Transfer options...do I have any?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey all, </p>

<p>I am relatively new to this board, but figured I'd jump right into the thick of things and give you my situation. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in business (likely finance) and minoring in economics. Initially, I had very little interest in attending Pitt, but the first year was honestly one of the best years of my life. I had a great experience and formed an incredible group of friends. My initial thoughts of transferring faded quickly, and I was glad I had ended up there. Unfortunately, my second year has been a drastic change from my freshman year. Though I still like Pitt to a degree, I am starting to dislike it more and more everyday. Also, being only 10 minutes from campus, my yearning to go away for school continues to grow everyday, especially after seeing my roommate last year and best friend, transfer to Notre Dame. In short, I want to explore my transfer options, to attempt to get into a more prestigious school and more than anything, give myself a change of scenery. Through 3 semesters, my GPA is 3.84/4.0. I would obviously want to transfer to whichever school I go to for the Fall 2007 semester. My completed classwork includes: </p>

<p>Business Calculus (A+)
Macroeconomics (A+)
Statistics (A)
Managing in Complex Enviornments (A)
Financial Accounting (A)
Ethics and Stakeholder Management (A)
Quantitative Methods (A)
Stars, Cosmos, and the Galaxies (A)
Seminar in Composition (A-)
Microeconomics (A-)
Psychology (A-)
US History - 1877 (B+)
Natural Disasters (B+)
MesoAmerica Before Cortez (Satisfactory - taken as a pass/fail course) - Anthropology course</p>

<p>Next semester, if this matters, I am taking:
Organizational behavior
Managerial accounting
Business Economics
*Intro to Dramatic Arts
*Art of China
These are just gen ed classes, I have considered changing both of them. </p>

<p>Additionally, I am rather active at my school. I am involved in a number of clubs and recently was hired for an internship at SmithBarney with a team of financial advisors. My list of activities includes: </p>

<p>Business Fraternity (Delta Sigma Pi) - CBA Relations chair, Active Member
Social Fraternity (Phi Delta Theta) - Public Relations chair, Founding Father, Active Member
Finance Club - Active Member
Investment Banking Club - Active Member
Job: Financial Advisor intern at SmithBarney with Rank, Bogden, Lerach group. </p>

<p>Anyway, some schools I hope/pray I would be able to get into are:
UNC
USC (so. cal, not south carolina)
NYU
Cornell
Michigan
Georgetown
Texas</p>

<p>I realize at this point this list is slightly extensive, but just from looking over the schools profiles and whatnot, these are the ones I singled out as favorites...do I have a realistic chance at any of these? Are there any that I would probably be wasting my time applying at?
If there is any information that you would need to further assess my situation, do not hesitate to ask...I don't know if high school grades are still important at this point, but I had a 3.8/4.25 and a 1250 on the SATs (Not exactly earth shattering, I know). I never took the SAT II's though...would this be necessary? Thank you for any insight anyone can provide, it is greatly appreciated, and merry christmas!</p>

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<p>If your looking at UT- Austin...then you have a good shot at getting in.</p>

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If your looking at UT- Austin...then you have a good shot at getting in.

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<p>...only if he is applying in-state.</p>

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<p>In another thread on this board, someone pointed out that UNC does not consider in/out of state status for transfers. That'll help you if you happen to be oos. Your grades are good enough to apply to all of those schools, and I'd expect you to get into USC, NYU, and a couple of others.</p>

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<p>hey, thanks for the input thus far...i figure i may as well include this but I am from Pennsylvania, so OOS would apply to me in all instances. I tried to imply this by saying "being 10 minutes from campus", but i realize now that that could have been interpreted in a number of ways...my mistake on the poor choice of words there...but thanks again and by all means keep the comments coming...oh and yes, I was speaking of UTexas - Austin, UNC - Chapel Hill, and UMich - Ann Arbor just to be clear</p>

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<p>ah. didn't know pittsburgh was in pennsylvania :P</p>

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<p>USC, Texas (last year's national title game teams) and UNC are pretty much locks. You won't be able to transfer to UM b/c it require students to spend 3 full years in its business program, and you are applying for junior standing. In decending order - from most difficult to least difficult - the remaining list is Georgetown, Cornell, NYU.</p>

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<p>"ah. didn't know pittsburgh was in pennsylvania :P"</p>

<p>Shame.</p>

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<p>Anyone who says Texas is a lock has no idea what they are talking about. McCombs is just as competitive as an ivy league school in regards to transfer admissions for OOS students. </p>

<p>Non-Residents 2003 2004 2005 2006 </p>

<h1>Applications 161 160 150 175</h1>

<h1>Admitted 18 10 7 17</h1>

<h1>Enrolled 16 6 7 17</h1>

<p>Avg. GPA (Admits) 3.90 3.53 3.94 3.73 </p>

<p>Essentially, a 8% acceptance rate with the average GPA of admitted students being 3.78.</p>

<p>Georgetown is similar, although not as difficult.</p>

<p>2005 2004 2003
Applied: 274 279 256
Accepted: 83 79 82
Enrolled: 50 53 52
Mean Verbal SAT: 634 617 632
Mean Math SAT: 689 661 673
Mean College GPA: 3.72 3.74 3.71</p>

<p>Average GPA being 3.72, but a 30% acceptance rate</p>

<p>Michigan you can't transfer into because of what was already stated, their business school is a 3 year program and you would have over the alloted number of credits (45) by the time you enroll. You could pursue an economics degree there in LSA though, and get similar job offers if you truly want to go to UMich. They aren't good with financial aid for OOS students, if that is a factor. </p>

<p>Similar to Michigan, you don't have the requirements to transfer to Cornell. Being housed in the Agricultural and Life Sciences school, they require you to take 2 years of Biology before transferring into the school. </p>

<p>NYU Stern is another school which doesn't have very good financial aid, if that is a concern for you. I couldn't find any transfer admission statistics other than what was in the common data set that applied to the entire school, you could imagine that Stern is more difficult than this.</p>

<p>Applicants Admitted Enrolled
4142 1245 695</p>

<p>This, like Georgetown, is a 30% acceptance rate.</p>

<p>USC states that people applying with a 3.6+ will be given an advantage in admission, which is good news for you. They don't state statistics on their website for transfer students, but on collegeboard you can see that 27% of the students are admitted into the school.</p>

<p>I hope you do know that similar to NYU and UMich, they aren't great with financial aid, and have been known to bait-and-switch with their aid. In other words, give you a good package to lure you towards enrolling into the school, and once you are there, they change the package, forcing more money out of your pocket and towards the school. You're probably well aware of the surrounding area and the harsh grade curve in the Marshall school as well (2.75 average GPA). </p>

<p>North Carolina is very transfer friendly, admitting 45% of their transfer applicants. The business school shows an average GPA of 3.49, and an acceptance rate of 69%, however, you have to apply for the program after you spend a semester in the college of Arts and Sciences. The only concern here is being able to graduate on time, as you will have to spend an extra semester there before you are in the business program. </p>

<p>Texas - Reach
Georgetown - Match
USC - Match
NYU - Match
UNC - Safety</p>

<p>Michigan - Not eligible for admission to Business Program
Cornell - Not eligible for admission to Business Program</p>

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<p>A2Wolves6, where did you get the numbers for UT Austin?</p>

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<p>yeah, A2Wolves, great data, but where on earth did you find it? i'm looking for that stuff all the time but can't find numbers that specific.</p>

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<p>Don't most east coast schools, such as NYU and Georgetown, judge transfer applicants on SAT scores and high school grades as well. For example, USC does not consider an individual's high school record if he/she has completed 30 units or more at another college. I know that most other schools don't have the same admission policies as USC for transfer students. In that case wouldn't his SAT score, in addition to his college grades, matter as well for his transfer admission?</p>

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<p>Also I think you need 2 Calculus classes for UT-Austin. I only saw 1 calculus class in your transcript. I don't think statistics would be accepted instead of the 2nd calculus, you might want to check that out.</p>

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<p>He only needs 2 Calculus classes if he has 60 or more hours of transferable credit, the only concern about eligibility is the completion of MIS 310, a Computer Applications course, which it appears he doesn't have.</p>

<p>All this info including admission statistics can be found on a school's website, just look people.</p>

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<p>Yeah...a2wolves beat me to it. :) McCombs OOS is very tough to get into...Stern would actually be easier in my opinion.</p>

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the only concern about eligibility is the completion of MIS 310, a Computer Applications course, which it appears he doesn't have

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<p>Right...need to get that completed. However, I had a friend that was accepted to McCombs last year who hadn't taken Cal I or the comp class...so who knows - but he was a really standout applicant in other respects. You should take those classes just in case. And I know it's too late to change it now, but most of those business schools will frown (if only slightly) on the fact that you took Business Calc instead of regular Calc.</p>

<p>I think you'll get into USC, UNC, Georgetown, and probably NYU. Cornell AEM is really up in the air and UT and UMich are not very likely.</p>