Transferring to UVA

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<p>Hello, I'm a sophomore at Ithaca College. My current major is journalism. I'm a Pennsylvania resident (not sure how much of a factor out-of-state is for transfers) However, I've decided that I might rather do something with the stock market, like investment banking. I pretty much have eliminated journalism as a possible career field and was just going to finish out the degree and go to law school. But now, I think I might rather pursue an MBA or joint JD/MBA program. So I decided business undergrad might be the better way to go. While IC's journalism program is very strong, the business program isn't so strong. One of my problems as you will see is my lack of gen ed courses, mathematics courses, accounting courses, and business courses, although I do have some economics courses. IC doesn't require gen ed for their journalism program and let you jump right into the major as a freshman. Anyways, I'm just gong to post my stats + EC's and see what you think my chances are of (A) getting in? (B) getting into the business school after a semester? (C) getting academic aid?</p>

<p>College Currently Attending: Ithaca College
High School: Connellsville Area High School (PA) -
College GPA: 3.775 (through Spring '04, will be slighly lower after this semester though should be over 3.7 barring unforseen grades)
High School GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: 1st of approx 400
SAT M: 720, V: 660
SAT II: Math IC: 660, Writing: 620, History 600 (wasn't too happy with these, would've taken them again if I thought I would have needed to)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>College:
Vice Chair of On Campus Affairs, Ithaca College Republicans
Newscasts (105.9 FM VIC and 91.7 FM WICB in Ithaca)
Field Reporter, ICB Reports (91.7 FM)
Sportscasts (105.9 FM and 91.7 FM)
Color Analyst:
-Ithaca College Men's and Women's Socer (91.7FM)
Pregame Show:
-Ithaca College Football (105.9 FM)
Halftime Reports:
-Ithaca College Football (105.9 FM)
-Ithaca College Men’s and Women’s Basketball (105.9 FM/91.7FM)
-Ithaca College Men’s Lacrosse (91.7FM)
Intermission Reports:
-Cornell Women’s Hockey (91.7FM)
Assistant Producer, Newswatch 16 (Sports Department) (ICTV)
Reporter, Ithaca Sports Weekly (ICTV)
On-Air Talent (ICTV):
-Quabble, Cast (Improv)
-By The Book, Cast (Sitcom)
-The Solarium with Professor Smedley Drake, Cast (Field Sketch Comedy)
-Another Late Night with Mike Diaz, Cast (Late Night Talk Show)
Disc Jockey, 91.7FM
Society of Professional Journalists
Comedy Club
Volunteer Swimming Coach - CAHS: December-January (04/05 season) </p>

<p>High School:
CAHS Swim Team: 10th-12th
CAHS Soccer Team: 9th-12th
CAHS Track and Field: 9th-12th
CAJH-West Freshman Basketball Team: 9th
Connellsville Soccer Club’s Spring Traveling Team - 2001-2003
Connellsville's Indoor Soccer Team (South Union Indoor Soccer League) - 9th-11th (not officially affiliated with CAHS)
YMCA Swimming- Regional Family of Laurel Highlands YMCA: May 2001-August 2003 (all year), May 2004-August 2004
Academic Quiz Team: 10th, 12th
Knowledge Master Open: 9th-12th
National Honor Society: 11th, 12th
French National Honor Society: 10th-12th
PA Stock Market Game: 12th
TEAMS (Engineering Group Competition) - 10th
Mock Trial Team - 10th
Student Council - 9th
Theatre Club: 12th
Senior Class Play: 12th
-Adaptations of Othello (Iago) and MacBeth (Banquo)
Senior Class Play </p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Valedictorian, CAHS Class of '03
Quiz Team - Fayette County Champions: 12th
PA Stock Market Game - Regional Championship Team - Fall 2002
YMCA Long Course Nationals Swimming Qualifier - 2003, 2004
Recipient of President’s Scholarship at Ithaca College
Recipient of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials Scholarship
Three Sport High School Letterman: Soccer, Swimming, and Track
Dean's List (3.7 GPA Minimum) - Fall 2003, Spring 2004</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman
-Fall
Intro to Journalism - A
Intro to Mass Media - A
Principles of Microeconomics - A
Academic Writing I - A-
Intermediate French I - B+ </p>

<p>-Spring
Journalism Research - A-
Principles of Macroeconomics - A
Ideas and Ideologies - A
World Civilization II - A
Intermediate French II - B </p>

<p>Sophomore
-Fall
News Reporting and Writing I - not received yet (he just gave pass/fail instead of letter grade for our midterm grade reports)
History of American Mass Media - B+
Ethical Issues in Mass Communication - B+
Current Economic Issues - not received yet (grade at midterms was an A)
Lifeguarding - pass </p>

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<p>AP Tests
US Gov + Politics - 4 (Spring 2002) </p>

<h2>Note: Also took AP Classes for Calculus I, Biology, English (Literature), and French, but didn't take tests. The only other AP class offered was Spanish. </h2>

<p>College Credits Earned During High School
Calculus I, California University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2003)</p>

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<p>If you were simply attempting to transfer into arts and sciences I would say you have a pretty good chance at transferring. Admission to the commerce school relies heavily on grades in commerce related coursework (ie Econ, Accounting), your grades in econ are good but your lack of other courses will probably hurt you. You will want to apply into McIntire when you apply to transfer. They do not accept transfers after only a semester you would have to wait a full year. If you were to wait a year, you would not be able to graduate on time.</p>

<p>I can't say specifically what your chances will be you seem like you would be a competative applicant though. Being out of state will significantly decrease your chances. Best of luck to you and hopefully someone else can comment on your chances at receiving financial aid.</p>

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<p>Toph, as a transfer student, your college grades are much more important than your high school grades. A 3.7 is pretty good (though I don't know how much grade inflation Ithaca has). All I know is a 3.7 is pretty tough to get at UVa. </p>

<p>As for your 2nd question, to get into the McIntire School of Commerce, you will need to have completed a number of prerequisite classes. Those classes are listed here in this link:<br>
<a href="http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/admissions/undergraduate/prerequisites.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/admissions/undergraduate/prerequisites.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here's some other general info that you should know:
<a href="http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/admissions/undergraduate/application_process/transfer%20students.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/admissions/undergraduate/application_process/transfer%20students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you have further questions, email: <a href="mailto:Commerce-Admissions@virginia.edu">Commerce-Admissions@virginia.edu</a>. They should be able to answer all your other questions.</p>

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<p>This semester, I've signed up to take Calc II, Financial Accounting, and Intro to Business. I'm also trying to get into a full Stats course.</p>

<p>So that would leave me with only needing Managerial Accounting. Hopefully that could be taken over the summer.</p>

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<p>If that is the case then they may offer you admission to the university and waitlist you for the comm. school. After they receive your grades for those classes then they would make a decision. This is definately something that you would want to contact them about to find out all the details.</p>

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<p>I am not even in uva, but i applied for engineering. i have already decided that i am going to transfer to some science major. my question 1) is ti going to be hard to transfer? 2) what major do i take to prepare myself for mcats and so i go to medical school?</p>

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<p>Bumping this up... I ended up with a 3.46 for the semester and a 3.684 cumulative... I've gone 3.81, 3.74, 3.46. However the difference between the 1st and 2nd was a B+ and a B and getting an A- in a 4 credit class instead of a 3. On the 3rd semester, I just ended up on the wrong side of the A-/B+ line getting 1 A, 3 B+'s, and a pass (lifeguarding). Also, they told me as long as I was short no more than 4 pre-req's, I could make them up over the summer. (I'm nervous that my financial accounting course won't count since Ithaca's business program isn't accredited, of course this lack of accreditation is one of my reasons for wanting to leave). Are my chances out the window due to the declining GPA?</p>