I am super confused about the information being thrown around about this.
So my background is, I am an international student who’s a Sophomore applying as a transfer student for the Summer 2019 term without being enrolled in the RTPP (?) system.
My GPA is not high at all. I am guessing it will be around 3.3. But I am NOT applying for any STEM field. I am wishing to enroll as a Business major with a concentration in Financial Accounting or become an Economics major. Everywhere I look it’s all about people who are applying as an Engineer or CS major.
I’ve done two internships over the summer, joined various clubs, am a chair of an organization this year, and I have worked as a tutor on campus. I feel like there are too many variables to list here, but I am wondering if what I did on campus matters at all.
I am going to try my best to get in (and I do hope I can), but I am not going to kill myself over the school I get into. I am just wondering what the chances are. Is transferring in “easy” like some say, or is it super hard? People say different things and I am confused.
@anonlone It depends on many factors. As an international student, do you have cash to pay for GaTech? There will be no aid for you, or any out of state student, unless you are an American citizen, with parents in the military, and live abroad, which it seems you are not.
Do you have As in the college freshman classes that GaTech requires, which is English 1, English 2 and the math required for your major started already? Look at the Business requirements and copy those at your current school.
Finally are you in a school abroad or a US school? You also need a convincing reason to transfer, what is your reason, if you want to share it?
That may help to understand what your chances are to transfer. It will depend on how full the business school is with freshman so basically transfer students fill in slots when freshman drop out, or change majors. That is beyond your control.
What is your TOEFL Score, if your first language is not English? Your writing appears to be native fluency, so that may not apply to you.
MOST US universities have minimum TOEFL scores, and those vary. If that applies, look up GaTech’s minimum score.