What School?

Transfer Students
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<p>What is a good business school that offer courses in the field of hedge funds?</p>

<p>I want to work for a hedge fund someday as an institutional trader of some kind.
Currently, I just finished my freshmen year in college with a weighted GPA of 3.8. I really dislike the current school right now, and I want to transfer to another school.</p>

<p>I did really poor in high school, because I was unmotivated at the time. I had a 2.7 GPA and 1200ish SAT Scores.</p>

<p>What school should I transfer to?</p>

<p>Anyone here work for a hedge fund or have any experiences with them?</p>

<p>Any feedback will be great.</p>

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<p>sorry, nothing relevant to say. just wanted to commend you on your academic improvement. i'm glad you found motivation! :D</p>

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<p>Bah, no replies...</p>

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<p>D'oh still nothing...Alright a better question. What are my chances of getting into Babson? A friend of mine told me about the college and I really like from what I have heard. What colleges are similar to Babson?</p>

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<p>What is your unweighted GPA? I did not acutally know you could have a weighted GPA in college...</p>

<p>Also as far as the academic improvement goes you're really in the right place here for that. I've heard a lot of people on this fourm (the transfer board that is) talk about their improvment. I think the best thing I learned after I left high school is that there in some cases are second chances!</p>

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<p>My unweighted GPA is a 3.9. I get a lot of A minuses.</p>

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<p>What? Weighted gpa? I don't get it. And how does getting a minus equate to being weighted?</p>

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<p>Oh alright... I forgot about the whole minus and plus thing. Sorry.</p>

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<p>Another word is scaled I guess.</p>

<p>For example, an A is worth 4.0 at my school while an A- is 3.6 or something like that. </p>

<p>Well can anyone tell me what my chances to getting accepted to Babson are or what other schools I should consider?</p>

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<p>How could your unweighted GPA be higher than your weighted GPA? Are you using a different definition of 'weighted' than we are?</p>

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<p>About the GPA confussion. I am sorry, I think I meant to say scaled which has a plus and minus system. Under the normal system all my A-'s become regular A's. So they will each be valued at 4 points instead of 3.6.</p>

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<p>Sorry, but most schools don't distinguish in that manner--they will only look at the "weighted" gpa as you say, which to them is the only measurement.</p>

<p>Are you sure you want to pick a hedge fund? The markets are saturated with them right now, there probably won't be as many in business after you've graduated, taken your 2 year i-banking tour of duty, maybe gotten an MBA, etc . . .</p>