<p>I'm looking to transfer mid-year this coming fall. I was originally a business major but after my freshman year (just finished soph year) I decided to pursue an Econ major but I'm not sure what to do after that. I've been playing with a few options. Option 1 is to double up and add on a finance major. I've finished all but 2 of my core Econ major classes and I think I'd be able to pull it off with a little extra work. Option 2 is to get an English minor. English isn't my first language and at times I have trouble with articulating. Option 3, do a 5 year Econ masters. I'm not too sure about option 3. I'm planning on getting into the financial markets, banking in particular is what appeals to me. I'm trying to figure out what would help me out most in that line of work. </p>
<p>Transfering.
I'm currently at Rutgers Newark where I'm paying next to nothing, but I'm really not too happy around here. I also don't feel it would benefit me much to stick around and finish school here. Reason for that is from what I've been told Business and Banking is all about networks and connections and I don't think I'll be able to find the necessary networks to get me into the finance gig. A couple schools I've been considering on transfering to are either Fordham, NYU, Trinity, or Rutgers New Brunswick. Rutgers NB and Fordham I shouldn't have too much trouble on getting in. NYU I know will be an incredible reach for me. My 3.7 gpa that I ended freshman year with ended up slipping to below a 3.4 after this semester.</p>
<p>My question to you all is what would you think my best option would be. I know NYU has an incredible Econ department but I'm not sure where the other schools stand. Rutgers would be the cheapest option for me but I think at the other schools i'll receive plenty of financial aid. Where would I benefit most? What school has the strongest alumni relations?</p>
<p>transfer admissions are really a crapshoot at many places, so maybe youd want a longer list. there are plenty of schools with great business and finance schools and networks, including a lot of state schools (indiana for example). besides business perks and FA, do you have anything else you want in a school?</p>
<p>As a transfer student, it is likely you will receive little or no financial aid. Most schools give very little aid to transfer students. So, no, you can’t just blithely apply without thinking about costs, or assume that you will get “plenty” of FA.</p>
<p>@polarscribe thats not true. many schools promise to meet demonstrated need. not as many as a freshman applicant might have, but still a lot of schools.</p>
<p>Note the word “most.” There are only 63 schools out of the thousands of American universities that meet full need for freshmen. That is not “a lot.” As you just admitted, only a small subset of those do the same for transfer students. All of them are highly selective.</p>
<p>Notably, of the OP’s list, only one school meets full need for freshmen - Trinity. One, NYU, is notorious for horrible financial aid.</p>
<p>Unless you get into Stern it really isn’t worth it. Stay where you are, get as good a GPA as you can, and network. Don’t just assume you won’t find anything without looking.</p>
<p>You should absolutely transfer from Rutgers-Newark. I don’t think Fordham or Trinity would really be worth it, and Rutgers-NB is worth it just because it is the cheap option.</p>
<p>knights09 whats youre reason about transfering from newark? The reason i like the newark option is because of how close it is to nyc which allows me to find a wide range of internships to choose from as well as networking possilibilties. </p>
<p>In regards to pursuing a career in banking, which major would benefit me most, Economics with a minor in english, or double major finance and Econ? And which school would have the strongest econ department, trinity, fordham, NB, or NYU? </p>
<p>As for Newark being dangerous, it really isn’t too bad hahahaha.</p>
<p>Couldn’t you transfer to another Rutgers campus? If your tuition is really low and the school has a good reputation, I see no reason not to stay, especially since the financial aid at other schools isn’t going to be very good.</p>
<p>mid year junior year. I’ve looked into it and it’s allowed at all those institutions with the exception of nyu because i wasn’t able to find the information for it.</p>
<p>@knights09- could you give me more information behind that statement? Why would there be a difference between the two campuses? As far as I am aware the diploma says Rutgers university. Is there a signifcant difference for job recruiting between newark and nb? I’m not looking to stay in newark, in fact, I’m trying to get away asap, but NB really isn’t my top choice. Is NB respectable enough for NYC finance, or would I be better off at one of the other schools I mentioned?</p>
<p>is nyc finance all youre concerned about? in my opinion you should be finding somewhere you really like and enjoy for your undergrad, go to grad school and get that prestigious degree, and then go into finance if thats what you wanna do. a ton (most?) wall street people have grad school in there and grad school is more important than undergrad when youre looking at jobs</p>
<p>plus people go into finance from allll sorts of majors, backgrounds, whatever. i know studio art majors who went to work at goldman or such and i know some really rich banking guys that went to community college. i understand where you are going with all this but just thought id provide another view.</p>