Hey guys,
I’m a current sophomore considering transferring to another university because of the school’s severe lack of funding in the majors I am studying. I’m a Math/Economics major and the respective departments here are smaller than my high school’s art building.
That being said, how can I build an effective reach/match list? As for my stats, I’m currently at a 3.50 GPA after retaking some of my classes (huge party school - I got distracted) and an ACT of 35.
I am especially interested in schools that do not have undergraduate business schools, as I am far more interested in Economics/Math but there are definitely disadvantages as far as recruiting for internships go. Are there any schools I should look into?
Common data sets, look at schools you like then check out how many transfers they admit. Then look at the culture and their admission patterns. The ones lowest in these criteria should be your reach. State schools should be matches for the most part. The ones with lots of transfer acceptances in proportion to the amount of received applications who usually admit students of your personality and GPA should be your safeties.
Also your stats should get you into somewhere decent. 3.5 + 35 ACT is very, very good.
Could you recommend a few schools I should look at? Particularly those with strong econ/math programs
I’m currently looking at (in descending order):
-Columbia University (very high reach)
-Cornell University
-Duke University (reach)
-Northwestern University
-NYU (Match)
Does this seem about right? I don’t mind staying at my current school so I didn’t bother with safeties.