First post ever! Where should I transfer?!

akcollegekid
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:53:42 +0000

Currently a freshman at a four-year university in the northwest. I’m from Alaska and am looking to transfer out. My choices so far areeeee:
University of Washington
Rutgers University
Suny - Binghamton
Stony Brook
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Safeties: Ohio State
Virginia Tech

I will be majoring in economics. I went to the east coast over the summer and absolutely loved it. The Suny’s will not work out because you need a minimum of 24 credits when you are filling out the application and I will only have 17 by the time I apply. I did terrible in high school ( 2.3ish) but my first semester of college I have a 3.53 and great extracurriculars.Aiming for a 4.0 second semester. I think I’ll be able to get into Rutger’s and Udubb. Cali schools are off-limits since you have to have 2 years of college under your belt to apply.

So ultimately the question is…seattle,washington or new brunswick, new jersey? They’re closely ranked and have closely ranked economics departments. btw, I am an Indian Asian student if that has any effect. Seattle is so close to home and convenient though, it almost seems ridiculous to go across the country for Rutgers. I do want to go to Rutger’s much more though and am leaning towards attending college there.

Or should I just do a semester abroad and then apply to the Suny’s for next spring semester 2012? They are cheaper although money isn’t really a issue here. Except for Michigan, 40,000 for tuition is just too much.

Thanks alot everyone, If you can recommend any other schools it would be greatly appreciated. Mainly looking for top public schools, east or west coast that don’t have private school prices (Michigan, UVA for example).