<p>I'm a current freshman at Wharton, I'm from Michigan (near Detroit area). I was accepted to Michigan last year, and I was also accepted to Ross as a Pre-admit. However, when I was admitted to Wharton in March, I decided to come here. I do like it here, and it's obviously a great school, but part of me is wondering if I should have stayed in Michigan and gone to Ross. So my question, especially for knowledgeable posters like Alexandre, how hard would it be to transfer from Wharton to Ross? Assuming I have a solid GPA. Also, will the fact that I was accepted before as a pre admit help or hurt me? Thanks.</p>
<p>Yeah but as a pre admit? Most who ask were never admitted and want to straight up transfer. I think you should call and ask them. Why do you want to do it though? Should have a reason to give them beyond “part of me is wondering.”</p>
<p>call and ask them what? The main reason I am considering it is because I just am not very happy here. Sure Wharton is a great name, but there is more to a college experience, and I think Michigan is a better fit for me (way cheaper, school spirit/athletics, what I grew up with, etc). Thanks for the input though</p>
<p>Yours is an unusual case because you were a pre admit and you would be coming in with Wharton freshman classes under your belt. Obviously the only way to know if you would get in is to apply. If you call and ask they’ll just say that yes they accept applications from outside of Michigan but historically acceptance rate has been very low etc. I think there’s like a 1 or 2% acceptance rate from other schools but it could be you considering pre admit and coming from Wharton.</p>
<p>This is a little different than other chance me topics because in other topics people are still deciding where to apply, and further to start researching whether a school should be the one they ultimately attend if admitted. You are at one school and (seem to be) sure you want to transfer to one other school. You’re not even asking whether or not you should transfer. There’s nothing useful anyone here is going to tell you. Apply and see what happens.</p>
<p>Well I am not CERTAIN I want to transfer, obviously it’s very early in the semester. I have just been thinking about it. Of course I should just apply and see what happens; I guess I was just curious, since the transfer rate is so incredibly low, if being a former pre admit and turning them down would help or hurt. Thanks for the input though everyone, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>I just want to clear it up. There is not a 1% acceptance rate to Ross for external transfer. However, of all the students accepted to Ross per year, only 1% are external transfers. This amounts to about three or four students per year.</p>
<p>^My old roommate actually transferred to Wharton after a year of Ross. He liked Michigan, but he was happier with classes at Wharton than at Ross.</p>
<p>FWIW: Many years ago, I was accepted to Wharton, Michigan, and Harvard. I chose Harvard because hubby was able to transfer to his company’s Boston office and we wanted to get out of Michigan (we had both graduated from Michigan years earlier). I always regret that I didn’t choose Michigan because I would have been happier with “what I grew up with”. I left HBS before graduating; it just wasn’t the right place for me, and I never went back. So, @interfc1, I can understand how you might be having second thoughts, and those thoughts might be valid, but I gotta say, it’s only a two-year program, and I never considered doing the first year at one school and finishing up at another. For what? What you think might be a better experience? You end up with an MBA in either case, and isn’t that the goal? Save yourself the hassle (applying, moving, adjusting to the other program, integrating with new classmates) and stay where you are, bond with the class you’re in. And don’t underestimate those first-year bonds; they are crucial, extremely valuable, and will stay with you the rest of your life – if you don’t break them. I’m not so sure that second-year associations, when you are not taking all/most of your classes with your first-year section mates, are quite as durable, but maybe all that’s changed.</p>
<p>(On a side note, I found it harder to withdraw from the HBS program than get in to it. I had to go through a series of “interviews” that seemed designed to ensure I wasn’t writing a book or some expose. I also liked how I was told that, “there are no admissions mistakes, only acceptance mistakes.”)</p>