<p>Hey guys, I was just admitted into the Rutgers Business School for Finance. I have a 3.53 GPA with 62.5 Credits. Im trying to apply to a school with better job (i-banking) placement, Whether it be a strong econ or finance program. I want to transfer for the spring semester. Any Ideas ?</p>
<p>target schools:</p>
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<li>all the ivies</li>
<li>MIT, Caltech</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Amherst, Williams</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Stern</li>
<li>Mich/UVA/Berkeley</li>
</ul>
<p>NYU, UVA, MIT, michigan and i think cornell(some of its schools) admits spring transfers...</p>
<p>NYU Stern and Umich do not accept spring transfers for business.</p>
<p>Neither does UVA. UVA only takes spring transfers for the College of Arts and Sciences (you are a junior, so you'd apply to McIntire, school of commerce, directly) and Nursing. Economics is the only degree along your line that you could apply to for spring, but I don't think they accept anyone with more than 60 credits anyways because you have to spend atleast 2 years in residency at UVA after being admitted before they'll award you a degree.</p>
<p>it means just that: ' you have to spend two years at our school.' Not "we won't accept you because you have more than 60 credits.''</p>
<p>some schools like Yale I think won't take you if you have too many</p>
<p>UVA frowns upon applicants with 60+ credits...trust me, I just transferred and they repeated that statement to all applicants from day 1</p>
<p>yale won't take you if you have taken 'more than two years of coursework'...meaning if you complete your sophomore year and take classes after that. So this is regardless of how many total credits you took in your freshman and sophomore years:</p>
<p>If you have received a bachelor's degree (or the equivalent) or if by the end of the current academic year you will have completed more than two full years toward the degree, you are not eligible to transfer to Yale, nor may you apply through the freshman admission process. (You may not voluntarily relinquish credits in order to qualify for consideration.)</p>
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UVA frowns upon applicants with 60+ credits...trust me, I just transferred and they repeated that statement to all applicants from day 1
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<p>I still dont believe it. It doesn't really make sense. Think about it- most students take over 15 credits each semester. If that lady really told you that and you didn't misunderstand, then they're basically saying you have to be strategic about how many courses you schedule because OMG! like you're an automatic reject. Highly doubt it...</p>
<p>I just checked the UVA site and it says this</p>
<p>*Students who have completed three or more years of study at another college or university are generally not eligible for transfer admission to the College. *</p>
<p>So i doubt they care if you happen to have, say, 65 credits by the end of your sophomore year.</p>
<p>Well I currently have 62.5 Credits. After the Fall semester I will have about 76 but I dont mind losing some credits transferring to a better Business or Econ Program. But yeah I would like to transfer for the Spring Semester and I would prefer something in the northeast.</p>
<p>look into MIT and NYU- call the schools and ask them about credits/ eligibility,etc. MIT is almost impossible and NYU is going to be very tough. It's going to be especially tough with a 3.53 and no hooks(minority,athlete,etc.) but maybe a 4.0 next semester will make up for your 'alright' cumulative gpa. Just make sure you're eligible.</p>
<p>Racnna: ah, we were arguing on the same side haha I just assumed he was going into his junior year since he had 62 credits. If he's going into his sophomore year, my apologies, and kuddos to the OP. Also, AP credits don't count, so if he/she earned any that count towards the 62, they won't matter.
If he/she is a rising junior, then a) they can't apply to McIntire in the spring because they don't allow spring transfers and b) it would be a 99% chance they wouldn't accept them because McIntire is a 2-year program, AND the OP would have to have every pre-req done.</p>
<p>lol- he is going to be a junior this fall(i think so)...I agree that if he takes junior level courses required for business majors then most schools probably wont accept him. But if, say, he's retaking courses that he dropped(it looks like he has a couple of W's) or is taking gen eds then i don't think it would be much of a problem. Of course, he'll lose 16 credits(if he has about 76 by the time he transfers into the school) but i don't think they'll reject him automatically(with the exception of yale- which doesn't even take spring transfers). So yeah- i would stay away from classes required for junior business majors at most schools..but of course, call the schools and ask them about all this. It's not looking too good for the spring. I believe you applied to NYU for fall 07 transfer and got rejected right?- if NYU is like most schools, then they recommend/require you wait a year before you re-apply. You'll probably end up applying for fall 08- which is better anyway because you can apply to more schools on that 'i banking target school list' i posted. Whereas if you apply for spring- NYU is really your only option- and it's not going to be easy to get in.</p>
<p>madskillz, your best option to transfer for spring is probably nyu cas or villanova. if not, save your money and stay at rutgers.</p>
<p>You realize the average base salary out of rutgers is still well over 50 thousand a year. You are not really in a bad business school. Now, is it wharton? No. Can you pull off an ibanking job? If you network and make better grades I don't see why not.</p>
<p>I agree with racnna. If UVA, or other schools with gen ed reqs that must be fullfilled, I would concentrate on making sure they're fullfilled and stay away from junior level classes. Honestly, I don't know how many schools will take a mid-year junior transfer. Sorry, but it's just kind of a bad time to transfer.</p>
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You realize the average base salary out of rutgers is still well over 50 thousand a year. You are not really in a bad business school. Now, is it wharton? No. Can you pull off an ibanking job? If you network and make better grades I don't see why not.
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<p>I don't know about that either. There's a lot of kids at rutgers and a lot of the business majors are going to have above a 3.7... many will have 4.0's. Many of these 4.0 kids will probably want to get into ibanking as well. I think the best thing to do is to start off on a clean slate at a target school and aim for a competitive GPA. Of course- at a target school- there's going to be tonnes of smart kids so its not going to be easy. Maybe you can audit all the junior level classes this coming year(not take them..just sit through them, do the homework,go to class, etc.). That way you'll have a leg up on all the other kids at whatever 'target school' you get into and you'll probably do well.</p>
<p>Yeah Im gonna be a junior and I have like 4 W's. How hard is it to transfer to the business program at Villanova ?</p>