<p>BaghDAD - I get what you’re saying. As a transfer student (and being 29 yo) I’m concerned I may not have time and flexibility to do study abroad (although not out of the question). Internships, however, are definately in my horizon and I will be feverishly pursuing summer internship with Int’l Trade Administration or US Trade Representative office in DC. So I will make the best of the curriculum.</p>
<p>crazed - The good thing about this open house is they have a 30 min transfer seminar in the morning, so hopefully I will have many questions answered there. Plus, the UM fair gives me the opporunity to ask questions to several depts in one place (rather than running around campus). I haven’t toured the campus yet, so this will be a great chance as well.</p>
<p>I received my transfer credit report with my acceptance letter, and they accepted all of my credits that I anticipated. But, like you said, I still need to talk with an advisor to see which areas I need to get done first. The great thing is, if UM calculated my GPA the same way I did based on the transfered credits, I will have a 3.8 going into UM! :-)</p>
<p>The next question is about FinAid: My FinAid award is about $18,000 + $3,000 is work-study. That leaves about $20,000 in loans (which is a little higher than I like). I’m still waiting to see if they give me one of the merit transfer scholarships this week (fingers crossed so hard they are about to break!). I know this award was based on my income last year (which was decent), but ALL of that income goes WAY down in May. Anyone know how difficult it is to get the award adjusted based on new income for this coming year? I know the forms I need, but just wondering if anyone has done this before.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>