<p>I am a freshman at Saint Louis University who's looking to transfer next fall. I was a pre-med student for my first semester and I absolutely HATED it but it was too late for me to change majors at the time. I currently sit at a 2.3 GPA (not good at all) and received 14 credit hours. I know that if I work hard I can possibly get above a 3.0 this year. I'm now switching to finance and I'd like to know the general requirements like GPA, number of credits, letter grades that transfer, etc, for transferring to Miami's Business school. </p>
<p>Hi…I don’t know the answers to your questions, although my guess is transferring would be tough. I’ve heard MU freshman who are not direct admitted to FSB need a 3.5 to get into FSB later.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, have you checked out SLU’s business school? My daughter actually loves everything about SLU more than Miami (although Miami is closer to us and FSB has a great reputation.). Otherwise, she considers SLU a better fit, so I’m curious as to what you see as the pros and cons for both.</p>
<p>I’ve talked to some advisors at the business school. They people there where very helpful with helping me plan out my schedule and giving me job outlooks. I honestly can’t wait to start my classes in the spring.</p>
<p>And yeah if I don’t get directly admitted to FSB, would that mean that I won’t get in for general transfer admission?</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the Transfer Acceptance page at Miami that has some info about GPA, etc.<br>
<a href=“Admission Application Requirements for Transfer Students | Miami University”>Admission Application Requirements for Transfer Students | Miami University;
<p>However, at the bottom of that page it indicates there are some restrictions on transferring in to some majors including all majors in FSB. It doesn’t indicate what those restrictions are though. You’d probably need to call to receive specific info.</p>
<p>Good luck as you move forward in business! Sounds like you are excited and determined, so I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to make things work out.</p>
<p>So, I suppose this takes things off topic, but I’d be interested in any other perspective you could share on comparisons, pros/cons of both SLU and MU.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Thank you very much! And by pros and cons, do you mean by academics or social wise?</p>
<p>@OO2018 – While looking for some other info on the FSB pages, I saw this page outlining FSB transfer requirements: <a href=“Transfer Students | Farmer School of Business - Miami University”>http://miamioh.edu/fsb/admission/transfer/index.html</a></p>
<p>Regarding pros/cons…I’d be interested in both academics and social…or anything else that comes to mind.</p>
<p>Ok this is from my experience so far at SLU. So it might be different from someone else’s view. Well the academics are pretty good but the social life isn’t as strong as MU or other schools. If you want to have a really good social life at SLU, I’d suggest joining Greek Life or joining some clubs. Greek Life from what I heard is pretty good but SLU doesn’t have any Greek houses. The kids there are ok although a good amount of them are pretty stuck up. The Greek kids tend to look down on people who aren’t in there fraternities or sororities. Some of them believe that being in one makes them really cool when it really doesn’t… And with the situation in Ferguson, the kids aren’t reacting to the situation very well which just makes me feel uncomfortable. This year SLU has had a big problem with racism. There’s an app called Yik Yak where anonymous people post whatever they want and people were posting really racist things the just made me feel bad. I have to sit next to those people in class too. For what it’s worth, I honestly believe that SLU’s overpriced and isn’t worth over $40K even though I’m here on scholarship. As you can tell, I don’t really enjoy being at SLU that much which is why I want to transfer.</p>
<p>I think I’ll give SLU another semester and see if things will improve for me. </p>