<p>In your opinion, which level of GPA needed to transfer to Dartmouth from Vandy?</p>
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<p>I go to dartmouth, i almost went to vanderbilt. don’t transfer to dartmouth.<br>
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<p>The girls at Vandy are way hotter. Agree with jamie - stay at Vandy</p>
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<p>Does anyone actually have an answer for this question? I’m probably not going to transfer next year, but I’m curious how difficult it actually is. There’s a rumor that it’s a lot easier to get in as a transfer than as a first year, but the numbers disagree…</p>
<p>The admissions rate has always been significantly lower for transfers than for first year admission.
The thing about transfer applications is that they are looking for reasons you can’t do what you want at your current school, or at anything near the same level. It would be hard to make an argument that you can’t get at Vandy what you can get at Dartmouth, except maybe a specific professor you need to work with.
A large number of transfers come from no-name schools where the student isn’t close to challenged, and the transfer is a college admissions “do-over”
Other examples might be to study engineering when the current school has no such program, or a student deciding that a women’s college was not the right fit for her.</p>
<p>honestly though, whats the point of going to a different college only for two years? Vandy is also a respectable college, so I honestly thing you should just finish up your education there</p>
<p>Actually I am in the college of engineering of Vanderbilt but now I love Economics major and want to work in IB. Top IBs, as far as I know, do not recruit at Vandy…Engineering for me is ok (just ok, it’s not what I really love) but it’s kind of grade deflation and many people said that 3.5+ is a cut-off GPA for IB.</p>
<p>To me your best plan would be to access the IB industry in other ways. Even at Dartmouth, students need to hustle to get to Wall Street. Vanderbilt is not an “in”, but it is well known and not scoffed at.
I can tell you that I was an MBA student at the University of Chicago, and a significant number of students were engineers who were getting MBAs to move up in their careers, and become investment bankers and consultants. Engineers are valued in the MBA admissions process.
Not to get you salivating, but my daughter just graduated from Princeton. One major was Operations Research and Financial Engineering. I can’t imagine that any of them get hired at less than six figures, including bonus. This is in the Engineering Department.
You are actually well positioned for the long term if you keep your focus on the industry you want.
As an aside, IB recruiting at the University of Chicago did not focus on academic performance (they felt the admissions process would take care of that), but on personality. They liked folks who were competitive and were willing to take risks. Athletes often fit the bill.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Op will be a freshman at Vandy this fall. You haven’t even taken a class yet and you are taling about transferring. Give the school a chance. Personally, I think it is not a good look to start school with the intention of transferring, because you are not allowing your self an opportunity to get connected to your school. What happens if the transfer plan does not work?</p>
<p>If you are looking to transfer for sophomore year, whether it is to Dartmouth or any other school, they will be looking at your grades from Vandy as well as your high school grades and SAT/SAT II scores. With only one term of college under your belt, your high school transcript and grades are going to carry more weight.</p>
<p>Did you apply to Dartmouth this past admissions cycle? If yes, were you denied or waitlisted.</p>
<p>I agree with Danas, it is harder to enter as a transfer student because in order for you to be admitted, someone has to leave.</p>
<p>All of my daughter’s friends who are working IB /consulting have finished their 3 years and are now going to grad school in the fall. Some have decided that they want to do something different. I agree with Danas, that there is more than one road that will take you from point A to point B.</p>
<p>Totally agree with sybbie. Give Vandy a chance. Make new friends Enjoy real D1 sports. 
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<p>But the short answer to your question is a ~3.8 at Vandy to be competitive to transfer up. The odds are really low since few transfers are accepted each year and beyond gpa, transfers can fill unmet needs at The College. Short of Russian Lit/Theater majors this year? Let’s take a transfer into that major… Overload of guys? Let’s take a few more females? The point is that once you have the numbers to be competitive, transferring is all about the needs/fit of the college.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>