Transfer Strategy questions

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm trying to be as shrewd as possible when it comes to college, since my goal is to transfer to a more respectable school. I will be attending UC Davis (quarter system) next year, I want to major in business or Econ at a top school and I just recently decided that I shouldn't transfer into the sophmore year and that it would be better to wait so that my college GPA can negate some of my HS GPA.</p>

<p>1) I'm thinking I will be getting at least a 3 on my Calculus AB exam, more likely a 4. However if I pass it and send in the AP score then UCD will reccommend that I take the next quarter of Calculus (Calculus 16B). However, if I choose to (re)take Calc 1 (Calculus 16A) then I would only get 2 quarter units for it. But I want to retake the first quarter of Calculus because since I'm essentially retaking the class it would be an easy A thus inflating/boosting my transfer GPA. So my question is: is it better to take the second quarter of Calculus thereby freeing up my time at UCD to take harder courses (which would appeal to the transfer schools) OR would it be better to not send in my score and (re)take the first quarter of Calc to inflate my GPA. I don't want to send in my scores AND take Calc 16a because I'm afraid that schools might see through it as me just wanting to retake classes that I already know.</p>

<p>2) There are 3 Calculus series at UCD. The 16 series is the most common, the 17 series is for medical/bio applications, and the 21 series is pretty much only required of math and similar majors. The 17 series is pretty widely regarded as harder than the 16. Would transfer schools know this? And would it be good for me to take 17 (my major has nothing to do with bio/med) or 21? I'm afraid most schools won't even know that there is a diff between them and I'll be wasting my time.</p>

<p>3) If my goal is to transfer into Econ and business programs then should my ECs reflect only that? TBH the only thing I'd probably be interested in is some sort of environmental/animal club. And I'd like to take such clubs seriously, as in devote time into them. But if a school sees that I have a BUNCH of environmental related ECs and no business ECs would they throw my app out as "not well rounded enough" or would they see that as passion? And what if this passion is paired with Enviromental courses? </p>

<p>That's all I got for now, thanks.</p>

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<p>bump please</p>

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<p>Life is what happens while you are busy obsessing.</p>

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<p>I’m not obsessive, I’m calculating and cunning. :D</p>

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<p>I’d research your choices a bit more thoroughly. Some schools (Wharton) have very, very specific requirements for transfers (it borders on the silly) all closely related to economics/business.</p>

<p>Others like Stanford greatly value diversity in your curriculum. A bit of science, a bit of arts, bit of humanities, bit of economics (at a full course-load). </p>

<p>Obviously you can’t go down both path. So check your options, see which scools require the same basis, follow it, and then apply to these schools, forsaking the other path.</p>

<p>My 0.02</p>

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<p>Wharton’s requirements don’t seem too rediculous imo. YOu’re talking about these right? [Penn</a> Admissions: Transferring into the Wharton School](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/applying/transwharton.php]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/applying/transwharton.php)</p>

<p>Haas, now those are some crazy pre-reqs.</p>

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<p>I think that a strong math background will look good if you are aplying for econ. As far as for the Environemental matter, it won’t hurt at all because you can use them to draw a line between your major and your career. Nowadays, almost everything is about environmental economics so EC are not useless.</p>