Transfer to UChicago?

[gametheory1]

<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I'm currently a sophomore at Duke University. I've lately been thinking alot about transferring to UChicago after this year.</p>

<p>Hopefully you guys can tell me if UChicago would be a good fit for me and then estimate my chances of being accepted. </p>

<p>I'm an econ major/math minor. I would like to get into the finance industry or consulting after graduation and work for a couple of years. After that, possibly get an MBA. However, I have not ruled out graduate school. A masters in finance or a phD in financial economics really interests me. So, I have a lot of different interests but mainly in the direction of economics/finance/business</p>

<p>I feel the UChicago would be a better fit for me. I'm tired of the frat/basketball culture at Duke and want something more academic. Chicago also has some advantages. For one, there is a possibility I could get an internship during the school year in Chicago. Is this common or even possible?</p>

<p>However, I heard Chicago limits the number of courses you can take each semester to 4. Is this correct? I have a range of interests and like to overload. Also, Chicago has the core curriculum which would take up a lot of my course schedule right? I'm not sure if the courses I have taken at Duke would satisfy the requirements. I'm looking to take a lot of econ/finance classes my junior year and it seems that the Core may hinder this. </p>

<p>Also, how bad is grade deflation at UChicago? Not to be superficial but GPA does matter a whole lot when trying to get a job in the finance industry</p>

<p>So there a lot of reasons why I would want to transfer but there are also some obstacles. </p>

<p>Anyways, can you guys evaluate my chances? I currently have a 3.55 at Duke (it was higher but my GPA took a hit this last semester). I have pretty good EC's and a good research internship and work as a calculus tutor. Also, I applied to UChicago when I was a senior in HS and was waitlisted (never got off). I'm not sure if this would affect my chances now. Do you guys know what the transfer acceptance rate is for UChicago? Would being from Duke help me a lot?</p>

[zephyra]

<p>You can’t take more than four classes a quarter (with the exception being PE classes), but since there are three quarters rather than two semesters, this works out to a maximum of twelve classes a year. So for anyone who’s not a science major, there’s plenty of elective time.</p>

<p>Here’s something helpful on transfer credit:
<a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/admissions/transfer/credit.shtml[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/admissions/transfer/credit.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The average GPA at UChicago is around 3.3, which is the average for most private schools, so I wouldn’t say there’s grade deflation. It is a little bit lower than Duke’s, but not by too much. I’ve never taken econ, but once you get out of the intro classes it’s supposedly very math-heavy.</p>

[bigchumpa]

<p>hey, i just transferred this year to uchicago</p>

<p>the acceptance rate for transfers is super low, i think last year it was about 12 percent… but coming from a good school and having a good gpa will def help ^_^</p>

<p>i dont think many people have internships downtown, but it’s def possible as long as you are willing to spend the time commuting (it takes roughly 30 minutes to get downtown)</p>

[hyeonjlee]

<p>You do realize that in general, Duke is thought of as providing better access to Wall Street than Chicago, don’t you? I heard a lot about terrific Wall Street connections for the Duke kids, though Chicago is making a huge stride in this direction these days also.</p>

<p>So as long as you transfer to Chicago knowing what trade off you are making, no problem.</p>

<p>By the way, my son’s goal is to join Wall Street upon graduation. He did not even apply to Duke, so you can guess what was our priority. Even with better access to WS and all, I am really glad that my son is at Chicago rather than Duke, but that’s just our priority: I believe no matter what you end up doing, intellectually grounded undergrad education is priceless.</p>