I’m accepted to emory college ed with a 1510 SAT superscored, 740 for reading and 770 for math. I applied to human health major, and is prepared to double majoring in human health and econ. My goal is to work in the big 4 consultancy after undergrad, my activities include leading ngo’s raising over 40k dollars a year along with public health films. I’m not sure exactly how the transfer process is going to go, what is required, or is it even necessary. My goal is to transfer to a tier 1 school, big ivys yale stanford etc (don’t really like uchicago or northwestern also does not berkeley or UCLA). What schools would you recommend me to go, is it likely for me to get accepted, and whats the process goanna be like? I think my freshman gpa would be solid as well.
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You are at Emory now and want to transfer?
What year are you at Emory?
Have you read the transfer requirements of those schools?
Emory is top notch for your interests…
Yeah I’m entering emory as class of 2028, new coming freshman
and you’re already looking to transfer?
I assume you got turned down at the others.
How about this - you have a wonderful opportunity. Go in assuming four years and have a great experience at a wonderful school.
If you have one foot out the door, you’ll have a miserable year.
You can get to consulting from Emory.
Good luck.
Hold on. You applied ED to Emory, have not started yet, and plan to transfer after one year?
My advice is to stay where you are and not think about transferring .
Do your best, enjoy your time there. Emory is a fantastic college!
Sophomore year, revisit the idea of transferring. (You can’t really transfer freshman year anyway, and transfer deadlines are typically in the Spring so you’d have 3 semesters worth of grades + involvement beyond the “participant” freshman level).
If you still want to transfer then, you’d need a high GPA (3.75+ -MUCH harder in college), evidence of intellectual curiosity via LORs by professors, and evidence of contribution to campus&community through activities, volunteering, etc. You’ll have to hit the ground running and make your freshman year high intensity rather than the smoother transition most freshmen need. Not sure it’s a goal to have. Most importantly don’t burn out for a transfer. Enjoy your time at Emory. Btw you can get where you want from Emory.
In order to have any kind of shot at the kind of college OP is mentioning, they should have 2 years’ worth of evidence and a solid reason why Emory no longer works/they’ve ran out of options at Emory.
My opinion…if this was your goal, you should have applied to these colleges now. Why did you apply ED to a college you don’t intend to stay at…and anyway…how would you know that when you haven’t even started there…yet.
If you decide to transfer to one of these elite schools, you will need an academic reason why you need to do so.
This is not an academic reason:
“My goal is to work in the big 4 consultancy after undergrad”
@tsbna44 this student applied ED to Emory and was accepted. Will be starting fall 2024.
Since this was an ED application, it’s very possible this student had no other acceptances…
Yeah, I read this in the messages after mine.
To say it’s startling they did so, a head scratcher - to me anyway.
Besides - there are myriad Emory grads working at McKinsey and BCG.
So OP needn’t leave to achieve their goal.
Will it be hard from Emory to get there? Yep.
Will it be hard from Harvard or Stanford to get there?
Yep.
The OP will will not have an academic reason for transferring…and that is very much needed. His reason “wants to work” in a certain area…isn’t an academic reason. The schools won’t even look at his application if that is his reason.
this is really disappointing to hear - i know of students who applied ED to Emory and were rejected or deferred that would’ve loved to have this person’s spot. really a horrible situation for both this student and the ones who actually want to go to Emory (sigh)…
Two things come to mind.
One is that transferring to a university at the “Harvard, Yale, Stanford” level is exceptionally unlikely. As others have said, this typically requires a valid academic reason. Given how strong Emory is, I am hard pressed to think of an academic reason.
The other thing that comes to mind is “master’s degree”, possibly an MBA. A bachelor’s degree from Emory, plus very, very good grades, plus good internship and work experience, plus very, very good references, would make acceptance at a top master’s program more likely compared to an undergraduate transfer. Admittedly my experience comes from a technical master’s degree rather than an MBA, but the other students that I met when getting a master’s degree at Stanford had come from a very, very wide range of undergraduate universities. It was rare to meet two people who had come from the same school (with one exception which was probably a coincidence, and is lower ranked compared to Emory).
I think that you should go to Emory with the intention to work hard, do very well, and look for internship opportunities.
This is a head scratcher for sure. Why would you apply ED to a school that you don’t want to attend in the long run?
You’ve literally just been accepted to this school less than 30 days ago and you want to transfer?
Why did you not just apply to the schools you are more interested in?
I just don’t understand.
@Catcherinthetoast any ideas for this high school senior who got accepted to Emory ED…
Thanks but no meaningful experience in consulting careers which I believe is the goal.
You can work in Big 4 consultancy coming out of Emory. Lots of examples. Getting into Big 4 consultancy (which is different than ‘top’ strategy consulting) will more so depend on what you do as student, not the school you are attending.
I know you are a young person, but please do listen to what adults are telling you…please give Emory a chance. Believe that it might work out great! If it doesn’t, then transfer.
Cart before horse.
Cross out Princeton from your list: they traditionally didn’t accept any transfers and only changed a few years ago, with a preference for students from CCs and veterans.
Vanderbilt on the other hand is known for being transfer-friendly.
Agreed but Emory, Vandy - what’s the difference ?