USC full tuition vs. Boston University full scholarship [transfer from UMass Lowell]

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Accept Full Scholarship and transfer to BU or Stay at UMass Boston

1st Year College Student at University of Massachusetts (not Amherst campus) Asian Male with 3.93 first semester and 4.00 second semester Current Major(s): Engineering-Physics and Finance Was interested in applying to transfer to Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, Cornell, Boston College, Washington University st Louis and Rice. This yr I only applied to Boston University Questrom, University of Southern California Marshall, and UT Austin McCombs as I wanted to apply to the 6 schools of my interests with 2 years of college since my HS GPA was below avg. I have just found out I was accepted to BU with full tuition covered, but I know that if I transfer from UMass, my chances of “double-transferring” to the schools I was actually planning to apply to will be very unlikely admits (since the double transfer is looked down upon). What should I do? Stay at Umass and apply to my schools that also cover need up to the level of BU or take what I have and risk not getting into those other schools. *…

It’s a similar scenario…the only real difference is that it was UMass Boston instead of Lowell. You will see that the advice was similar.

The other poster is also a MechE major, so forgive my confusion.

Are you asking why transferring twice would be a bad idea? There are many, many reasons why it’s a bad idea, but here would be one: While it is true that MBBs have certain target schools, you seem to not appreciate what it takes to get an interview with them. There are many, many students at these target schools each who don’t even get past the resume screen. These firms want to see an interesting background, recruit a diversity of thinking, and find analysts who have distinguished themselves. It’s very difficult to get traction, make an impact, and really find a niche if you are at 3 different schools in 3 or 4 years.