<p>Hi, I’m a freshman at UC Santa Barbara trying to transfer to a school with a larger presence among investment banks. Don’t get me wrong, UCSB is great and the lifestyle here is like no other, but I’m looking for a school with a stronger business/economics/finance program. Anyways, if you guys can give feedback on my chances to transfer, I’d appreciate it VERY much :)</p>
<p>-Entering in as Sophmore transfer
Transfer schools I applied:
- Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (Finance major)
- Claremont McKenna (Econ and Acct major)
- University of Southern California Marshall (Bus Administration major)
- Rice University (Econ major)
- Northwestern University (Econ major)
- Vanderbilt University (Econ major)</p>
<p>High school stats => GPA 4.12 weighted… 3.85/4 unweighted
APs: World History (4), English Lang (4), Psych (5), Calc BC (5), Macroecon (5)
SAT (superscored): reading (640), math (800), writing (680)</p>
<p>College stats => GPA (cumulative of fall and winter): 3.95
Fall quarter: Microecon, Intro to Sociology, Geography
Units: 12
GPA: 4
Winter quarter: Macroecon, Financial Accounting I, Writing 2
Units: 12
GPA: 3.9
Spring quarter: Financial Accounting II, Military Science, Intro to Acting, Global Studies 2
Units: 15
GPA: n/a</p>
<p>ECs: Eagle Scout, FBLA treasurer, National Merit Scholar, Internship at real estate firm, founder of Dance Culture Club, founder of Investment Club, Senior Analyst of UCSB Investment Advisory Committee (college)</p>
<p>Rec letters: solid, but not extraordinary
Essays: Strong (7 to 8 out of 10)</p>
<p>So what do you guys think? The part I’m most worried about is my lack of classes taken in the past 2 quarters (3 classes each) even though my GPA is pretty high. Plus, the recent transfer stats for 2012 shows TERRIBLY low rates compared to years before which is worrying me a lot for 2013 :(</p>