA will be more important, but missing requirements will mean additional time required to graduate. Anyone in banking in the US knows of William and Mary.</p>